The Man from Nowhere (2010) Ajeossi (original title): A quiet pawnshop keeper with a violent past takes on a drug- and organ trafficking ring in hope of saving the child who is his only friend. (7.8)
Director: Jeong-beom Lee
Stars: Bin Won, Thanayong Wongtrakul and Sae-ron Kim
Language: Korean (w/ English subtitles)
No originality in the story. Too predictable, too sentimental, too formulaic. The fight scenes are nicely choreographed, but utterly unrealistic and silly to the point of being laughable. A set of bit over-the-top dramatic moments (quite a few, actually) take away otherwise a good acting performance by the whole cast. (Funny to hear some guy shouting in Sinhalese in one of the scenes in a Korean movie; he gets killed pretty quickly, so I don't know who that Sri Lankan man is.) My Rating: 6.0
