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The Good, the Bad, and the Weird

The Good, the Bad, and the Weird (2008)

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Average Rating: 7.2/10
Reviews Counted: 63
Fresh: 53 | Rotten: 10

Whilst never taking itself too seriously, this riotous and rollicking Sergio Leone-inspired Korean Western is serious fun.

67

Average Rating: 6.8/10
Critic Reviews: 12
Fresh: 8 | Rotten: 4

Whilst never taking itself too seriously, this riotous and rollicking Sergio Leone-inspired Korean Western is serious fun.

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As the Korean peninsula falls into the hands of Japanese imperialists and countless Koreans seek refuge in the vast wilderness of Manchuria, a determined thief, a cold-blooded hitman, and a mysterious bounty hunter all vie for an elusive map that could lead them to a buried treasure from the Qing Dynasty. Tae-gu is "The Weird," a thief who comes into possession of the sought-after map while boldly robbing a train of Japanese military officers. But at the very same time Tae-gu attacks the train,

Aug 17, 2010

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All Critics (63) | Top Critics (12) | Fresh (54) | Rotten (10) | DVD (5)

Imagine the sparseness of classic oaters matched with the energy of martial arts movies and you've got what Kim Jee-won has wrought.

August 6, 2010 Full Review Source: Toronto Star | Comment
Toronto Star
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Thrill-seekers, rejoice. Here's the summer blockbuster you've been waiting for -- no, dreaming of. The Good, the Bad, the Weird is to Hollywood's puny efforts what the Large Hadron Collider is to a Hula Hoop.

May 13, 2010 Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | Comment
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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With a nod and a wink to Sergio Leone, South Korean filmmaker Kim Jee-woon delivers a slam-bang western set in Manchuria after the Japanese invasion in 1931.

May 7, 2010 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | Comment
Chicago Reader
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Kimchi Westerns, anyone?

May 7, 2010 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | Comment (1)
San Francisco Chronicle
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A giddy mashup of Sergio Leone's spaghetti westerns and Lucas and Spielberg's Indiana Jones romps, this guns-a-blazing wide-screen Korean hit offers a nuttily staged, beautifully filmed, but kind of brainless homage to old-school Hollywood.

May 6, 2010 Full Review Source: Philadelphia Inquirer | Comment
Philadelphia Inquirer
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As vigorously staged as it all is -- sometimes confusingly, occasionally with camera-torqueing flair and impressive stuntwork -- the urge to thrill grows wearisome.

April 29, 2010 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | Comment
Los Angeles Times
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The most amazing silliness I've seen in ages.

March 24, 2011 Full Review Source: What Culture | Comment

... a madcap chase for a treasure map filled with double crosses, crazy escapes and lots of black humor.

September 4, 2010 Full Review Source: Seanax.com | Comment
Seanax.com

This film was a total blast from start to finish! It's more than Good, has little that is Bad, and is filled with the Weird.

August 18, 2010 Full Review Source: CinemaBlend.com | Comment
CinemaBlend.com

This is an object example of every dollar being on the screen.

August 6, 2010 Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | Comment
Jam! Movies

'The Good, the Bad, the Weird' offers a bizarre but intoxicating synthesis of silliness and awe.

July 24, 2010 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | Comment
eFilmCritic.com

The production's blend of traditional cowboy tropes and 20th-century elements give it an out-of-time feel that's appropriate for what is basically a teenage boy's extended fantasy.

July 23, 2010 Comments (4)
Kansas City Star

For the most part, an enjoyably wild ride that may do for what you might call the 'noodle western' what Leone's classics did for the pasta variety.

June 29, 2010 Full Review Source: One Guy's Opinion | Comment
One Guy's Opinion

Did you really just watch 50 guys on trucks and horses blast one another to bits while chasing one guy on a motorcycle? You did. And it was awesome.

June 3, 2010 Full Review Source: Oregonian | Comment
Oregonian

Pours a ton of genre influences into the archetypal Cuisinart, pureeing everything from chop-socky cheapies to The Road Warrior in a gargantuan, cheerfully anachronistic romp.

June 2, 2010 Full Review Source: Philadelphia Weekly | Comment
Philadelphia Weekly

The Good, the Bad, the Weird - When Tarantino met Leone ... and Spielberg, too.

May 18, 2010 Full Review Source: What Would Toto Watch? | Comment
What Would Toto Watch?

The Good, the Bad, the Weird is little more than a series of anonymous, elaborate shoot-outs. Like its title, it's just a goof.

May 14, 2010 Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press | Comments (2)
St. Paul Pioneer Press

This film starts with a real bang, with a thrilling and lengthy train heist, chase and shoot-out sequence that would be the highlight of many movies. But there's still more to it than that...

May 13, 2010 Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | Comment
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

It grabs viewers right from the start, carries them along at a breakneck pace for more than two hours and then sends them off into the lobby feeling dazed, dizzy and delighted over what they have just experienced.

May 7, 2010 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | Comment
eFilmCritic.com

If you're going to attempt an ambitious action epic, you'd better have the directorial chops to pull it off. Kim clearly doesn't.

May 6, 2010 Full Review Source: Seattle Times | Comments (3)
Seattle Times

Hollywood will try to sell you all summer long on their latest blockbuster being the thrill ride to beat this season. It will be a movie miracle if any of them are as straight-up entertaining as The Good, the Bad, the Weird.

May 6, 2010 Full Review Source: Movie Retriever | Comment
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Audience Reviews for The Good, the Bad, and the Weird

A spaghetti western with Koreans?!?!? Hey, it works!Frenetic action, marvelous set-pieces coupled with quirky humor, and some of the most creative camerawork to grace an action movie makes "The Good, the Bad, and the Weird" an absolute marvel to watch. When the action dies down, the movie continues to offer a

March 18, 2012
Albert Kim

Super Reviewer

Its very stylistic and lets the story be both funny and serious! Its a great achievement in Korean Cinema and proves that they can make a great western just like americans!

February 29, 2012
paul o.
paul oh

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