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A Bittersweet Life

5 Ratings: 4.4

Korean Action Crime Drama

A Bittersweet Life (Dalkomhan insaeng) (Hangul: 달콤한인생) is a 2005 South Korean film by Kim Ji-woon. Highly cultural and ruthlessly violent, it illustrates the ethical codes in the Korean mob and how they clash with personal morality. &n … see full wiki

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review by Trekscribbler. April 11, 2011

posted in Movie Hype

A Genuinely "Bittersweet" Experience

I knew I’d seen Byung-hun Lee before. He starred as “Storm Shadow” in G.I. JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA, and, with what little he was given in that tent-pole summer film from director Stephen Sommers, he did a masterful job, so much so that I knew I’d see him again. Little did I expect that it would be in a film he had done before G.I. JOE, back in 2005’s A BITTERSWEET LIFE. Despite its more popular conventions, LIFE is a bit of … more

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review by woopak_the_thrill. January 05, 2009

posted in ASIANatomy

Revenge Has Never Looked this DAMNED GOOD!

At first impression, it would be easy to dismiss director Kim Jee-Woon's (A Tale Of Two Sisters) film as another revenge thriller from South Korea in the same vein as Park Chan-Wook's "Vengeance Trilogy" and just another John Woo affair such as "The Killer" and "Hard-Boiled". I wouldn't bother writing a new review if this was just a typical revenge flick. "A BITTERSWEET LIFE" (2005) is a dazzling neo-noir gangster film that is a "cardboard" … more

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review by MzJen_2_review. April 03, 2007

Kim Ji-Woon just keeps getting better and better every time!

In the same vein as "Oldboy" comes "A Bittersweet Life," a movie so good it shocked me when watching it for the first time. It's a violent revenge movie with a gripping story with some fantastic actors such as Byung-hun Lee. He stars as Seon-woo, an enforcer for President Kang, a very dangerous man and if he wants to get rid of people, Seon-woo is the one taking care of it. The most interesting thing about this movie besides the story being so great is Seon-woo himself. The way Byung-hun Lee has … more

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review by liago4. March 29, 2007

posted in Movie Hype

His Life Really Is Bittersweet

I just can't get enough of these Korean revenge films because they're just so different and unique from your normal revenge plot. Now of course a film like this or one of the films from Park Chan-wook's "Vengeance trilogy" won't be appreciated by all simply because some may think they go to far with the amount of violence. It really depends on what your limit is but I had no problem with any of these films. Sun-woo is a mob enforcer and a darn good one, as you'll see in the … more

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