Re: Nameless Gangster 720p Subtitles Torrent
Ovidio Neufville
The movie is personal to the director; his father was a high-ranking police officer in Busan, and he witnessed many people visiting his father for a favor, which was not so different from what is shown in the film. Yoon Jong-bin is no Martin Scorsese in case of style and storytelling, but his earnest approach to his story without the glamor we usually expect from gangster films is commendable. The recreation of the 1980s is convincing and realistic to me, especially in case of the cars rode by the characters in the film. I was young at that time, and I wanted to get in those expensive cars like Grandeur made by Hyundai(and I used to get my wish from time to time thanks to my rich relatives).
Nameless Gangsterwas a hit at the South Korean box office, where it drew a million moviegoers in its first four days, and holds considerable appeal for international audiences willing to embrace subtitles for a superior slap of violence. It went down a treat at the New York Asian Film Festival earlier this month and has been selected for the Melbourne International Film Festival in August.
With Ik-hyun exploiting his little black book of political connections and his partner providing the muscle, they rise to rule the criminal underworld but the relationship, forever on shaky ground, begins to crumble when the government starts its clampdown and Ik-hyun appears to be in cahoots with rival gangster Kim Pan-ho (Jo Jin-woong.)
Thanks to a brilliant, full-throttle performance by the changeable Min-sik, we are never sure whether the civil servant with the hangdog features and the loud mouth is a devious mastermind or a doofus who got lucky. We do know he is grasping and opportunistic with a much shakier moral code than his dyed-in-the-wool gangster cohorts.
There, Ik-hyun bumps into his former boss after a night celebrating his first drug deal. Harsh words lead to punches and Ik-hyun hands the man a gruesome beating. The music stops. The eyes of the bar fall on him. Ik-hyun looks up in shock, and then, as if a weight has been lifted, smirks and walks out the door. At that moment, a gangster is born, and with him, the next great gangster movie.
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