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6.6/10
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After their childhood friend is murdered, a two-man martial arts army beats a path to the perp.After their childhood friend is murdered, a two-man martial arts army beats a path to the perp.After their childhood friend is murdered, a two-man martial arts army beats a path to the perp.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 6 nominations
Lee Beom-su
- Pil-ho
- (as Beom-su Lee)
Jo Deok-hyeon
- CEO Jo
- (as Deok-hyeon Jo)
Richard Epcar
- Additional Voices
- (English version)
- (voice)
Ahn Jae-mo
- Cameo
- (as Jae-mo Ahn)
Lee Joo-sil
- Seok-hwan's Mother
- (as Ju-shil Lee)
On Joo-Wan
- Cameo
- (as Ju-wan On)
Ahn Kil-kang
- Wang-jae
- (as Kil-Kang Ahn)
- Director
- Writers
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Did you know
- TriviaDuring one fight scene involving street gangs, you see a group of baseball outfit coming fighters wearing facepaint in in two colors, which is a direct nod to Walter Hills "The Warriors" (1979) to make it more clear they have "warriors" written on their chest
- ConnectionsReferences The Warriors (1979)
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Great fun and lots of action and adrenaline...
"The City of Violence" had gotten some fairly great reviews on Amazon, that is one of the main motives for why I bought it, that and also because I enjoy Asian cinema.
And now having seen "The City of Violence", I must say that I was thoroughly entertained and somewhat surprised by the movie. Initially, I found the story to be a little bit jumpy and not all that easy to grasp at first, as there is a lot of jumping to and fro and a heap of characters thrown into your face all at once. But once the dust settles and the movie trots on, it becomes really great. The story really isn't the main issue to carry the movie; the action and fighting is.
The action and fighting scenes and sequences were really nicely choreographed and executed. Lots of adrenaline and in-your-face fighting here. It is not the type of action as seen in many Chinese action movies, with wires and crazy jumping going on, no! This is done very realistic and believable. Though I do wonder how one manages to stay afoot after receiving such a beating as the two main characters did towards the end and final showdown (I guess they just had that Jean Claude Van Damme gene in them, eh?).
The people cast for the various roles were doing really great jobs with their roles, and I think it was nice to see so many unfamiliar faces on the cast list, which for me, means there are no associations to prior movies and roles hanging in the air. I enjoyed the performances by all people in "The City of Violence".
"The City of Violence" is a movie that you just have to watch if you are a fan of Asian action movies, it is an amazing Korean movie that is well worthy up along side some of the 'classic' Hong Kong action movies. And "The City of Violence" goes to prove that action doesn't have to come from Hollywood. And speaking of action, then the final showdown at the restaurant was one of the best fighting scenes I have ever witnessed in a movie, it just went on and on (but in a good way) and it was done so nicely.
Thumbs up for this movie, way up!
And now having seen "The City of Violence", I must say that I was thoroughly entertained and somewhat surprised by the movie. Initially, I found the story to be a little bit jumpy and not all that easy to grasp at first, as there is a lot of jumping to and fro and a heap of characters thrown into your face all at once. But once the dust settles and the movie trots on, it becomes really great. The story really isn't the main issue to carry the movie; the action and fighting is.
The action and fighting scenes and sequences were really nicely choreographed and executed. Lots of adrenaline and in-your-face fighting here. It is not the type of action as seen in many Chinese action movies, with wires and crazy jumping going on, no! This is done very realistic and believable. Though I do wonder how one manages to stay afoot after receiving such a beating as the two main characters did towards the end and final showdown (I guess they just had that Jean Claude Van Damme gene in them, eh?).
The people cast for the various roles were doing really great jobs with their roles, and I think it was nice to see so many unfamiliar faces on the cast list, which for me, means there are no associations to prior movies and roles hanging in the air. I enjoyed the performances by all people in "The City of Violence".
"The City of Violence" is a movie that you just have to watch if you are a fan of Asian action movies, it is an amazing Korean movie that is well worthy up along side some of the 'classic' Hong Kong action movies. And "The City of Violence" goes to prove that action doesn't have to come from Hollywood. And speaking of action, then the final showdown at the restaurant was one of the best fighting scenes I have ever witnessed in a movie, it just went on and on (but in a good way) and it was done so nicely.
Thumbs up for this movie, way up!
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Box office
- Budget
- $2,400,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $6,201,250
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