August 2010 | MSN Reviews The Good, The Bad and The WeirdMSN
"Kim Jee-woon's self-described 'Oriental Western' plays like 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,' by way of 'Peking Opera Blues' and 'Dragon Gate Inn.' Set in 1930s Manchuria and featuring a cast of Korean thieves and killers and bounty hunters, it's a madcap chase for a treasure map filled with double crosses, crazy escapes and lots of black humor. The tongue-in-cheek tone and devil-may-care energy recall the Hong Kong action films of the '80s and early '90s, with more polish and less silliness. Includes a generic 'Behind the Scenes' featurette and video interviews with director Kim Jee-woon and actors Song Kang-ho, Lee Byung-hun and Jung Woo-sung, along with a couple of brief promotional featurettes, all in Korean with English subtitles."
Let's start with the oldest film in the pile - Kim Ji-woon's delightful kimchi Western "The Good, the Bad, the Weird," which made its debut in 2008 at the Cannes film festival, but went largely unnoticed in a stronger than usual year. It then appeared at that year's TIFF, where North American critics embraced its exuberant energy, elaborate set pieces and giddy humour.
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