Overrated

Good concept, poorly executed.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

If you're watching this movie, chances are you're looking for something different than the usual Western drama/thriller flick. The good news is that you've certifiably found something different. The bad news is that not everyone is going to like this movie. Most reviews of "I Saw the Devil" talk about its ultraviolence, and I'll talk about it for a bit too, because it's important to this movie. As much as people like to complain about the violence or gore that this movie shows, they prove the reasoning behind it. This movie has borderline absurd scenes that make you more uncomfortable than you thought was possible from watching a movie, and that's the best thing about it. "I saw the Devil" will give you an experience you just can't get from any Western thriller movie, which is why I love it.This is certainly not a date movie, not a movie to watch with your parents, maybe not even anyone you aren't totally comfortable with. There's a lot of really, really strange and uncomfortable things that happen. And that's why some people just won't like this movie. Which is fine, some people don't like the feeling of a strong thriller movie. But if you're a thriller fan, and are looking for a wild ride of a movie, this is it.

It wasn't anything special but it had it's moments. Definitely a good quality movie and worth a watch if you're into crime dramas. Would I watch it again? Maybe. I liked a few parts of the movie more than others and they'd probably be worth another watch through at some point in the future.

Every Halloween, the average movie goer seeks out fun and scary movies to fill their wait for whatever acts of immaturity they will commit that night.But the films they tend to flock to are the Para-nauseating Activities and anything with a bloody pumpkin on the cover of the DVD case. These types of movies have almost systematically gutted (get it?) the horror genre with their insipid take on what they think people are scared of.Jump scares are not scary…so stop it.As you look for a film to re-sensitize your adult self looking for an adult movie to watch this Halloween, don't look any further than Kim Jee-woon's "I Saw the Devil." This 2011 Korean-language film sits in the category of crime thrillers, but is less David Fincher ("Zodiac") and more Mary Harron ("American Psycho"). "I Saw the Devil" follows a trained secret agent, played by Byung-hun Lee, as he searches for the psychopathic taxi driver who murdered his fiancé while she was broken down on the side of the road during a winter night.If this sounds as fun to you as it did to me, does that make us bad people? Probably.What ensues is a perfect representation of thriller meets filler, as the film uses immaculate cinematography to present hard-to-watch, bloody confrontations. Each scene is set up beautifully, with the fantastic use of nighttime a noteworthy attribute. Unlike many films where someone walking around in the dead of night has their face perfectly lit for some reason, "I Saw the Devil" injects you into the scene as nighttime is actually as dark and foreboding as you would imagine it.The performances are also perfect for the film, with Min-sik Choi ("Old Boy" — the good one) putting to screen one of the most unsettling antagonists ever. He comes across as the dirtiest person in a very dirty place, with his facial expressions telling you exactly what you need to know about his murderous tendencies. Lee's portrayal is equal parts heartbreaking and enthralling as he flips his entire world upside down to hunt down the one who widowed him."I Saw the Devil" is presented whole-heartedly as an unflinching film, not shying away from axing any character at any time. People die, and they die often and in the worst ways, but it never becomes campy or cliché in the slightest. In short, blood is spilled in an honest fashion.It's also much more action packed than most horror films, which is fun without becoming ridiculous. It presents its action in the same manner as "Old Boy" does, with fighting tweaked just enough to be stylized without becoming phony.If all of the aforementioned hasn't made it apparent, this is not a film for light of heart or for any child. Like, at all. "I Saw the Devil" was released without an MPAA rating, so it's safe to assume if you can't buy cigarettes, you shouldn't watch this movie.But if you can buy Big Tobacco's Taquitos, then please seek out this visceral experience as I did. It's available in almost all rental stores and can even be viewed in full — with English subtitles — on YouTube. On an ending note, this film also has a very well-made trailer. So if you like what the trailer shows, then you will like "I Saw the Devil."

I Saw the Devil proved to me that Korean cinema is amazing, Oldboy is one of my favorite movies and it's the movie that made me watch more and more Korean cinema, and in these last years I've seen a lot of Korean movies, and until recently I vi I Saw the Devil a sensational film, a very different revenge film, is very violent and shocking and has exciting moments as well, a good soundtrack and a great direction, with a good script, the cast is very good, but the highlight It's amazing Min-Sik Choi (who is the protagonist of Oldboy) that this sensational, one of my favorite actors no doubt, the protagonist of I Saw the Devil is very well acted by Byung-Hun Lee, but the character made some choices which makes us angry at him, who watch will understand, and the film could take 10 minutes less, has some unnecessary scenes. Note 9.7