The Good, the Bad, and the Weird (2008)
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.
Average Rating: 6.7/10
Critic Reviews: 16
Fresh: 11 | Rotten: 5
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,
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Cast
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Song Kang-ho
Tae-Goo ("The Weird") -
Byung-hun Lee
Chang-Yi ("The Bad") -
Woo-sung Jung
Do-Won ("The Good") -
Seung-su Ryu
Man-Gil -
Qi Zhang
Deligeer -
Yoon Jae-Moon
Byeong-Chun -
Son Byeong-ho
Seo Jae-Shik -
Song Yeong-chang
Kim Pan-Ju -
Kim Gwang-il
Two Blades -
Ma Dong Suk
Bear -
Ryu Chang-Suk
Granny -
Lee Chung-Ah
Song-Yi
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All Critics (63) | Top Critics (16) | Fresh (53) | 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.
Top CriticThrill-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.
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.
Kimchi Westerns, anyone?
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.
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.
The most amazing silliness I've seen in ages.
... a madcap chase for a treasure map filled with double crosses, crazy escapes and lots of black humor.
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.
This is an object example of every dollar being on the screen.
'The Good, the Bad, the Weird' offers a bizarre but intoxicating synthesis of silliness and awe.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Good, the Bad, the Weird - When Tarantino met Leone ... and Spielberg, too.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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- The Good, the Bad, the Weird (UK)
