SummaryJae-ho, who aims to become the number one in a crime organization, gets to build up trust with Hyun-su, an ambitious newbie in the prison. While they try to take over the organization after the prison release, their ulterior motives starts to emerge.
Directed By:Sung-hyun Byun
Written By:Kim Min-soo, Myeong-chan Park, Sung-hyun Byun
The Merciless
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May 26, 2017
70
Although it could possibly be deemed a case of style over substance, Byun Sung-hyun’s The Merciless is an accomplished and well-structured South Korean noir thriller.
May 26, 2017
67
It’s perhaps not a huge step-up to those already well-versed in recent Korean action cinema, but sturdy direction by helmer Jung Byung-gil, restrained hat-tips to genre films past and the well-paired male leads keep The Merciless from feeling like the summation of more famous films.
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An ultraviolent Korean crime film with plenty of swagger and visual brio, but still too generic to really stand out from the pack.
May 26, 2017
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A minor addition to the Korean action cinema canon, The Merciless offers thin pleasures in a glossy package.
May 26, 2017
40
By the end of this relentless, sprawling and bloody crime opera it may be you who is on your knees, begging for the damn movie to just hurry up and end it.
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Production Company:
- CJ Entertainment
- Pollux Barunson
- TMS Comics
- TMS Entertainment
Duration:1 h 57 m
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Awards
Blue Dragon Awards
• 2 Wins & 10 Nominations
Grand Bell Awards, South Korea
• 1 Win & 8 Nominations
Korean Association of Film Critics Awards
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
