Synopsis
Kyung-chul is a dangerous psychopath who kills for pleasure. Soo-hyeon, a top-secret agent, decides to track down the murderer himself. He promises himself that he will do everything in his power to take vengeance against the killer, even if it means that he must become a monster himself.
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Cast
- Lee Byung-hunKim Soo-hyeon
- Choi Min-sikKyung-chul
- Jeon Kuk-hwanSquad Chief Jang
- Cheon Ho-jinSection Chief Oh
- Oh San-haJoo-yeon
- Kim Yoon-seoSe-yeon
- Nam Bo-raSection Chief's Daughter
- Lee Jun-hyukNIS Agent
- Yoon Chae-yeongNurse Han Song-i
- Choi Moo-seongTae-joo
Recommendations
- 83
IndieWire
Eventually, Soo-hyun's relentless pursuit-and-release approach outlives the director's skill and the premise starts to feel redundant. - 83
The A.V. Club
A mesmerizing study of the nature of evil itself. - 80
Boxoffice Magazine
Plenty of people die in I Saw the Devil, but it is that first attack on Ju-yeon in the movie's opening minutes that reverberates through the epic 141-minute running time. - 80
Variety
Repugnant content, grislier than the ugliest torture porn, ought to have made the film unwatchable, but it doesn't, simply because Kim's picture is so beautifully filmed, carefully structured and viscerally engaging. - 75
Entertainment Weekly
Somewhere in all the blood (sickening realism is a selling point), a question is posed: When does the one fighting a monster become a monster himself? - 75
New York Post
You won't soon forget it -- if you have the guts to see it. - 70
Los Angeles Times
There is all the violent mayhem, for certain, but the thing that sets I Saw the Devil apart is its undercurrent of real emotion and how unrelentingly sad it can be. - 60
Time Out
Ultimately, the returns of the film's premise can't justify a nearly two-and-a-half-hour squirm. The savagery is honest, raw and hardly entertainment.
