More Lee Byung-hun completism. Highly rated at IMDB. Directed by Kim Jee-woon (The Foul King (2000), The Good, The Bad, The Weird (2008), I Saw the Devil (2010)) who wrote a script based on a "character created by" Dong-Cheol Kim. Shades of Tarantino (Kill Bill) and ultraviolent Hong Kong. A henchman enforcer goes on a rampage after the boss tries to discern why he no longer wants to follow clear orders. Their mutual incomprehension is supposedly provoked by luxury superfluity Shin Min-a who notionally plays a mean cello but does not get particularly romantic with any of her three paramours. The cycle of life, or at least generic cinematic paydays, in the dens, hotels, bars, private rooms and so on of demimonde Seoul.
Peter Bradshaw: three stars.
