The Good the Bad the Weird

While this Korean "western" was certainly quick-paced, maintaining a high standard of high-strung action, it ultimately lacked depth in plot and character development. Given how shallow the movie is, the 2 hour plus runtime does not do it a favor- I believe the film would've scored much higher if it cut down to an hour and half. A fun film with very impressive and sometimes very funny scenes nonetheless- it just lacks the profundity of a film worth watching again. Strong 3 to a light 4.

There are so many GREAT KOREAN MOVIES. The ones with good drama, good cinematography, good actions, good wiritings, all combines. But this one, falls to a weird category of trying to make a cowboy movie + try to be funny. It FAILS. Too many unnecessary scenes (such as the chase in the desert), and a few strong characterization nor the drama.

Loved this movie, was great fun, starring one of my favorite Korean actors, the awesome Kang-Ho Song 'Parasite', 'Snow Piercer' and 'A Taxi Driver' (not to be confused with Robert De Niro's 'Taxi Driver'). This movie has it all!!. If your a fan of fun action movies or Korean movies it's a must see.

The plot is interesting enough but the characters themselves feel hollow. It makes for an entertaining action movie but don't expect any character development or the like.

Fun aplenty but even more .... If Western action thrills you'll enjoy "The Good, The Bad, The Wierd" a lot. If you lo also grew up on the American Western and love the movies, there is something even more here. Director Jee-won-Kim is certainly a technical master of action and of story but he also has created equal parts homage and love letter to the medium of film itself. There are simply too many references to all that we love in the movies to mention here , suffice to say "Thank you Sir" for pop art at its most eye and ear bathing best! What fun!

I have seen the movie on the way from Istanbul to Singapore and Taiwan. During my trip I had a chance to watch the movie three times. On the plane I watched the shorter version, I think it is similar to the one shown on Festivals. And from Internet I had a chance to watch the longer version. I am waiting for the 3 Disk DVD release of the movie. I recommend the movie to anyone who likes spaghetti western and some fun at the same time. It is the first major film I liked besides the Hollywood and Yesilcam (Turkey). It is nice to see more alternatives to the Hollywood movies. Additional Comments: I prefer movies with less computer affects and this one looked more natural than the last Bond movie I watched, I think in the near future the Bond movies will be a simple Computer Game (For the action scenes).

Good entertaining movie...not the best though...many flaws...example one dude taking out a whole army...as well as a crappy ending...almost everything that had to do with the ending was good but it was executed very poorly which killed the film...overall good film

The film tells the story of a treasure map that can easily change the lifestyle of the one who holds it. A bandit leader hires "The Bad" Park Chang to steal the treasure map from a Japanese Banker who is traveling in a train. Accidentally "The Weird" Tae-goo steals it first. "The Good" Park-Do-wan, a bounty hunter was also in the train who was hired by a Korean officer. The film is slightly inspired from "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" and Kim Jee-woon presented it in a fun adventurous mode. The Weird character played by Song Kang was the center of attraction and the actors did their own stunts, which was quite impressive. It's a visual treat with bullets flying all over the place and the soundtrack by Chan Young-gyu makes it more exciting. Overall, It's a full on entertainer and I really enjoyed it.

A great action flick with continuous shootouts and fun. The dialog (I saw this with English subtitles, so I probably missed a lot of the fun) is well written and executed. The acting is, as expected, mysterious, funny, and fierce. The plot is simple, but not too simple. The ending is hilarious. If you can suspend your beliefs (and your knowledge of biology and physics) for a while (wow, how does he pump that rifle, swing it around, ride a horse, AND kill a whole army at the same time? how come they are all shooting and nobody seems to be able to hit him? etc) and you are a fan of violent action films, this one will please for sure.