Ahn Song-Gi,
Joong-Hoon Park,
Dong-gun Jang,
Choe Ji-woo,
Dong-Kun Jang
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Korean maverick auteur Lee Myung-Se directs this wildly exuberant, genre-crunching, police-comedy action flick. Held together with only the barest of plot elements, this film is a gleeful romp through... read more
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Flixster Reviews (82)
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April 18, 2011It's absolutely chaotic to look at with visual tricks and flashy camerawork accompanying the hard-hitting, brutal, but relatively bloodless, action and fights. It's a unique little Korean action-thriller but the plot is lacking and the cops are even more brutal than the drug-deal... read more
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August 5, 2009Park Joong-Hoon is quite underrated, the movie has probably the most generic cop/crime story ever written, but the whole investigation is fun to watch. The slow-mo abuse could make even Zack Snyder cringe, but it's tolerable.
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November 22, 2008Brutal but bland Korean cops chase crooks through a generic plot. With its blaring soundtrack, flashy editing and pointless camera tricks, it seems like a 112 minute music video, with all the depth of characterization typical in that genre.
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July 15, 2009Brutal, funny and stylishly directed film about Korean cops tracking down a murdering gangster, creates some great characters with stunning, atypical images. Some may be shocked by the methods used by the Korean homicide investigators, as they rabidly trash human rights to accom... read more
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February 14, 2009Overbearingly stylish, with rich colors, flashy quick cuts, jumpy edits, speed metal musical scores..all cumulating to an original, creative arthouse look that detracts from the experience instead of enhancing it. This film feels like a music video...shallow characterization and... read more
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December 23, 2009Nowhere to Hide (1999)
This is one of my first experiences with Korean movies and I was blown away. Yes, the story is pretty much your typical cop movie with a standard, predictable script (even to the point of being comical), but Myung-se Lee does an excellent job of telling i... read more -
July 11, 2007A surprisingly fun and energetic flick. It's gritty, violent, but the tension is a hell of a ride. Very cool thing to catch on a Saturday evening when your parents are out shopping. :P
Critic Reviews
February 21, 2001
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
February 21, 2001
Elvis Mitchell, New York Times
The film often churns with the pleasure that visual stimulation can provide and more affection for the bang-bang techniques than you're likely to see in the movies of music-video directors simply maki... Full Review
February 21, 2001
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
Reveals that in Lee Myung-Se Korea has a filmmaker with enough razzle-dazzle and visceral appeal to rival Hong Kong's -- and Hollywood's -- John Woo. Full Review
February 21, 2001
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
Lee can't tell a story to save his life, but he's something of a visual magician, laying out glittering piles of goodies that you instinctively want to follow. Full Review
February 21, 2001
Steve Erickson, Chicago Reader
Nowhere to Hide may not be devoid of substance, but beneath the virtuoso finish it's rotten to the core. Full Review
January 4, 2007
Pablo Villaca, Cinema em Cena
Myung-se usa o seu fiapo de roteiro para nos lembrar da velha máxima de que Cinema é, de fato, Imagem; e o resultado é um filme que contrasta os personagens falhos e incompetentes a um incrível virtuo...
July 21, 2005
Rob Thomas, Capital Times (Madison, WI)
The shots may look cool, but their artiness prevents the film from building momentum.
April 3, 2002
William Arnold, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
The bottom line is that Lee's innovative but ultimately tedious and even ludicrous MTV-style visuals add absolutely nothing to the story dynamics. Full Review
January 21, 2002
Keith H. Brown, Eye for Film
Too often the film and its visuals feel [like] disconnected, self-indulgent set pieces. Full Review
July 3, 2001
David Parkinson, Empire Magazine
There's an exuberant, (post)modernity about the visuals -- the camera is never still and Lee's choice of angle is often inspired. Full Review
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