I Saw The Devil
(2011)
Regisseur:
Jee-woon KimSchauspieler:
Min-sik Choi, Byung-hun Lee, Kap-su Kim, Seo-yeon Park, Moo-Seong Choi, Gook-hwan Jeon, In-seo Kim, Bo-ra Nam, Ho-jin Chun, Joon-hyeok Lee, Seung-ah Yoon, San-ha Oh, Jin-ho Choi, Yeong-Seon Kim, Chae-young YoonDie schwangere Frau eines südkoreanischen Polizeiagenten ist nachgerade geschlachtet worden von einem offenbar seriell operierenden Frauenmörder. Frisch beurlaubt wegen der verwandtschaftlichen Nähe zum Opfer macht sich der Witwer daran, den Täter auf eigene Faust zu ermitteln, ohne ihn jedoch, als er ihn findet, sogleich umzubringen. Vielmehr verwickelt er seinen Gegner in ein perfides Katz- und Mausspiel, um ihm immer wieder schmerzhaft zuzusetzen. Der Unhold aber nimmt die Herausforderung an und dreht den Spieß um.
Diesem düsteren Rachethriller aus Korea eilt der Ruf voraus, einer der brutalsten Filme der letzten Jahre zu sein. Was angesichts des diesbezüglichen Angebots etwas heißen will. Erstens aber wird nichts so heiß gegessen, wie es gekocht wird, und zweitens handelt es sich bei "I Saw the Devil" ebenso um ein kunstvoll inszeniertes, großartig bebildertes dramatisches Gut-&-Böse-Gleichnis in der besten Tradition von Sachen wie "Oldboy" oder "Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance". Leckerbissen für Cineasten, Krimi- und Horrorfans gleichermaßen.
Jang Kyung-chul (Choi Min-sik) is a dangerous psychopath serial killer. He has committed infernal serial murders in diabolic ways that one cannot even imagine and his victims range from young women to even children. The police have chased him for a long time, but were unable to catch him. One day, Joo-yeon, daughter of a retired police chief becomes his prey and is found dead in a horrific state. Her fiancé Soo-hyun (Lee Byung-hun), a top secret agent, decides to track down the murderer himself. He promises himself that he will do everything in his power to take bloody vengeance against the killer, even if it means that he must become a monster himself to get this monstrous and inhumane killer.
Jang Kyung-chul (Choi Min-sik) is a dangerous psychopath serial killer. He has committed infernal serial murders in diabolic ways that one cannot even imagine and his victims range from young women to even children. The police have chased him for a long time, but were unable to catch him. One day, Joo-yeon, daughter of a retired police chief becomes his prey and is found dead in a horrific state. Her fiancé Soo-hyun (Lee Byung-hun), a top secret agent, decides to track down the murderer himself. He promises himself that he will do everything in his power to take bloody vengeance against the killer, even if it means that he must become a monster himself to get this monstrous and inhumane killer.