When you think of gangster movies you’ll automatically start thinking about movies like The Godfather, Scarface and Goodfellas. They are all movies made quite a while ago. Although Hollywood still produces them they have become a rare breed. The genre is still very alive in South Korea and it has produced some interesting ones that are worth checking out (A Dirty Carnival and A Bittersweet Life come to mind). Nameless Gangster is the type of gangster movie I love where it’s not really about violence (although that is present), but about the relationships between characters. Continue reading
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The Yellow Sea (2010)
After his excellent debut, The Chaser, director Hong-jin Na is back with The Yellow Sea. Is this movie just as good as his first movie or was that a lucky shot? Continue reading