Eye for an Eye
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- Movie: Eye for an Eye
- Revised Romanization: Nuneneun Nun, Ieneun I
- Hangul: 눈에는 눈, 이에는 이
- Director: Kyung-Taek Kwak, Ahn Kwon-Tae
- Writer: Dong-woo Kim
- Cinematography:
- Release Date: July 31, 2008
- Runtime: 101 min.
- Studio: Taewon Entertaiment
- Distributor: Lotte Entertainment
- Language: Korean
- Country: South Korea
Plot
Sung-chan is a top detective of the special crime squad. He is notorious for punishing the opponent who hurts his pride. When Hyun-min impersonates Sung-chan and robs a cash transport car under the daylight, and seizes $10 billion worth of smuggled gold right before the cops eyes, Sung-chan is outraged. He cannot let this criminal slip through. Sung-chan goes after Hyun-min like a wild beast going after its prey, but Hyun-min cunningly threads through the investigation, even leaving traces in the crime scenes on purpose to allure and provoke Sung-chan.
Cast
Cops
- Han Suk-Kyu - Captain Sung-chan Baek
- Lee Jae-Gu - Inspecter Park
- Kim Yun-Tae - Inspecter Kim
- Kim Jong-Man - Inspecter Oh
- Jeong Yun - Inspecter Lee
Robbers
- Cha Seung-Won - Hyeon-min Ahn (mastermind)
- Son Byeong-Ok - Doo-su Kim (muscle)
- Jeong In-Gi - Min-chul Hwang (Counterfeiter)
- Lim Seong-Kyu - Yeong-jae Cha (pick pocket)
- Kim Ji-Seok - Yu-gon Song (car theif)
Other Cast Members:
- Song Young-Chang - Hyun-tae Kim (Hospital Director)
- Kwon Hyeok-Pung - Sang-mu Yoon (Hyun-tae Kim's assistant)
- Lee Byung-Joon - Hyung-woo / Antonio
- Kim Hae-Suk - Do-su's mother
- Jeon Mu-Song - Hyeon-min's father
- Kwak Min-seok
- Im Hyeon-Seong
- Jeong Gi-Seop
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inat Says:
Jul 13 2011 4:46 pm
It was a good movie, good plot, talented actors, awesome ending!
Ki Says:
Dec 02 2008 11:43 pm
Originality isn’t South Korean film “Eye for an Eye“’s forte, nor is it even part of its lexicon. Rather, the film happily barrows favorite moments from U.S. films like “Ocean 11″ and “Heat” and spins it into a mildly entertaining Korean cops & robbers thriller. The movie is co-directed by Kyung-taek Kwak and Kwon-tae Ahn. Kwon-tae Ahn, who served as an assistant director in Kyung-taek Kwak’s 2001 film “Friend” before directing the 2004 film “My Brother“, directs the first half of “Eye for an Eye,” with mentor Kyung-taek Kwak taking over for the film’s second half. Stylistically, there’s usually a love it or hate it relationship with Kyung-taek Kwak films. Personally, I group Kyung-taek Kwak with Jae-young Kwak (”My Sassy Girl“), two renown directors from the early “Hallyu Wave” that are also part of the “IM1PFATRASKB” club. The “IM1PFATRASKB” stands for “I Made 1 Popular Film and The Rest All Sucked Kimchi Balls”.
In “Eye for an Eye,” Capt. Sung-chan Baek is set to retire from the police force, but before he can hand in his official resignation, a money transport van is robbed with one of the criminals impersonating Capt. Baek himself. Shortly afterwards, over half a ton of solid gold is stolen right before the police’s eyes on Jeju Island. This makes the already short tempered Capt. Baek more livid and he vows to capture this brazen group of criminals.
Meanwhile, Hyeon-min Ahn (Seung-won Cha) is the mastermind behind the heists. The game that he is playing with Capt. Baek follows a script Hyeon-min Ahn carefully crafted over many years. His ultimate goal may not reside with Capt. Baek, but rather to seek out revenge against another looming figure from the criminal underworld. Someone Capt. Baek may just want to capture himself.
With obvious influences from U.S. films “Ocean 11″ and “Heat,” as well as Korean films “Tazza” and “Public Enemy,” “Eye for an Eye” likely won’t win any “best original screenplay” awards. From a Korean movie-goer’s perspective, the lure of “Eye for an Eye” lies more so with Suk-kyu Han’s return to the bigscreen after a two year hiatus, as well as Seung-won Cha appearing alongside Han. Suk-kyu Han’s also gets a makeover as well, appearing with frosty white hair and a snazzy wardrobe. His temperament is more over-the-top than anything we have seen from him in the past (easy to forget this is the same Mr. nice guy from “Christmas in August“). Counter-part Seung-won Cha, delivers on his end as well, giving a more nuanced performance than what you may normally expect from him. While the two main stars did their part, the supporting performances was marred by Byeong-jun Lee’s (opera singer in A Bloody Aria) juvenile performance as a transvestite. His character was painfully stereotypical and, in a round about way, signified the lack of creativity in the movie’s script.
When the end credits roll around, your enjoyment of “Eye for an Eye” will depend largely on your tolerance of the movie’s heavy lifting from U.S. films “Ocean 11″ and “Heat”. If you could careless about this aspect and you generally enjoy action films, you’ll find yourself enjoying “Eye for an Eye”. If you’re a more discerning viewer and not a huge fan of action films involving cops & robbers, than the derivative nature of film will become a far bigger obstacle.