Movie Review: "The Good, The Bad, The Weird" (2008)In this Action-Adventure import from South Korean motion picture production company CJ Entertainment, founded 1995 as CJ E&M Film Division, also-handling their international distribution, comes the knock-out of high-quality movie entertainment. Loosely adapted from Luciano Vincenzoni and Sergio Leone's screenplay from 1965/1966 for the Western-Classic "The Good, The Bad And The Ugly" starring Clint Eastwood as The Good; here in this inspired variation of Director Jee-Woon Kim, already with Hollywood approval in directing "The Last Stand" (2013) starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, accelerates fireworks in well-choreographed shoot-outs, knife as fist-fighting of protagonist-chasing parties from Japanese military to Chinese bandits with suspense-pushing story twists of three title-given characters, all up front actor Kang-ho Song, known from international hit movies "Memoirs of Murder" (2003) and "Snowpiercer" (2013), playing the tricky as shrewd character of "The Weird" with such delights that "The Good, The Bad, The Weird" becomes an amazing exotically-classic Action-Movie with great production design, packed and wrapped in World-War-II times of the Wild Far Eastern country of Manchuria, and skillful cinematography, for original-mimicking triangle stand-off in hyper-thrilling conclusion of this treasure hunt plot to be watch over and over joyfully again, just for the shear splendid execution of production under tight budgetary conditions.© 2018 Felix Alexander Dausend (Cinemajesty Entertainments LLC)

Movie: The Good The Bad The Weird (15): Action - KoreanPositives:All the three protagonists stand out in their respective performances, with Song Kang-ho performing the best.The film has many excellently choreographed, well shot and surprisingly executed action sequences which are bound to impress. Undoubtedly, they are the main highlight of the film.The film makes good usage of humour in certain places, particularly in the second half.The cinematography is really excellent and increases the visual grandeur of the film.The climax is thrilling and the ending is superb! The story, screenplay and editing are all excellent and top notch. The second half is full of endless entertainment and it keeps getting bigger and better in and with every frame.A lot more, can't just sum it up in words. Watch it to see yourself.Negatives:Well, not really any!Repeat value: Definitely, a big YES!With THE GOOD THE BAD THE WEIRD, Kim Jee-woon once again proves why he's the master of genres and why his films are meant to be seen more than once. It's the best South Korean action film I've seen till date!

It's the wild desolate Manchuria in early WWII. Chief of Japanese Imperial Bank Kanemaru is on a train with a map to find a Qing Dynasty treasure. Yoon Tae-goo, The Weird (Song Kang-ho) holds him up and steals the map. Park Chang-yi, The Bad (Lee Byung-hun) has been hired to steal the map and stops the train to find Yoon escaping with it. Park Do-won, The Good (Jung Woo-sung) is a bounty hunter tracking Park Chang-yi.This has crazy action and the desert spaghetti western style. Song Kang-ho is fun as always. The action is outrageous. It does get a bit confused with so many people coming after the map. Confusion aside, this remains a fun action-packed weird western.

Action ? Yes. Comedy ? Yes. Adventure ? Yes. A mix of all three and much more than that. In the midst of a war (reminder, of course, of The Good, The Bad, The Ugly, the truly classical western, maybe the best of them all) the three main characters have a different agenda.I will not spoil the pleasure of find for yourselves what the jackpot really is, but I must tell you that is all about getting rich, the common theme to this genre.But there is a twist. The Bad is a martial artist expert and The Ugly becomes The Weird, responsible for the comedy accents of the movie. The Good is, just as in the original, a bounty hunter, but the similarities stop here.Because the action scenes are fantastic. There are no flying ninjas nor superheroes, and all this type of scenes have more realism than the old westerns.If you are tired of clichés and want a breath of fresh air, I highly recommend you watch it.