The Good, the Bad, the Weird

Three Korean outlaws meet on a train, running through the wide plains of the Manchurian desert during the disorderly 1930’s. The Good is a notorious bounty hunter, The Bad is a grim gang leader and The Weird is a skilled but impulsive train robber. While competing for a treasure map they stumbled over, the trio has to avoid not only each other, but also the Japanese army and the Chinese resistance movement who are fighting for control of the territory.

Award-winning Director Kim Jee-Woon has explored a variety of genres over his decade-long career, and with his latest feature he pays an obvious homage to Sergio Leone’s seminal The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. But the change of backdrop adds a cultural and historical dimension to the traditional western plot, tracking the thugs’ mercenary acts to the confused state of lost nationhood. With The Good, the Bad, the Weird being the most expensive film ever made in Korea, this is an adventure that not only reinvents the genre, but needs to be seen for the vigor of its direction and the pure fun it offers.

Premiere Status
Nordic Premiere: Orig. title
Joheunnom nabbeunnom isanghannom: Cast
Jung Woo-sung, Lee Byung-hun, Kang-Ho Song: Producer
Jae Won Choi: Script
Ji-woon Kim, Min-suk Kim: Cinematography
Lee Mo-gae, Oh Seung-chul: Music
Chan Young-gyu: Spoken language
Korean