The Yellow Sea

2010 [KOREAN]

Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller

32
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 78% · 25 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 78% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.3/10 10 24474 24.5K

immigrant police taxi driver gang war beaten to death murder

Plot summary

A Korean man in China takes an assassination job in South Korea to make money and find his missing wife. But when the job is botched, he is forced to go on the run from the police and the gangsters who paid him.

Director

Hong-jin Na Photo
Hong-jin Na

Top cast

Jo Ha-seok Photo
Jo Ha-seok as Dog seller
Yoo-Mi Lee Photo
Yoo-Mi Lee as Tae-Won's Daughter
Park Yoon-Ho Photo
Park Yoon-Ho as Ulsan broker
El Lee Photo
El Lee as Kim Tae-won's mistress
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
1.26 GB
1280*544
Korean 2.0
NR
Subtitles kr  
23.976 fps
2 hr 20 min
Seeds 9
2.58 GB
1920*816
Korean 5.1
NR
Subtitles kr  
23.976 fps
2 hr 20 min
Seeds 26

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by dwankan 6 / 10

Fun but Absurd

This film is quite a ride. If you like nonstop action, you might like it. If you like stories about desperate people stuck in desperate situations and struggling to get out of them, you might like it.Unfortunately, you have to be willing to suspend quite a bit of disbelief to keep watching it, as each five minutes takes the main character further into unbelievable territory. By the end of the film, he's outsmarted several police organizations and several crime organizations, all of which have been chasing him through most of the movie, and it tells in several scenes where, rather than showing how he got out of an impossible situation, the film simply cuts to him driving or running away with nobody in close pursuit, suggesting he did it . . . Um, somehow?Other reviewers talk about gritty realism, and while it is gritty, it isn't within miles of realistic. In the real world, the main character of this film would have been either killed or put in prison within thirty minutes of this 2.5 hour story.
Reviewed by daffy201004 8 / 10

One of the best thrillers ever, another hit from Korea

If you enjoy The Chaser or The man from nowhere, You will absolutely love this film. In fact, if you love thrillers...this is for you. The villain, is probably one of the worst villains ever, is also very funny. The main character who has questionable orals is still very likable and found myself rooting for him. The basic plot in one sentence is pretty much an assassination of a professor gone wrong. The main character find himself being chased by the police, the villain, and someone else (which I won't reveal or else it will be a spoiler.) The action scenes are so brutal but realistic. The scenes are fast and real tense. There twists are so good and fitting for this thriller. The action will keep you on the edge of your seat but your mind will be asking a few questions which will be all answered if you pay attention close enough. All the actors were excellent. The guy who played the villain was the "good" guy in the The Chaser. He played his character so well, I didn't even recognize him. His speech, mannerisms, and expressions had me believe his character. I also loved the ending which could be debated.
Reviewed by searchanddestroy-1 10 / 10

Terrific

Gritty, bloody, what a bleak crime thriller which is purely Korean, without anything taken from Hollywood crap industry; no influence from the West, except maybe this awesome car chase which is the only good point that we could find from American movies. The main character is really compelling, poignant, and that increases, emphasizes the impact of his fate on the audiences. Yes, this movie belongs to the list of Korean material which was not contaminated by the US craps virus, disease, with their ever happy f... endings made for idiots. NIGHT IN PARADISE, SYMPATHY FOR MR VENGEANCE, I SAW THE DEVIL, THE CHASER, BITTERSWEET LIFE. These are also pure absolute gems too from South Korea.
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