Film2005120 min

A Bittersweet Life

Name: A Bittersweet Life
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Released: 2005
Duration: 120 min
Cast: Lee Byung-hun, Shin Min-a, Kim Yeong-cheol, Hwang Jung-min, Kim Roi-ha

Taste attributes: actioncrimedramamafia/gangsterunsavouryheavyrealisticsimplelineargrittyemotive & stirringall consuming questcomplex relationshipdeep rivalryfighting evilinjustice/tragedy/vengeancerescue/escape/jeopardyunderdog triumphs

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Boxlist takeExpect a weighty, dark crime drama, grounded rather than fantastical. Best if you like edge over warmth.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: simple · Structure: very linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

Quality rating

7.5 /10

TMDB · 588 votes

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Pace: Balanced pace, just how this profile likes it
Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it

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Intricacy: Basic story, where this profile leans smart / intricate

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Synopsis

Kim Sun-woo is an enforcer and manager for a hotel owned by a cold, calculative crime boss, Kang who assigns Sun-Woo to a simple errand while he is away on a business trip; to shadow his young mistress, Heesoo, for fear that she may be cheating on him with a younger man with the mandate that he must kill them both if he discovers their affair.

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