
SPOILER: Jang Kyung-chul (Choi Min-sik) is a dangerous psychopath serial killer. He has committed infernal serial murders in diabolic ways that one cannot even imagine and his victims range from young women to even children. The police have chased him for a long time, but were unable to catch him. One day, Joo-yeon, daughter of a retired police chief becomes his prey and is found dead in a horrific state. Her fiancé Soo-hyun (Lee Byung-hun), a top secret agent, decides to tr... (Full plot summary below)
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SPOILER: Jang Kyung-chul (Choi Min-sik) is a dangerous psychopath serial killer. He has committed infernal serial murders in diabolic ways that one cannot even imagine and his victims range from young women to even children. The police have chased him for a long time, but were unable to catch him. One day, Joo-yeon, daughter of a retired police chief becomes his prey and is found dead in a horrific state. Her fiancé Soo-hyun (Lee Byung-hun), a top secret agent, decides to track down the murderer himself. He promises himself that he will do everything in his power to take bloody vengeance against the killer, even if it means that he must become a monster himself to get this monstrous and inhumane killer.
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| TheDivaReview.comDiva VelezEqual parts horror, crime drama and exploitation flick, I Saw the Devil takes aspects of all three to create the most outrageous, over the top, disturbing tale of vengeance seen for many a moon. Definitely not for the squeamish. |
| St. Paul Pioneer PressChris Hewitt (St. Paul)Kim is so in control as a filmmaker I was willing to go to whatever bloody, unpleasant, humanity-questioning place he wanted to take me. |
| Movie DearestFr. Chris CarpenterIntelligent and engrossing though definitely not for the faint of heart. |
| ComingSoon.netEdward DouglasThose looking for a journey into the darker side of human nature that's on par with some of the best serial killer thrillers should be significantly impressed with the results. |
| IFC.comMatt SingerJee-woon starts from a place we have seen before -- somewhere between Saw and Death Wish -- but the journey from there is uniquely his. |
| Village VoiceMichael AtkinsonNever good with nuance, Kim is a beast with disarming imagery but has few resonating ideas, leaving the domino-tumble of brutality to become its own tiresome spectacle. |
| ReelTalk Movie ReviewsDonald J. Levit'I Saw the Devil' is like its characters in that overkill hits you over the head too much. |
| Bloody DisgustingBrad MiskaI could talk for hours about the film, but nothing I can say will ever do it justice. The film is an experience; it's something that will have you emotionally invested in the characters, while also covering your eyes at the extreme violence. |
| St. Paul Pioneer PressChris HewittKim is so in control as a filmmaker I was willing to go to whatever bloody, unpleasant, humanity-questioning place he wanted to take me. |
| Boston HeraldJames VerniereA South Korean orgy of gore, "I Saw the Devil" features an unstoppable homicidal maniac against an unbeatable secret agent in a game of cat-and-mouse that finally goes on for too long... |