Waste of time

To me, this movie is perfection.

If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

People constantly ask me in my media class why do I watch foreign films, to reply I show them the trailer to this film as well as a couple of others.This film is among my favourite action films up there with the likes of The Raid 2.The film follows a hit-man that just wants to get out of the game after accidentally killing a young girl but instead of being left alone his employer asks him to kill the mother of the girl he killed. While being a simple plot it is used as a way to discuss themes such as the grief attached to the loss of a loved one and the job of parents.The character's of the hit-man (Gon) and his target (Mo-gyeong) are both well drawn out and complex, each suffering and dealing with it in there own ways.The action sequences are some of the best I have seen outside of The Raid films. One scene in an apartment block shows a incredible knife fight as well as a dramatic shootout that seem all to real for what we see on the news.While you could accuse the film of having some pacing issues after the first ten minutes of the film I see it as a pay off and believe me after the first hour you will be rewarded with incredible action and brilliant character moments.To say No Tears For The Dead is better than The Man From Nowhere (Done by the same director) would be incorrect. However this film is still incredible and is worth watching if you like Korean cinema and want to see a realistic bloody action thriller with some dark moments that you don't often see in western productions.

Lee Jung-beom became one of my favorite directors, when I watched his debut crime feature "Cruel Winter Blues" and his revenge thriller "The Man from Nowhere". What I really like about his movies is attention to detail and expertly filmed action sequences.This movie continues these features, but this time Lee failed to ignite an interesting engaging and a convincing story.But Lee is all about execution!!!!!!!! I believe that even his previous feature had a totally unbelievable plot it was his execution which shined the screenplay.But this time plot of the movie is undeniably, the culprit for the negative reviews.But on the positive, you are really going to like the action scenes. For the preparation of action scenes, Jang Dong-Gun underwent physical training for months.Final Verdict: Just don't compare it with "The Man from Nowhere" and you will enjoy it.

NO TEARS FOR THE DEAD is yet another addition to an exemplary list of South Korean action thrillers made in the last decade; such titles include THE BERLIN FILE, THE MAN FROM NOWHERE, A BITTERSWEET LIFE, A COMPANY MAN, and THE SUSPECT. I was long excited for this film as soon as I found out it was a follow-up to the same director's THE MAN FROM NOWHERE, which is one of my all-time favourites.NO TEARS FOR THE DEAD isn't quite up there with the standard of the earlier film, but it has its moments. This is an exciting story that mixes superbly-shot, hard-hitting action sequences with a tragic human drama at the core. It's dark indeed, featuring heartfelt performances from the central actors who are inevitably playing broken characters, and it's fun to see how the tone shifts from adrenaline-pumping action to gut-wrenching emotion and back again.The storyline is predictable for the genre: an assassin screws up by failing to take out his intended victim, only to face the wrath of his former employers. The action is blistering, with lightning fast editing and gobbets of grisly violence. But the human drama also draws you in, building to a moving but expected ending. The South Koreans have come up trumps again with this one.

I was actually looking forward to this movie mainly because it's done by the director that directed "The Man From Nowhere", which is actually a pretty cool movie. However this one just lacked that flow of enticement. I just got quickly bored after the first action sequence. The director was probably trying to make a smart action movie, that involves hit men, gang and corrupt businessmen. But it just isn't combined all that well. In fact sometimes, the story seems to lose focus by going all over the place. I know this movie is sort of a adaptation from the "Crying Freeman" manga, but it's very subtle in that area. There was hardly even any bonding moment between the hit- man and the woman. When it comes to the core of this movie, it's basically a hit-man's conscience and redemption story. Overall, it's a alright watch but nothing really memorable and that includes the action sequences. I didn't even think the cinematography was all that good and it just sort of reminded me of the movie "A Company Man".5.9/10