Movies

My title says it all. I won't debate whether it's OK to kill animals for entertainment. I won't debate whether Korean laws suck for not preventing animal abuse. I won't debate whether animals have souls or not. You can figure these things out for yourself. All I'll say is WARNING: Animals were harmed in the making of this film.Every dollar you spend on this film tells the filmmakers that it's cool to kill horses. If you really must see this movie for some reason, you should steal it or download it illegally so you're not paying people to run over horses with trucks & other such atrocities they did here. Animal snuff films ain't my thing.

If you are looking for a good time, check this out. Kang-ho Song The Weird) and Woo-sung Jung (The Good) stand out for their performances in a film written and directed by Ji-woon Kim (writer of The Uninvited, and directed A Tale of Two Sisters).The music, the cinematography, the constant action, all remind you of that other movie with a similar name. Ji-Woon Kim has given us a spaghetti western set in Korea with Japanese invaders. It is a cool ride from beginning to end - and it it extremely funny, too.Of course, there are those who may think it sacrilegious to remake Sergio Leone's movie, but remember he made that movie from the Japanese film Yojimbo.

An avowed homage to Sergio Leone (with references to quite a few other westerns, martial arts films and other films thrown in), with Morricone-imitating music, the film goes on for much too long, despite some beautiful shots and well-directed action scenes- which go on for too long as well. The central characters just aren't interesting, original or convincing enough to carry the plot- such as it is- and the final revelation about one evokes neither astonishment nor comprehension. All the same, if you just sit back and let it wash over you without thinking except to count the thefts, references and clichés you'll have an enjoyable couple of hours.