Kyung-chul is a dangerous psychopath who kills for pleasure. Soo-hyeon, a top-secret agent, decides to track down the murderer himself. He promises himself that he will do everything in his power to take vengeance against the killer, even if it means that he must become a monster himself.
If I Saw the Devil hit you the right way, here are Hollywood films that share its DNA. Same emotional weight, same kind of stories, same kind of payoff.
Both films sit with guilt and rage. The world both films live in revolves around corrupt institutions and men and women navigating expectations. Both move the same way too, brutal, haunting, escalating, and slow build to explosion.
Both films sit with grief, guilt, and loss of innocence. Both circle the same ground: corrupt institutions. Same energy: bleak, haunting, and escalating.
What ties these together is rage. Both move the same way too, brutal, bleak, escalating, and slow build to explosion.
