Review #24: I Saw the Devil (2010)
This review was originally written in October 2016. Day 24: I Saw the Devil Well, this was an odd movie. It was incredibly long (I'm sure they could have, at the very least, cut it below two hours) and there were about four times where it felt like the movie was about to end and it would have been satisfying. But instead, it just kept going. Also, I would never have called this a horror movie. There was some suspense, yes, but it was an action movie, plain and simple. I really didn't care for the characters, though they weren't necessarily poorly-written. I understand the main character's journey is supposed to be a complex one, but is there ever a point where you're supposed to be rooting for him? After the first thirty minutes or so, he's constantly doing something that seems heroic (catching the killer and then subduing him), but then he follows it up immediately by doing something idiotic (such as giving the killer a bunch of money and letting him go kill tw...