Discovery

Release date: 6 February 2009

Running time: 130 mins

Director: Kim Jee-Woon

Starring: Jung Woo-sung, Lee Byung-hun, Song Kang-ho

A tale of adventure set in the 1930s Manchurian desert where lawlessness rules.

Three Korean men fatefully meet each other on a train. Do-Won (Jung Woo-sung) is a bounty hunter who tracks down dangerous criminals. Chang- yi (Lee Byung-hun) is the leader of a group of tough-as-nails bandits. Tae-goo (Song Kang-ho) is a train robber with nine lives. The three strangers engage in a chase across Manchuria to take possession of a map Tae-goo discovers while robbing the train. Also on the hunt for the mysterious map are the Japanese army and Asian bandits. In this unpredictable, escalating battle for the map, who will stand as the winner in the end? Directed by, Kim Jee-Woon (A Bittersweet Life), The Good, The Bad, The Weird was a smash-hit box office sensation in South Korea, with over 7 million cinema admissions. It stars Song Kang-ho (The Host), Jung Woo-sung (The Restless) and Lee Byung-hun (A Bittersweet Life).

Screenplay: Kim Min-Suk

Distributor: Icon

You should see it because: This Korean 'Western' has all the manic energy we've come to expect from the best of Asian cinema.

See it if you liked: Shanghai Noon (2000), A Bittersweet Life (2005), The Host (2006)