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Duelist Reviews

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Director Lee Myung-se returns to the screen with his long-awaited follow-up to the acclaimed 1999 policier Nowhere to Hide. Duelist takes place in Korea during the Chosun dynasty, where a large-scale counterfeiting scheme threatens to send the whole country into chaos. Two cops, Detective Ahn (Ahn Sung-kee, who played the .. Read more

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

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- Coming a full six years after his breakthrough feature, the dazzling cop flick âNowhere to Hideâ, expectations ran... read more on Time Out
- 50175
- - Trevor Johnston
  - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:20
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- - 11
  - 2
  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 ... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 18 Jul 2007 at 09:26
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- - 0
  - 0
  spectacular and stylish
  
  Essentially a historical detective mystery about search for those responsible for producing counterfeit money that turns political. Duelist is a mysterious ... read more »
  
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- 893092
- - juradino
  - 701 reviews
  - London
  - 21 May 2010 at 14:30
- - 0
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  Pretty.....nothing else!
  
  Great use of colour and well shot..the director must have thought it was the best work he ever did..in fact I suspect he thought it was the best work ANY one ... read more »
  
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- 833030
- - filmhound
  - 27 reviews
  - London
  - 20 Nov 2009 at 19:23
- - 0
  - 0
  Decent
  
  Beautiful, but drags.....a lot.
  
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- 771912
- - a customer
  - Edinburgh
  - 16 Jun 2009 at 20:47
- - 0
  - 0
  the duelist
  
  was a good film and had an unexpected story line but worth watching if you like action world cinema...
  
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  - ipswich
  - 28 Sep 2008 at 18:28
- - 0
  - 0
  rubbish
  
  iI did not rate the rental part one and part two of the duelist was not my cup of tea i do like marshal arts films but not !!!! this was absolutly terrible
  
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- 534863
- - surfboard
  - 8 reviews
  - Blackpool
  - 04 Mar 2008 at 20:22
- - 0
  - 0
  Fell asleep
  
  I am sure this film has great qualities, but failing to entertain me enough to keep me from falling asleep on the sofa means it's just not good enough...
  
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  - Liverpool
  - 11 Dec 2007 at 18:33
- - 1
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  Visual delight
  
  This was a real surprise - I hadn't read the reviews and expected a Korean version of the Hong Kong Legends. This is in essence a love story at the point ... read more »
  
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- 499660
- - cmb
  - 26 reviews
  - Lancaster
  - 29 Nov 2007 at 13:20
- - 0
  - 1
  LOVED IT
  
  VERY GOOD LOVED IT THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT A MUST SEE.
  
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  - ENGLAND GINA
  - 02 Nov 2007 at 18:36
- - 2
  - 0
  Would Not Recommend.
  
  We turned it off after 25 minutes - it was so awful.
  
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- 473748
- - a customer
  - Scotland
  - 10 Sep 2007 at 12:45
- - 1
  - 0
  Korean Klutz
  
  This Korean film fancies itself as a cross between Crouching Tiger and Police Story, but it fails to mix the two successfully, instead managing to create ... read more »
  
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  - Epsom, Surrey
  - 07 Sep 2007 at 12:21
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- - 11
  - 2
  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 ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 459327
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - a customer
  - London
  - 18 Jul 2007 at 09:26
- - 2
  - 0
  Would Not Recommend.
  
  We turned it off after 25 minutes - it was so awful.
  
  Report this review
- 473748
- - a customer
  - Scotland
  - 10 Sep 2007 at 12:45
- - 1
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  Korean Klutz
  
  This Korean film fancies itself as a cross between Crouching Tiger and Police Story, but it fails to mix the two successfully, instead managing to create ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 472885
- - a customer
  - Epsom, Surrey
  - 07 Sep 2007 at 12:21
- - 1
  - 0
  Visual delight
  
  This was a real surprise - I hadn't read the reviews and expected a Korean version of the Hong Kong Legends. This is in essence a love story at the point ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 499660
- - cmb
  - 26 reviews
  - Lancaster
  - 29 Nov 2007 at 13:20
- - 1
  - 1
  martial art chick flick
  
  A female detective is after a male criminal and as per 'Out of SIght' is caught between the dilemma that she fancies him but must see him brought to ... read more »
  
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- 462631
- - itstinks
  - 573 reviews
  - North of Reading
  - 31 Jul 2007 at 20:07
- - 0
  - 0
  Fell asleep
  
  I am sure this film has great qualities, but failing to entertain me enough to keep me from falling asleep on the sofa means it's just not good enough...
  
  Report this review
- 503194
- - a customer
  - Liverpool
  - 11 Dec 2007 at 18:33
- - 0
  - 0
  rubbish
  
  iI did not rate the rental part one and part two of the duelist was not my cup of tea i do like marshal arts films but not !!!! this was absolutly terrible
  
  Report this review
- 534863
- - surfboard
  - 8 reviews
  - Blackpool
  - 04 Mar 2008 at 20:22
- - 0
  - 0
  the duelist
  
  was a good film and had an unexpected story line but worth watching if you like action world cinema...
  
  Report this review
- 636186
- - a customer
  - ipswich
  - 28 Sep 2008 at 18:28
- - 0
  - 0
  Decent
  
  Beautiful, but drags.....a lot.
  
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- 771912
- - a customer
  - Edinburgh
  - 16 Jun 2009 at 20:47
- - 0
  - 0
  Pretty.....nothing else!
  
  Great use of colour and well shot..the director must have thought it was the best work he ever did..in fact I suspect he thought it was the best work ANY one ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 833030
- - filmhound
  - 27 reviews
  - London
  - 20 Nov 2009 at 19:23

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Critics' reviews
- Coming a full six years after his breakthrough feature, the dazzling cop flick âNowhere to Hideâ, expectations ran... read more on Time Out
- 50175
- - Trevor Johnston
  - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:20
- Gorgeous and sexy
- 41409
- - Total Film
  - 08 Oct 2007 at 15:26
- Ravishing
- 41408
- - Time Out
  - 08 Oct 2007 at 15:26

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  Director Lee Myung-se returns to the screen with his long-awaited follow-up to the acclaimed 1999 policier Nowhere to Hide. Duelist takes place in Korea during the Chosun dynasty, where a large-scale counterfeiting scheme threatens to send the whole country into chaos. Two cops, Detective Ahn (Ahn ...