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The Villainess offers enough pure kinetic thrills to satisfy genre enthusiasts -- and carve out a bloody niche for itself in modern Korean action cinema.
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With a body count in triple digits before the opening credits finish, the bloodily inventive fight sequences work better than the emotional scenes here - and sensible shoes aside, director Jung Byung-gil doesn't bring much new to the genre. September 18, 2017 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
With a body count in triple digits before the opening credits finish, the bloodily inventive fight sequences work better than the emotional scenes here - and sensible shoes aside, director Jung Byung-gil doesn't bring much new to the genre.
Cath Clarke
A propulsive, wildly entertaining and hyperkinetic action flick. September 14, 2017 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
A propulsive, wildly entertaining and hyperkinetic action flick.
Kevin Maher
Midnight slickness is The Villainess's signature look, and one it rocks with mesmeric panache. September 14, 2017 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Midnight slickness is The Villainess's signature look, and one it rocks with mesmeric panache.
Robbie Collin
"The Villainess" is little more than an action showcase, with way more scenes of turgid espionage than thrilling set pieces. It's for genre die-hards, not a general audience. September 14, 2017 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
"The Villainess" is little more than an action showcase, with way more scenes of turgid espionage than thrilling set pieces. It's for genre die-hards, not a general audience.
Alan Zilberman
A film of swaggering precision. September 14, 2017 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
A film of swaggering precision.
Danny Leigh
The Villainess is a wonderfully lurid and overcooked thriller with a plot so melodramatic that you half suspect the filmmakers borrowed it from an opera. September 13, 2017 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
The Villainess is a wonderfully lurid and overcooked thriller with a plot so melodramatic that you half suspect the filmmakers borrowed it from an opera.
Geoffrey Macnab
Frenzied and kinetic, The Villainess careens all over the place with reckless abandon, where it hits manic, thrilling, dangling-off-a-speeding-bus-while-wielding-a-hatchet highs. July 1, 2020 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
Frenzied and kinetic, The Villainess careens all over the place with reckless abandon, where it hits manic, thrilling, dangling-off-a-speeding-bus-while-wielding-a-hatchet highs.
Brent McKnight
The Villainess is a hyper-violent revenge movie with fight scenes to die for. March 2, 2020 | Full Review…
The Villainess is a hyper-violent revenge movie with fight scenes to die for.
Stefania Sarrubba
"The Villainess" is so much more than an action flick, particularly through its production values, acting and directing on the action scenes December 25, 2019 | Full Review…
"The Villainess" is so much more than an action flick, particularly through its production values, acting and directing on the action scenes
Panos Kotzathanasis
Your eyes might feel bruised but your pulse will remain elevated throughout Jung Byung-gil's erratic slice of brutal revenge, The Villainess. October 10, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
Your eyes might feel bruised but your pulse will remain elevated throughout Jung Byung-gil's erratic slice of brutal revenge, The Villainess.
Nicholas Bell
See The Villainess for some of the craziest stunts and amazing fights, but don't expect an easy ride for plot. May 16, 2019 | Full Review…
See The Villainess for some of the craziest stunts and amazing fights, but don't expect an easy ride for plot.
Carolyn Mauricette
It's a frankly ridiculous combination but somehow it works. February 22, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
It's a frankly ridiculous combination but somehow it works.
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