The place:Korea. The time:sometime in the 1940's. When a botched train robbery goes horribly wrong,three men are thrown together in search of a promise of buried treasure,via a mysterious map of the Russian empire. These three men:Yoon Tae Goo,Park Chang Yi & Park Do Won,are bitter adversaries from years back (for reasons that are eventually revealed in time). The three try by hell or high water to get hold of that map,to find the lost treasure. Throw in elements of crime gangs,bounty hunters,and the Japanese military,and you have yourself a slam bang,over the top western (eastern?)that is guaranteed to keep you at the edge of your seat until the end. Ji-woo Kim directs from a screen play written by Ji-woo Kim & Mon-suk Kim. The film's breath taking wide screen cinematography is by Mo-gae Lee & Seung Chul-Oh, with tight editing by Nam-na Young. The cast includes:Kang-ho Sung,as Yoon-tae Goo,Byung-hun Lee,as Park Chung Yi,and Woo-sung Jing,as Park-do Won. With Dal-su Oh,Seo-won Oh,Ji-won Uhm & Je-mun Yun. This fast paced shoot 'em out is obviously an homage to Italian Spaghetti western director,Sergio Leone,as well as Hong Kong action/adventure director Ringo Lam. Spoken in Korean,Mandarin & Japanese with English subtitles. Rated 'R' by the MPAA for pervasive non stop violence,some of which is quite graphic,bloody & brutal at times,some salty language & drug use.
Review of The Good the Bad the Weird
