Joheunnom nabbeunnom isanghannom (2008)

Note Générale:

7,5/10   

Réalisateur:

Ji-woon Kim

Scénaristes:

Ji-woon Kim (screenplay)
Min-suk Kim (screenplay)

Date de sortie:

17 juillet 2008 (South Korea)

Genre:

Action | Aventure | Comedie | Western

Intrigue:

The story of three Korean outlaws in 1940s Manchuria and their rivalry to possess a treasure map while being pursued by the Japanese army and Chinese bandits. |

Plot Keywords:

Manchuria | Outlaw | Cavalry Charge | Shotgun | Bounty Hunter

Récompenses:

3 wins & 8 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Outstanding Western and action movie

Ensemble

Kang-ho Song	...	Yoon Tae-goo / The Weird
Byung-hun Lee	...	Park Chang-yi / The Bad
Woo-sung Jung	...	Park Do-won / The Good
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Kyeong-hun Jo	...	Doo-chae
Kwang-il Kim	...	Two swords
Cheong-a Lee	...	Song-i
Dong-seok Ma	...	Bear
Dal-su Oh	...	Man-gil
Seo-won Oh	...	Chinese woman
Seung-su Ryu	...	Man-gil
Byung-ho Son	...	Seo Jae-sik
Young-chang Song	...	Kim Pan-joo
Ji-won Uhm	...	Na-yeon
Je-mun Yun	...	Byeong-choon

Autre(s) titre(s):

Nom Nom Nom (International: English title) (informal short title)
The Good, the Bad, the Weird (International: English title)

Durée:

South Korea:139 min | South Korea:120 min (Cannes Film Festival) | Argentina:130 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival) | Japan:129 min

Pays:

South Korea

Langue:

Coréen | Mandarin | Japonais

Couleur:

Noir et Blanc | Couleur

Rapport de forme:

2,35 : 1

Son:

Dolby Digital

Classification:

South Korea:15 | Australia:MA (2008) | Singapore:NC-16 | Argentina:16 | UK:15 (cut) | Ireland:15A | Japan:PG-12 | Germany:16

Société:

Barunson

Anecdotes:

Most expensive movie in South Korean cinema history as per 2009.

Guillemet:

Park Do-won: [a captured Tae-goo runs past Do-Won as he's trying to escape] Are you going somewhere? Escaping?
Yoon Tae-goo: No, of course not. just gave the rope a tug and it fell out. You folks shouldn't be so careless.
Park Do-won: Fine. Just go back in and sleep, then.

Connexions:

Références C'era una volta il West (1968)

Outstanding Western and action movie

Considering that the best Western's movies came from Italy; it should not be a surprise to find an excellent one coming from Orient. Remaking "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly " was a risky task; the beloved classic, packed three extremely efficient and loved actors (Eastwood, Wallach and Lee Van Cleef), Ennio Morricone's music and a legendary director Sergio de Leone; however the Korean director, Ji-woon Kim took the risk and accomplished it gracefully; sometimes even better than the master itself. The story is different than the original (there is some homage to "A Fistful of Dynamite "also ). Instead of focusing on the Good, this time is the Weird who gets protagonism (though Eli Wallach carried most of the original movie too). There is a map (really a MacGuffin ) after which the three main characters plus other thieves, opium dealers and Japanese army are after; thus becoming an spectacular and very violent chase over Manchuria. There is some political innuendo about Korean freedom but never flights too high. Aside from the non-spot action with bullets, knives, hammers and a little of martial arts the cinematography is outstanding. There are takes requiring craftsmanship and preparation that recent USA movies only do through computer generated imagery but almost never with cameras. This quality makes the action far more believable and involving. The acting is very good. Most of the movie is carried by Kang-ho Song (The Host) as The Weird but Byung-hun Lee as The Bad creates a very interesting psycho; Woo-sung Jung as The Good gets what he can with an underwritten character and the rest of the cast if above average; far from the overacting in typical Oriental movies. In brief, pure entertainment; and if you have problem with subtitles; do not worry because dialogs are of little importance here.