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Bad Guy Reviews

2001

50
from 1858 members

While strutting through Downtown Seoul, Hang-gi, a local gangland pimp, spots young Sun-hwa, a pretty, middle-class college student, waiting on a park bench. He sits next to her, creating a disparate scene of two classes in soft harmony, until she sneers at his advances and rushes into the arms of her preppy boyfriend. Offended,.. Read more

Starring	Jae-hyeon Jo, Won Seo
Director	Kim Ki-Duk, Ki-Duk Kim
Genres	Drama, World Cinema

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- More sexual terrorism from the self-styled bad-boy outsider of Korean cinema - or is that Korean society? Mute thug... read more on Time Out
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- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:17
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  No Political Correctness Here.
  
  This film is sure going to alienate a lot of people. This Korean movie is decidely non politically correct and will upset many people with its explotation of ... read more »
  
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  - Laurie
  - East Grinstead, England
  - 19 Aug 2004 at 15:18
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  - 0
  Bit of a Downer
  
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  This was quite harrowing to watch actually. A very, very pretty young woman with a bright future is forced into prostitution in Korea. Her life is ruined and - ... read more »
  
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- - JPG2007
  - 39 reviews
  - 23 Dec 2011 at 10:21
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  Soho or Seoul? The trade is the same - the accent is different.
  
  I'm still getting used to the Korean film genre - it took me long enough to get to grips with the French way of doing things - but I've never been ... read more »
  
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- - papatez
  - 202 reviews
  - folkestone
  - 22 Nov 2011 at 17:51
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  A bridge of faith too far.
  
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  Like the idea, though can't understand how it was believed that someone watching this film would accept the female actually creating a bond with 'bad ... read more »
  
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- - jackdrone
  - 3 reviews
  - 28 Jun 2011 at 21:29
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  men in love
  
  Prostitute on the run as college student or virgin dropping out, that is the question. Tale of sex and violence as well as love and obsession in which the law ... read more »
  
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- 988037
- - juradino
  - 625 reviews
  - London
  - 01 May 2011 at 23:16
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  bad boy, just misunderstood
  
  An alarmingly understandable descent into acceptance of a life that should continue to be abhorrent. What I like most about Korean cinema is the maintained ... read more »
  
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- - Psyorm
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  - Ormskirk
  - 23 Aug 2009 at 22:37
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  Deeply disturbing
  
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  While the premise might not be so unusual - the story of a (unwilling) prostitute falling in love with her pimp - they way it is executed here is deeply ... read more »
  
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- 758951
- - a customer
  - London
  - 17 May 2009 at 21:04
- - 0
  - 0
  Bad Guy
  
  Biiter sweet examination of love and obsession ...set amid South Korean prostitution...powerful...sad...magnificent.
  
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  - Dude0203
  - 71 reviews
  - Wirral
  - 08 Feb 2009 at 09:32
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  Hated the story and the ending.....and most of the characters....but interesting and gripping to the end!!!!
  
  this film was thoroughly interesting even tho it goes from bad to worse in terms of what your sitting there wanting to happen...
  
  i found the ending ... read more »
  
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  - NativityInBlack
  - 93 reviews
  - Birmingham
  - 18 Jul 2008 at 17:22
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  words cant do this justice.
  
  Words can not express how impressed i am by korean films these days.
  
  This one really is something else. Sick and twisted beyond belief. but fully ... read more »
  
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- - Mrtbuzzed
  - 16 reviews
  - Pontefract
  - 27 May 2008 at 22:08
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  Hard as nails
  
  A small-time crook swindles a student into becoming a prostitute, and the spends the movie obsessing over, while never lifting a finger to right the wrongs he ... read more »
  
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- - Savage
  - 632 reviews
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  - 19 Dec 2007 at 10:42
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- - 16
  - 1
  No Political Correctness Here.
  
  This film is sure going to alienate a lot of people. This Korean movie is decidely non politically correct and will upset many people with its explotation of ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 15314
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Laurie
  - East Grinstead, England
  - 19 Aug 2004 at 15:18
- - 9
  - 0
  Bad Guy, good film
  
  I saw this film shortly after seeing the same director's The Isle and was much more affected by this production, although they are both striking works. Like... read more »
  
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- - Film Flaneur
  - London
  - 19 Feb 2006 at 22:09
- - 7
  - 2
  Bad Guy, Bad Film
  
  This film has several problems - most notably lack of story development, characterisation.
  
  The premise is that a stranger falls in love with a girl ... read more »
  
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- - JimmyConway
  - London
  - 17 May 2005 at 17:10
- - 6
  - 5
  Dire Guy would be more appropriate
  
  Oh my God! What a pile of rubbish this film is! Avoid it like the plague. Actually, catching the plague would probably be more fun than having to watch this ... read more »
  
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- - Count Daddy
  - his Tower of Wit
  - 17 Feb 2006 at 11:54
- - 3
  - 0
  Really warped
  
  This is another thought-provoking film from Korea, a country who's films up until recently have been mostly unknown to the British public. It's very ... read more »
  
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- - Sam Needham
  - Brighton, England
  - 19 Oct 2004 at 13:39
- - 3
  - 0
  Touching story of love at first sight
  
  The premise of this film is that even violent, criminal underclass types can have feelings too, and although the twisted love story may be very unpalatable it ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Bedford
  - 06 Dec 2005 at 16:45
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  Where Angels fear to tread
  
  As ever Korean films are proving to be in a class of their own. This is a film students dream. It get close to that uneasy feeling you get when watching '... read more »
  
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- - Robert Wilby
  - Devon, England
  - 07 Sep 2007 at 12:14
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  Hated the story and the ending.....and most of the characters....but interesting and gripping to the end!!!!
  
  this film was thoroughly interesting even tho it goes from bad to worse in terms of what your sitting there wanting to happen...
  
  i found the ending ... read more »
  
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  - NativityInBlack
  - 93 reviews
  - Birmingham
  - 18 Jul 2008 at 17:22
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  Deeply disturbing
  
  THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS | Show review anywayHide
  
  While the premise might not be so unusual - the story of a (unwilling) prostitute falling in love with her pimp - they way it is executed here is deeply ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - London
  - 17 May 2009 at 21:04
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  - 0
  BAD GUY
  
  This was a good film but as said in prev there are a few unexplained parts that are really puzzling me.
  
  This girl had the chance to run away but ... read more »
  
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  - manchester
  - 11 Nov 2005 at 12:29

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- Bad Guy
  
  While strutting through Downtown Seoul, Hang-gi, a local gangland pimp, spots young Sun-hwa, a pretty, middle-class college student, waiting on a park bench. He sits next to her, creating a disparate scene of two classes in soft harmony, until she sneers at his advances and rushes into the arms of ...