A Bittersweet Life

2005 Drama | Other
75%

The classic neo-noir thriller from Kim Jee-woon (I Saw the Devil, A Tale of Two Sisters), starring Lee Byung-hun (Squid Game). Gangster Sun-woo has worked his way up the ranks, earning the trust of his crime boss Mr. Kang who assigns him to follow his mistress. But Sun-woo becomes the target when he chooses to spare the mistress and her secret lover

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A Bittersweet Life

Underworld enforcer Sun-woo's (Lee) unquestionable loyalty is rewarded by his mob boss when he's asked to keep an eye on his girlfriend Hee-soo (Shin) - whom the boss suspects of playing around. Sun-woo follows Hee-soo all over town and subsequently falls in love with her, but when she is caught in the act of cheating on the boss, Sun-woo does the unthinkable and grants her an act of mercy. The boss, who expects his word to be carried out to the letter, sends some hoods around to Sun-woo to extract an apology through torture. Sun-woo escapes and begins the long road to revenge, taking out everyone as he goes.

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