The Man from Nowhere (2010)

Disappointment for a huge fan!

A bit overrated, but still an amazing film

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

The movie's plots were made unreasonable just to have a good emotional aspect. It's a waste of time. The only thing good about this movie is the acting.

The hero's development through the story to the end perfectly matched the title. It wasn't because he was mysterious, it was the fact he was the girl's neighbor. You don't see how much he cared for the girl until the finale. He was a stranger(technically due to him a the girls relationship in the beginning) that helped another. He was almost like the star from the movie"redemption" , a hero who fell off but crawled out of it. The villians weren't dumb, they were an actual threat to other people around them(the license plate scene and the ruffied girl).the bad guy were just really caught off guard. Which is understandable because They were dealing with someone They know nothing about and underestimated. They were even evil to the point that their brutal deaths gave the feel they deserved it. The use of "ants" was even new to me as well. This showed these weren't the usual drug traffickers you hear about. The fight scenes were used well. The first fight the hero had being the tip of the iceberg of what the final fight would finally be. The brutality matched the emotions and situations. From self defense, survival, and to pure rage. Unlike most fighting movies who has fights in every scene, this actually made the wait worth it.

Movie: The Man from Nowhere (18)Rating: 4.5/5Since I saw the film's Indian remake first and enjoyed it as well, I will write just a brief review, as most of the praise has come out in the review of the remake ROCKY HANDSOME.THE MAN FROM NOWHERE is one of the best South Korean action films as it provides great action, while also combining it will emotions and thrills. The film is full of scenes that have gone down into the filmmaking history as "classic". Since I already knew the entire story due to having seen the remake, I wasn't surprised but was still very impressed. Won Bin is a perfect actor, and his performance will make you remember him for long. Kim Hee- won is decent and plays his part well. Kim Sae-Ron is quite decent in the role provided. Same for rest of the cast.The action, as I said before is great. What I didn't mention is that it's "dynamite" in impact.Lee Jeong-beom's the MAN FROM NOWHERE is undoubtedly a smart action film which is entertaining of course, but also quite different from most action films.

I liked the movie and the actions scenes were entertaining. The main character Cha Tae- sik has a sad make story and that is why I feel he wanted to save So-mi, a little girl and his only friend. However, there was a big plot hole in the story. There was a scene they put So-mi to sleep with drugs and it looks as if they are about to remove her eyes, but they later showed us that they removed someone else's eyes. Even though I was happy to see her alive, I was upset to how So-mi was conveniently free, with no one else around her, at the moment Cha Tae-sik was about to kill him self. Though the movie is already two hours long, I felt that they could have made it a little longer to explain how So-mi got free.