Top billed cast

1. 

   Song Kang-ho

   Detective Park Doo-man

2. 

   Kim Sang-kyung

   Detective Seo Tae-yoon

3. 

   Kim Roi-ha

   Detective Cho Yong-koo

4. 

   Song Jae-ho

   Sergeant Shin Dong-chul

5. 

   Byun Hee-bong

   Sergeant Koo Hee-bong

6. 

   Go Seo-hee

   Officer Kwon Kwi-ok

7. 

   Ryu Tae-ho

   Jo Byung-soon

8. 

   Park No-shik

   Baek Kwang-ho

9. 

   Park Hae-il

   Park Hyeon-gyu

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Reviews

A review by badelf

Written by badelf on 2026-07-07

Summary: 10/10: one of the greatest crime films of the 21st century, a perfect marriage of Bong's satirical instincts and his capacity for devastating emotional truth.

This is a great mystery film featuring comically inept police detectives, and it stands as one of the best Korean films of all time. (The other top contender is probably Parasite, also by Bong Joon-ho.) This is a must-see for any cinephile. The script and the direction are perfect.

The story is based loosely on the Hwaseong serial murders, one of South Korea's first real serial killer cases. The crimes went unsolved for mo...read the rest

Recommendations

1. 추격자77%
2. 악인전78%
3. 범죄도시 273%
4. 범죄와의 전쟁68%
5. Blue Velvet76%
6. 비스트67%
7. King Ivory68%
8. Fallen68%
9. Cape Fear72%
10. 황해73%
11. Eden65%
12. 신세계74%
13. A Walk Among the Tombstones63%
14. Crooked House63%
15. Righteous Kill58%
16. The Bone Collector67%
17. Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey80%
18. 강남 197063%
19. Rope79%
20. God Is a Bullet61%

Status
Released

Original Language
Korean

Budget
$2,800,000.00

Revenue
$26,000,000.00

Keywords

• assassin
• police brutality
• rape
• corruption
• police
• detective
• investigation
• victim
• based on true story
• based on play or musical
• murder
• serial killer
• torture
• brutality
• killer
• neo-noir
• frantic
• 1980s
• anxious
• south korea
• dramatic