Movie

I Saw the Devil

2010 · 144 min

A grim, merciless descent into brutality that leaves you tense, awestruck, and emotionally drained.

Tagline: Abandon all compassion.
Overview: Kyung-chul is a dangerous psychopath who kills for pleasure. Soo-hyeon, a top-secret agent, decides to track down the murderer himself. He promises himself that he will do everything in his power to take vengeance against the killer, even if it means that he must become a monster himself.
How it feels: Dark, bleak, tense and melancholic. Relentless and demanding.
About: Revenge, violence, obsession, morality
Content: Strong violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: relentless, 4 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: revenge
violence
obsession
morality
grief
Places: big city
road trip
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex strong