Good stuff is coming from Korea. The Good, the Bad, the Weird is a western set in China around World War 2. A train is robbed by the bad guy, during the robbery the good guy tries to kill the bad guy and meanwhile the weird guy steals the map the bad guy needed to steal. This setting is the beginning of an action packed journey through barren plains in Northern China, bandit villages and ultimatly to the place where the map leads them.
High production value and very accessible to western audience.
Rating : 8
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Eastern Western
Links: AFFF / imdb
Compared to Takeshi Miike's Sukiyaki Western Django this Asian western is more true to the genre. It is definitely funny but never completely over the top and too meta. For a western it is quite action packed with really long chase and fight sequences. The camera work consists of classic western style framing (extreme close-ups of eyes etc), but also modern style whip zooms and fast tracking shots. Strange choice though for very dominant yellows and greens in the interiors in the first act of the film.
Rating: 7
Links: AFFF / imdb
Compared to Takeshi Miike's Sukiyaki Western Django this Asian western is more true to the genre. It is definitely funny but never completely over the top and too meta. For a western it is quite action packed with really long chase and fight sequences. The camera work consists of classic western style framing (extreme close-ups of eyes etc), but also modern style whip zooms and fast tracking shots. Strange choice though for very dominant yellows and greens in the interiors in the first act of the film.
Rating: 7
one train, three man. one map, many guns. one treasure, infinite bullets
Links: AFFF / imdb
The beautiful desert of Outer Mongolie. One train track. A lone trumpet. What else does man need?
A lovely chaotic crusade of three man for one map. Mayhem, fun, jokes, fighting, Oriental twists. This film derails from the very first moment and I loved it. A pandemonium of colours and action.
Rating: 8
Links: AFFF / imdb
The beautiful desert of Outer Mongolie. One train track. A lone trumpet. What else does man need?
A lovely chaotic crusade of three man for one map. Mayhem, fun, jokes, fighting, Oriental twists. This film derails from the very first moment and I loved it. A pandemonium of colours and action.
Rating: 8
description: South Korea, Japan, western, guns, treasure, horses, motorcycles, gangs, army cars, humor
bodycount: hundreds
(Geoffrey): (rating 9)
I found this movie mind blowing. The Western genre is not populair for quite some time. So, how to make a western movie nice? Let Asians make one in stead of Hollywood. Though the movie does not represent the South Korean culture, I believe some hints to the country struggles are mentioned here and there. Let's say this movie is a Asian remake (for a change) of the Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Add some very good stereotype figures and actors who can make it promising, do a little bit of treasure hunting (little bit of Indy vibes here and there), of course quite some gun slingering and good humor and you have a very nice western movie. I would never gave it a 9 if it was made in America, but to see that South Korea can make high quality movies like this sounds like I want to see more from that area. The camera work is done wonderfully and some settings (like Ghost Market and the train scene) are breath taking. If you are not open to Western, you probably won'ty like it very much and think it looks quite the same as the old western. But I do not feel this way. Also, I found it difficult to know in which era the movie took place. At first I thought the pre-cars era, but that does not seemed to be the case. This kind of trickery gets the movie extra points.
bodycount: hundreds
(Geoffrey): (rating 9)
I found this movie mind blowing. The Western genre is not populair for quite some time. So, how to make a western movie nice? Let Asians make one in stead of Hollywood. Though the movie does not represent the South Korean culture, I believe some hints to the country struggles are mentioned here and there. Let's say this movie is a Asian remake (for a change) of the Good, the Bad and the Ugly. Add some very good stereotype figures and actors who can make it promising, do a little bit of treasure hunting (little bit of Indy vibes here and there), of course quite some gun slingering and good humor and you have a very nice western movie. I would never gave it a 9 if it was made in America, but to see that South Korea can make high quality movies like this sounds like I want to see more from that area. The camera work is done wonderfully and some settings (like Ghost Market and the train scene) are breath taking. If you are not open to Western, you probably won'ty like it very much and think it looks quite the same as the old western. But I do not feel this way. Also, I found it difficult to know in which era the movie took place. At first I thought the pre-cars era, but that does not seemed to be the case. This kind of trickery gets the movie extra points.