This is the third or fourth one i watch from Ma Dong-Seok and korean cinema in general. Is not a bad movie, but maybe so many years of Hollywood action makes this movies too plain for me. I was hoping to watch the whole Roundup saga, but I think i will pass for now. Until now, all of what I watched, even that they have their violent moments, usually are off-screen. The few that are on screen are mere fist fights (with the eventual pipe or knife) and the endings don't pack the same punch as what I'm used to. Usually they don't use guns (I guess it's a common trait in films from this part of the world) and the plots, even that they have their differences, from an external point of view seem all the same. Also, the characters that Ma Dong-Seok do, usually are the same: he hit you one time with those hams and you are watching cartoon birds on the floor. Big arms, slaps and punches and that's it. Again, it may be the Hollywood effect, but I'm being honest

Don Lee trying and unable to look at the injury on his elbow because his arms are too muscular is peak physical comedy

Brutal, Action Packed, Stylish The Outlaws is a confident, stylish south korean turf war episode based on true incidents brought to life. It features plenty of stylish blood-letting and unchecked machismo as it trains its focus on Chinese-Korean immigrants and a ruthless fight for power. The film offers great fight choreography and engaging gangster drama which easily serves as a near perfect crime drama. Don Lee is exceptional as always and is extremely likeable as the cop busting out gangsters one by one. Yoon Kye-sang is amazing as the antagonist, he instils true fear in the viewers mind with his magnificent performance. Overall, The Outlaws is a fantastic crime thriller which has great action sequences, brutal gangster drama and a fast screenplay. Don Lee is a legend and we should never get in his way.

It was a decent martial arts/cop movie but honestly, I have no idea what happened. Very confusing storyline; I still have no idea who was connected to whom and why things went the way they did. All that aside, it was still a good cop movie and I'm really starting to like Don Lee. That final fight scene between Ma Seok-do and Jang Chen...wow. There's also a good bit of humor mixed in here: "Come on...she was a model! She was hot, right?" "She was a hand model; her hand was hot." and plenty other lines to lighten it up and keep it from turning into a really dark criminal underworld movie. I may watch it again because (1) it was just that good, and (2) to see if I can make sense of all the underlying sub-plots. As it was, I gave it a three just because it was kind of confusing to me.

It’s an alright movie. I got hooked due to the hype around squid game, so I started looking into Korean movies. I don’t understand how police officers use knives instead of guns though.