Perfect cast and a good story

Best movie ever!

Wow! What a bizarre film! Unfortunately the few funny moments there were were quite overshadowed by it's completely weird and random vibe throughout.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

I watch Asian all foreign movies. My favorite movie of all time.The best ending of all time. I really like how solid the friendship was in it. My best friend died the day i got home after being away 4 years i have never had another like him. Maybe why i like it so much. I like I Saw the Devil to. I like this director as he makes it seem so real.No foolishness in it. Just a great movie all around.I do not know what else to say OK 10 lines already.Wow.I am about to give up. The fight scenes are incredible. The friendship incredible.The ending incredible.This is hard for a dump person like me enough already.I can not get 10 lines.I am trying and its hard for a brain damaged person.Crazy hard.

Hi. I've been quietly watching oriental films for some time now and thought perhaps i can begin to benefit others by reviewing. This is my first review and i hope it is beneficial.Script: The film has a solid script. From a distance its about an undercover cop infiltrating the crime world. As the story deepens you begin to see the human element, sometimes causing dilemmas for both the police and gangsters. This film touches on dynamics of the different types of peopleActing: This was outstanding. You begin to develop a close relationship with a couple of the key players, at a point where you can completely empathise with them. I have to say, i was taken back by the characters of 2 rival gang leaders - 1 Seong- Woong Park and 2 Jeong-min Hwang - outstanding performances. Even though we as viewers are well aware of their cruel behaviour, as the story develops we begin to like them and somehow hope things don't go wrong for themI love Choi Min Sik, however i was a little disappointed in his role, i think his he didn't have enough spotlight and because of this we couldn't really connect with him so muchDirecting - The directing was very well done. Everything fitted in well, there are a couple of scenes where you are left wandering 'what has just happened'. But overall there aren't many jigsaw pieces that you are required to fit in yourself. I highly recommend this film, not only is it well scripted, acted and well directed, it connects with the audience in ways which other films have failed to do so. If you are going to watch this film hoping to get an Oscar performance from choi min sik then you will be very disappointed. But if you are going to watch this film film to see amazing talent then you will see this in the shape of those 2 rival gang leaders that i mentioned earlier.

If you choose to look at this movie, it might certainly be for it cast: many of the actors doesn't need, in fact, an introduction! They play their part great despite the evidently stereotypes.This movie is certainly not the first presenting the manicheism mob/cop; that's why the pitch looks like the Chinese "Infernal Affairs". Furthermore, the Americans and Japanese already made a remake, so why not the Korean? But finally, if half of the movie looks quite like a remake, the second parts is the twisted one and the most interesting: on the technical part, you will love the use of the zoom, the great sound especially in the fights, the use of exterior, rain and lights... ANd, on the scenarist part, you will grow attach to charisma not of one but all characters.So love it/ hate it but give a chance to this movie because it's worth your time!

I was initially confused by the relationship between the two principal leads, introduced early in the film. Their personalities were so different as to be conflicting. Then with the introduction of a third male lead, one considerably older, just as abrasive but considerably less well groomed things started to fall into place. The two young men- JANG, stiff and seemingly humourless - appears pitted against JEONG -loud, obnoxious and yet with some charm. They are both members of Korean crime syndicate, that has managed to go legitimate. The third man - Section Chief KANG - is pulling any number of strings to bring down the syndicate before it becomes too powerful to stop. As such fans and devotees of both INFERNAL AFFAIRS and Martin SCORCESE's remake THE DEPARTED may find parallels in the actors TONY LEUNG; ANDY LAU, and ANTHONY WONG. I don't think the comparison between NEW WORLD; INTERNAL AFFAIRS, and THE DEPARTED far fetched - there is even a young woman comparable to the psychiatrist in INFERNAL AFFAIRS. This woman plays chess with JANG, though their meetings serve another purpose. NEW WORLD is a reminder of how we were introduced to contemporary Korean cinema. Heroes and villains separated by the finest of lines; violence ever present and visceral, with hands, knives and assorted other weapons other than guns meting out terrible damage (it's stunning how much one key player survives). I am giving the film only 7/10 because once I reflected on the key characters and their possible relationships, the story held few surprises for me. Furthermore the length of the film -135 minutes - works against its overall momentum. That said, NEW WORLD is professionally executed and a nice addition to Korean filmmaking. PS: I was taken aback at how much swearing and coarse language the film contains. Is this a sign of the times in Korean film, or a concession to international markets?