Kim Sun-woo is an enforcer and manager for a hotel owned by a cold, calculative crime boss, Kang who assigns Sun-woo to a simple errand while he is away on a business trip; to shadow his young mistress, Hee-soo, for fear that she may be cheating on him with a younger man with the mandate that he must kill them both if he discovers their affair.
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Like A Bittersweet Life, this one is rooted in loyalty under pressure, figuring out who you are, and feeling powerless. Both circle the same ground: corrupt institutions and class and money. Same energy: brutal, cold and detached, escalating, and slow build to explosion.
What ties these together is figuring out who you are. They share the same lens on corrupt institutions. Same energy: bleak, cold and detached, escalating, and slow build to explosion.
Both films sit with loyalty under pressure and figuring out who you are. They share the same lens on corrupt institutions and class and money. Same energy: bleak, cold and detached, escalating, and slow build to explosion.
Both films sit with loyalty under pressure. Both circle the same ground: corrupt institutions. Same energy: brutal, escalating, and slow build to explosion.
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