Starring Kim Ok-bin, Sung Joon, Shin Ha-kyun, and Kim Seo-Hyung, this. I only remembered the movie because it was on James Gunn's quarantine watch list. The percentage of Approved Tomatometer Critics who have given this movie a positive review.
Frenetic, kinetic action meets satisfyingly soapy drama. See it before everyone tries to copy the. The Villainess opens with one of those sequences that will leave you wondering how they did it, and marvelling at the sheer kinetic impact.
Review: 'The Villainess' Is The Craziest Action Movie of the Year, and Also the Most Convoluted — Fantasia. This gonzo Korean action movie is derivative junk, but rarely has derivative junk been executed with such panache and personality. Kim Ok-bin in "The Villainess," directed by Jung Byung-gil. Director Jung Byung-gil insists that "The Villainess" was made without any reference to preexisting films; that all of its gonzo And yet the very first scene of the movie busts out of the gate like a female-driven remake of "Hardcore Henry," Jung immediately launching us into a. This review originally ran during our coverage of the Fantasia Film Festival. The Villainess is in select North American theaters today.
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The new movie from co-writer/director Jung Byung-gil is a revelation that continues the hot streak of innovative eye-wideners we've been on since The Raid. Could a relationship be the key. The Villainess bike chase scene -quality!
I love the action scene. so hardcore!!! Without a clear narrative, the story recedes in the face of the movie's stylized violence — which is, admittedly In the end, however, "The Villainess" is little more than an action showcase, with way more scenes of turgid. As an agent, she begins life anew, raising her. Late on in The Villainess, a clutch of them are cowering in a restaurant kitchen, while their elegant nemesis, the none-more-fatale femme Sook-hee (Kim Ok-bin), lurks just feet away, planning her next spectacular line of attack.