This is why Korean cinema is the best in the world. The movie goes from bumbling gangster fun to utter emotional devastation within an hour. It's a film that just gets better and better until the viewer is left to pick up the pieces in a stupour. A quite amazing performance by Choi min-Sik..I thought he was brilliant in Oldboy, then I saw this. Two tragic characters that barely cross paths, are at the centre of an extremely simple tale that is just crushed by Director Hye-sung Song. He absolutely smashes it out of the park. Korean cinema does that better than any other - makes beautiful, heartfelt tales out of simple plots. There are some flaws - mainly actions by periphery characters. But it doesn't affect the flow and tone of this beautiful film. 8.4/10