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The Good, the Bad, the Weird(좋은 놈, 나쁜 놈, 이상한 놈)

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Korea · 2008
Rated R · 2h 10m
Director Kim Jee-woon
Starring Song Kang-ho, Lee Byung-hun, Jung Woo-sung, Yoon Je-moon
Genre Action, Adventure, Comedy, Western

The story of three outlaws in 1930's Manchuria and their dealings with the Japanese army and Chinese and Russian bandits. The Good (a Bounty hunter), the Bad (a hitman), and the Weird (a thief), battle the army and the bandits in a race to uncover legendary riches in this fresh, fun kimchi western.

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The New York Times by

The ever reliable, rubber-faced Song Kang-ho plays Tae-goo, the train robber, and gives the film what little comic spark it has.

60

Empire by Dan Jolin

A tangled narrative and damp-squib ending detract from an otherwise joyous Spaghetti Eastern.

80

Time Out by David Fear

At its best, this pomo oater gets within chaw-spitting distance of action-flick greatness; at its worst, the movie is simply unadulterated guns-and-guts fun.

70

Variety by Derek Elley

East meets West meets East again, with palate-tingling results, in The Good the Bad the Weird, a kimchi Western that draws shamelessly on its spaghetti forebears but remains utterly, bracingly Korean.

85

NPR by Mark Jenkins

Sergio Leone learns to speak Korean in The Good, the Bad, the Weird, an exuberant tale of greed, vengeance and, well, weirdness.

83

The A.V. Club by Noel Murray

The story’s many advances and reversals can be hard to follow at times, but this isn’t really a movie where plot is paramount. Everything boils down to the action, and what that action means.

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