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A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
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Why this pick
Like Kim Jee-woon's manic Manchurian western, this is a flamboyant East-meets-West gunfight saga: rival outlaws, heightened comic violence, anachronistic style, and kinetic genre play.
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Why this pick
Its breathless action design and bold camera movement match the restless spectacle of The Good, the Bad, the Weird, while a formidable antihero keeps the mayhem emotionally charged.
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Why this pick
A large, slippery crew, competing agendas, comic swagger, and escalating set pieces make this a similarly polished Korean thrill ride built around shifting alliances and momentum.
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Why this pick
The clearest spiritual ancestor: three charismatic rivals chase buried treasure through a war-torn landscape, propelled by widescreen tension, black humor, and an unforgettable sense of cinematic scale.
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Why this pick
For the same anything-can-happen energy, Miike delivers a rowdy, colorful quest full of eccentric characters and comic-book spectacle rather than a restrained fantasy adventure.
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01 / THE STORY
In the desert wilderness of Manchukuo in 1939, months before the beginning of the World War II. Park Chang-yi, The Bad (Lee Byung-hun)—a bandit and hitman—is hired to acquire a treasure map from a Japanese official traveling by train. Before he can get it however, Yoon Tae-goo, The Weird (Song Kang-ho)—a Honghuzi—steals the map and is caught up in The Bad's derailment of the train. This involves the slaughter of the Japanese and Manchurian guards, and various civilians. Park Do-won, The Good (Jung Woo-sung)—an eagle-eyed bounty hunter—appears on the scene to claim the bounty on Chang-yi. Meanwhile, Tae-goo escapes, eluding his Good and Bad pursuers. A fourth force—a group of Manchurian bandits—also want the map to sell to the black market. Tae-goo hopes to uncover the map's secrets and recover what he believes is gold and riches buried by the Qing Dynasty just before the collapse of their government. As the story continues, an escalating battle for the map occurs, with bounties placed on heads and the Imperial Japanese Army racing to reclaim its map as it can apparently "save the Japanese Empire".
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Park Do-won, the Good
Ghost Market Gang
Man-gil
Byung-choon
Park Chang-yi, the Bad
