26 nyeon

This movie is so awesome! Should get more worldwide attention but its not because this is surely not Kim ki duk's art house. About a victim's family who want to take revenge after what happened to their family 26 years ago in Gwangju's massacre, very well constructed and so unpredictable, its a true story I guess because at their ending credit they listed a lot of name,of victim of the gwangju's massacre.

Got sufficient tension, great acting, some saddy moment that make me cry and honestly I rarely cry watching movie although they say their genre are drama. If you love good thrilling movie just like the chaser, yellow sea, memories of murder, i saw the devil, and many more excellent korean thriller you will absolutely love this! If not I will punch myself in the face just like edward norton in fight club!

This movie was a waste of time. It is a long drawn out movie without great character development. I would not watch this movie again, and I wouldn't recommend this movie for other people to watch.

Phénoménal plot, wonderful story and helps to learn Korean culture especially from 80's. Thé clffhanger at thé end is magnifient ans you dont have to speak to understand it. Nice. Perfect even.

Actually, there are two kinds of Korean cinema: the true Korean, genuine Korean scheme, and the Hollywood like one: the kind i hate with super heroes, action packed movies and of course f...happy endings. Useless to say that this feature belongs to the first category. Gripping, poignant, brutal, it could never be an American feature. But it is sometimes too long, a bit ankward, and the final ending disappointed me a little.

Interesting premise regarding a painful chapter in Korean history. And while the acting is quite good, in typical action film tropisms, the story can only progress because of unrealistic monologues.

Sure, the characters want the ex-president to "repent" and beg forgiveness. But do they really? Come on. They have SO so many chances to kill him when it becomes obvious that he won't. But what do they do?

They monologue.

Yup, they all monologue, for the simple sake of coming to a very unsatisfying conclusion. Don't listen to the reviews that are like, "Wow!", "Korean cinema as I love". There is nothing to love here. An overused movie cliche for the sake of....what?

And don't get me started on the main female character. I was so looking forward to being an integral part of the story and showing the men how it is done.

And she ends up being a clown, who either can't make the shot, or won't instantly take the shot when it's in her crosshairs. She's no trained marksman, and one of the biggest disappointments of the film.