I Saw the Devil
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I Saw the Devil

2010Movie2 h 24 min

HorrorThriller
77
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb7.8Letterboxd4.0/5Metacritic67–Rotten Tomatoes83%87%
77
GreatGoodWatch score
IMDb7.8Letterboxd4.0/5Metacritic67–Rotten Tomatoes83%87%

Summary

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.

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  • Friends night
  • Thought-provoking
  • Adults

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  • You want something to laugh at
  • You need an uplifting mood
  • Graphic violence bothers you
  • You scare easily

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  • Leaves you shaken.
  • Puts you inside a crime.
  • Keeps you on edge.
  • Weighs on you.
  • Gets your pulse racing.

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Tropes

Tracking Devicein 213 titlesEarly in the film, Soo-hyun gets a transmitter from his agency that tracks GPS location and acts as a microphone.Far East Asian TerroristsRare · in 44 titlesIt’s implied that this is how Tae-joo and Kyung-chul know each other. Tae-joo mentions that the two of them were in a “militia” movement and wanted to cause chaos throughout the world.All 75 tropes

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