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NOWHERE TO HIDE, the sixth feature from Korean New Wave writer-director Lee Myung-Se (GAGMAN) is an arty police action film jam-packed with style and attitude. Fans of Asian directors Takeshi "Beat" Kitano and John Woo will recognize the iconographic character of Detective Woo (Park Joong-Hoon), a slouching, thuggish homicide .. Read more

Starring	Joong-Hoon Park, Sung-Ki Ahn, Dong-Kun Jang, Ji-Woo Choi
Director	Myung-Se Lee
Genres	Drama, World Cinema

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- "...An accomplished action thriller....[Park] radiates a coiled energy born from years of tough graft and hard knocks -- a performance of soulful intensity..."
- 9598
- - Sight and Sound
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:58
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  entertaining
  
  A patchy but entertaining good cops vs the bad guys where the ‘good’ cops and not so good and the bad guys are pretty bad. The main cop gives a great ... read more »
  
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  - chungking
  - 101 reviews
  - London
  - 12 Jan 2006 at 21:20
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  prison may be only hiding place
  
  Classic style cop movie shot in arty fashion using slow motion and stills as well as some monochrome sequences. It panders to fans of martial arts movies as it ... read more »
  
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- - juradino
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  - 07 Dec 2011 at 15:16
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  Great action film with style
  
  The producer borrows different film styles and the fighting scenes are spectacular. The tired cop just cannot keep up with the killer. It is fantastically well ... read more »
  
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  - Dorchester
  - 05 Mar 2010 at 16:25
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  Thunder Galore
  
  If this film is anything to go by, it certainly rains a lot in Seoul, but the cops certainly ain't wet when it comes to doling out the punishment. The ... read more »
  
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- - Cato
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  - Lydbury North
  - 05 Apr 2009 at 21:43
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  Waste of time
  
  I don't know what's good about this. The film made no sense.
  
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  - 16 Jan 2009 at 11:13
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  worth seeing
  
  worth a watch for the foot chase scene, one shot and keeps going and going, the actors show real indurance beyond their appearance!
  
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- - onefix
  - 11 reviews
  - Halstead
  - 29 Aug 2008 at 13:27
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  Very good action movie
  
  A very good action film, which is very entertaining, funny, has some exciting action throughout, and has some interesting characters. The movie is also ... read more »
  
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- - DJM666
  - 274 reviews
  - Walsall
  - 25 May 2006 at 19:55
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  I have been generous with my rating.
  
  Starting looked great - very stylish, slick but lacks a good script. Rather boring film though I just began to forward the film till the end after an hour ... read more »
  
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  - Slough, England
  - 25 May 2006 at 00:35
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  some good effects but YAWN!
  
  Watched this after recommendation from Jonathan Ross on his Asia series recently. Yes it does have some good looking bits but I found the subtitles hard to read... read more »
  
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- - Graham Stewart
  - Derby
  - 11 Apr 2006 at 09:12
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  Flashy but Dull
  
  One of those films I'd never got round to watching despite some reasonable reviews and word of mouth, Nowhere To Hide is kind of a disappointment now that I... read more »
  
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- - Andy Oliver
  - Colchester, England
  - 10 Mar 2006 at 17:05
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  entertaining
  
  A patchy but entertaining good cops vs the bad guys where the ‘good’ cops and not so good and the bad guys are pretty bad. The main cop gives a great ... read more »
  
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- - chungking
  - 101 reviews
  - London
  - 12 Jan 2006 at 21:20
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- - 2
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  entertaining
  
  A patchy but entertaining good cops vs the bad guys where the ‘good’ cops and not so good and the bad guys are pretty bad. The main cop gives a great ... read more »
  
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  - chungking
  - 101 reviews
  - London
  - 12 Jan 2006 at 21:20
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  Poor
  
  Probably the worst Asian film I've watched through ScreenSelect. Very disorienting and no sense of direction & then a wacky ending just in case you ... read more »
  
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  - Northampton, England
  - 16 May 2005 at 18:59
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  Flashy but Dull
  
  One of those films I'd never got round to watching despite some reasonable reviews and word of mouth, Nowhere To Hide is kind of a disappointment now that I... read more »
  
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- 217092
- - Andy Oliver
  - Colchester, England
  - 10 Mar 2006 at 17:05
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  - 2
  A rather fulfilling and bracing film
  
  Myung Se Lee is one of the most stylish directors in Korea and this film is high up at the top of the tree.The black & white scenes at the beginning,and the... read more »
  
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- - Andrew Williams
  - Blackpool
  - 02 Sep 2004 at 21:49
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  some good effects but YAWN!
  
  Watched this after recommendation from Jonathan Ross on his Asia series recently. Yes it does have some good looking bits but I found the subtitles hard to read... read more »
  
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- 231231
- - Graham Stewart
  - Derby
  - 11 Apr 2006 at 09:12
- - 0
  - 0
  I have been generous with my rating.
  
  Starting looked great - very stylish, slick but lacks a good script. Rather boring film though I just began to forward the film till the end after an hour ... read more »
  
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- 248165
- - a customer
  - Slough, England
  - 25 May 2006 at 00:35
- - 0
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  worth seeing
  
  worth a watch for the foot chase scene, one shot and keeps going and going, the actors show real indurance beyond their appearance!
  
  Report this review
- 621066
- - onefix
  - 11 reviews
  - Halstead
  - 29 Aug 2008 at 13:27
- - 0
  - 0
  Waste of time
  
  I don't know what's good about this. The film made no sense.
  
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- 688852
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  - London
  - 16 Jan 2009 at 11:13
- - 0
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  Thunder Galore
  
  If this film is anything to go by, it certainly rains a lot in Seoul, but the cops certainly ain't wet when it comes to doling out the punishment. The ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 738419
- - Cato
  - 591 reviews
  - Lydbury North
  - 05 Apr 2009 at 21:43
- - 0
  - 0
  Great action film with style
  
  The producer borrows different film styles and the fighting scenes are spectacular. The tired cop just cannot keep up with the killer. It is fantastically well ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 869219
- - a customer
  - Dorchester
  - 05 Mar 2010 at 16:25

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  NOWHERE TO HIDE, the sixth feature from Korean New Wave writer-director Lee Myung-Se (GAGMAN) is an arty police action film jam-packed with style and attitude. Fans of Asian directors Takeshi "Beat" Kitano and John Woo will recognize the iconographic character of Detective Woo (Park Joong-Hoon), a ...