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Christmas 1999, in a peaceful little village in the Ardennes. The life of a young boy named Antoine will soon be devastated by three tragic events : the death of a dog, the vanishing of a child, and a big ravaging storm.
Director:
Nicolas Boukhrief
Stars:
Sandrine Bonnaire,
Pablo Pauly,
Charles Berling
Get caught up in the tale of a new stock broker who dreams of becoming rich. Those dreams make him susceptible to a stock market scam that threatens to get him in trouble.
After barely surviving a violent attack by an elusive serial killer, crime boss Jang Dong-su (Don Lee) finds himself forming an unlikely partnership with local detective Jung Tae-seok (Kim Moo Yul) to catch the sadistic killer simply known as "K".Written by
Well Go USA Entertainment
The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil is a decent film but the ending feels a little contrived.
On the upside the story is mostly well crafted, with an inexplicable, anti hero buddy team up, that sets up an intersection between cops, the criminal underworld and a serial killer. The overlap between these groups inevitably tie back to the killer, whose actions divide and unify, people seemingly at odds with one another.
On top of this rather clever interplay of plot elements, lies action and crime scenes that are well paced and choreographed, If at times somewhat gruesome and disturbing.
My only real criticism, is the ending which I felt was a little long winded and contrived. I suspect the story went down this path to bring it in line with acceptable mainstream notions of establishment "law and order".
Still, that said, on balance, there's more to like here than not. 7/10 from me.
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The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil is a decent film but the ending feels a little contrived.
On the upside the story is mostly well crafted, with an inexplicable, anti hero buddy team up, that sets up an intersection between cops, the criminal underworld and a serial killer. The overlap between these groups inevitably tie back to the killer, whose actions divide and unify, people seemingly at odds with one another.
On top of this rather clever interplay of plot elements, lies action and crime scenes that are well paced and choreographed, If at times somewhat gruesome and disturbing.
My only real criticism, is the ending which I felt was a little long winded and contrived. I suspect the story went down this path to bring it in line with acceptable mainstream notions of establishment "law and order".
Still, that said, on balance, there's more to like here than not. 7/10 from me.