The girlfriend of an abusive former boxer with dreams of becoming a pop singer teams up with a female taxi driver hounded by loan sharks to steal a large sum of money from an illegal dog fighting racket. Read more
| Starring | Jeon Do-yeon, Lee Hye-yeong, Jeong Jae-yeong |
|---|---|
| Director | Ryu Seung-wan |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
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The girlfriend of an abusive former boxer with dreams of becoming a pop singer teams up with a female taxi driver hounded by loan sharks to steal a large sum of money from an illegal dog fighting racket.
| Starring | Jeon Do-yeon, Lee Hye-yeong, Jeong Jae-yeong |
|---|---|
| Director | Ryu Seung-wan |
| Studio | THIRD WINDOW |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 56 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: Korean |
| Subtitles | DVD: England |
| Released | DVD: 21 May 2007 Production year: 2002 |
| Format | DVD |
This films has martial arts, car chases (50 mph on a deserted dock, thrilling!), intertwining plots, flashy editing, swear words, hard-edged females and incompetent males.
The trouble is that it does absolutely none of them well. The plot is unoriginal and the execution of the film in general so unengaging that it's near impossible to care about anything.
Usually I can forgive poor films if they have at least one moment worth watching, but this doesn't have a single one. The single worst foreign language film I've ever seen, and one of the worst movies ever. Not a single thing about it justifies it's existence.
I love Tarantino's films but Jacky Brown is not my favourite, it's good but not brilliant and that's what I expect from Tarantino. 'No Blood No Tears' is a film about gangsters, money, friendship, strong women. It has funny and gory parts. But like Jacky Brown it lacks the 'wow' factor. It could have been brilliant but isn't. Still it's worth watching if you're a fan of films such as Snatch or Rodriguez's ones. Just don't expect to be amazed.