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2007 Certificate 12
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DUELIST is set in Korea during the late Chosun Dynasty. The economy is in a state of chaos as a large amount of counterfeit money has flooded the country. Detective Namsoon is assigned to find the source of the fake money. She goes undercover and finds her investigation complicated by the number of dead bodies stacking up. She .. Read more

Starring Sung-Ki Ahn, Ha Ji-Won, Kang Dong-Wong
Director Myung-Se Lee
Genres Action/Adventure, World Cinema

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DUELIST is set in Korea during the late Chosun Dynasty. The economy is in a state of chaos as a large amount of counterfeit money has flooded the country. Detective Namsoon is assigned to find the source of the fake money. She goes undercover and finds her investigation complicated by the number of dead bodies stacking up. She finds herself encountering a handsome swordsman called Sad Eyes on numerous occasions during her investigation and engages in a number of duels with him. However, the pair, who operate on separate sides of the law, find themselves falling in love. Director Myung-Se Lee (NOWHERE TO HIDE) has created a visually sumptuous film that is markedly different from most martial arts films. The film takes inspiration from artists such as Matisse and the fight choreography has hints of ballroom dancing and ballet, making for a striking and original movie.

Starring Sung-Ki Ahn, Ha Ji-Won, Kang Dong-Wong
Director Myung-Se Lee
Studio E1 ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 49 mins
Certificate Certificate 12
Genres Action/Adventure, World Cinema
Language DVD: Korean
Subtitles DVD: English
Released DVD: 02 Jul 2007
Production year: 2007
Format DVD

Duelist (2007)

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  • Coming a full six years after his breakthrough feature, the dazzling cop flick Nowhere to Hide, expectations ran... read more on Time Out

    • Trevor Johnston, 
    • Time Out
    • Posted 04 Nov 2008

  • Gorgeous and sexy

    • Total Film
    • Posted 08 Oct 2007

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  • 11 out of 13 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 1 star

    Incomprehensible rubbish

    Whatever happened to plain old fashioned story telling. 'Duelist' failed to engage me on any level. Once you get over the first twenty minutes of the films pretty visuals, there's no substance. It ends up looking like nothing more than a show reel of the director's favourite MTV camera techniques. Mere smoke and mirrors. And if the tail ain't worth telling without all the gimicks then it ain't worth telling. To see how to marry martial arts, humour, great story telling, directing and various genres of music successfully check out 'Kung Fu Hussle'. If you want a Korean take on it then 'Arahan' is a good bet. For the best in period sword fighting Korean style 'Musa' (soundtrack appart) takes some beating. But to mention 'Duelist' in the same breath as 'Hero', 'House of Flying Daggers' or 'Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon' is to do them a massive disservice.

      • A customer from London
      • Posted 18 Jul 2007 09:26

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  • 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 0 stars

    Would Not Recommend.

    We turned it off after 25 minutes - it was so awful.

      • A customer from Scotland
      • Posted 10 Sep 2007 12:45

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