No Tears for the Dead

For starters, let me start this review by saying overall, it is a good movie. There are some pretty cool sequences in the film. The story is good. The acting is good. But when the cover states "Action Scenes Rival Raid 2", I would have to say this is a bit of false advertising. Any action movie fan knows the Raid and the Raid 2 are two of the best action movies in terms of the actual action. There are fight scenes and fight moves not seen in any other movies. That being said, while I watched No Tears for the Dead, I kept waiting to see a scene that compared to the Raid movies. By the end credits, I do not remember seeing any similarities.Here is the plot and it may contain a few SPOILERS but I will try to be a little more vague. The star of the movie is a hitman who botched a job. He accidentally ended up killing someone he didn't intend to. This hits him very hard and he has a hard time recovering from this. To make things worse, his boss orders him to clean up his mess and this takes him to Seoul. He was born there but was raised in the United States. He was sent there to take care of his loose ends, but he ends up making a personal decision that now sets the wheels in motion for others to go to Seoul to now take care of THIS loose end. What happens next is a series of gunfights and a few unexpected plot twists.The gunfights in this movie were done well. There were a few fist/knife fights that were also done well. But this film was a more Shoot'em Up type film than a film similar to the Raid or the Raid 2. This movie had more emotion to it that the Raid. You could see remorse in the face of the star and anguish in the face of the female lead.A few of the things that could have been better. People were almost indestructible in this film. If someone gets shot, it should take them a little time to recover and not just jump into the next scene. A few scenes, you think someone should have died yet they are able to recover.Overall, I liked this movie. It had a dark overtone that a lot of Korean action movies have and the acting/action was good. I would have seen the movie based on seeing a preview of it, but was lured in by the "Action Scenes Rival the Raid 2" tagline on the box that is a bit misleading. Don't mention the Raid/Raid 2 if you are nothing like it.

The first time I watched it I was invested in the action and choreography because it was just that good, but after watching it again I realize how much deeper the film actually is. An orphan that was raised by killers becoming a killer himself, a man that no matter how old he gets can't overcome his childhood trauma. How we suffer as children effects how we see ourselves and the world around us and the film really hit that note. After accidentally killing a little girl, his wall finally crumbles. I think the reason that event affected the character so much was because he stole the childhood from her that he never had, he took her away from a mother that cared and the mother he wish he had as a child.

Good movie but the sound was not so good for some of the scenes. In some scenes where they were speaking could not hear or understand them. It was also difficult to understand who all of the killers were working for. Seems like there were three different kill teams, but not sure who they were working for.Basically a story about a killer that kills a little girl by mistake and is then sent from USA to Korea to kill her mother but refuses to. Anyway, it is an interesting movie. Should have had better sound editing.

liked it all

I loved it

This director is very good. The story is unique and captivating. Another good one is The Man from Nowhere. I watched these movies a few times already.

NO TEARS FOR THE DEAD - Jeong-beom Lee - South Korea - 2014 - Crime | DramaStray dog / lone wolf / hooker with a heart of gold / killer with a conscience / idealist in a corrupt profession / man with no name / blind swordsman / rebel without a cause / schizophrenic matriarch. Entire movies have been built around this single narrative motif. Directors have ranged in character and artistic integrity from Mario Bava to Akira Kurosawa. Even those ensconced in the pantheon of la nouvelle vague have spun this bottle to good effect. Jeong-beom Lee knows how to run the game like nobody's business. His 2010 THE MAN FROM NOWHERE struck chords all over the place; one of them was mine. He is a thorough professional who is conversant in the brutal as well as the tender. For humans the two matters are not so much opposites as routinely sides of the same bent coin. Neither exist in nature, only appetite and reflex. We oh-so-messy people persons have cornered the market on both and business has never been better. Abeoji gamdog* Lee has a cinematic language that reminds me of Kar-Wai Wong; not so much the febrile palette as the unwavering competence. You can sense his shot composition in the soles of your feet. He directs emotions full frontal, does it well, and if he is understood, gets away with it. NO TEARS has come in for its share of misunderstanding. I don't buy it. If you want Danny Trejo simplicity, go see it; this is a mustang of an alternate hue. If you confuse distress with schmaltz, check out something easier to chew. NO TEAR's principal is as baroquely conflicted as those found in Miike or Kitano oeuvres. It suits me right down to the ground. Said principal's backstory also incorporates a slice that would make Tiger Woods code out. Now I'm ready to finish Joon-Hwan Jang's 2013 HWAYI : A MONSTER BOY. The South Korean vibe is talking to me. It's been a while. (yes, OCD peeps, I used the correct form. buh.)*Father director - Korean honorific, or so I gamble.

One of the best movies that I've seen in a while.

Good Actors, Good Actions,

Now say you're a Hit-man for a Mob that treat you like family, 'who said that would ever happen'an your last job went awry all because your instinct is to shoot first, even though you couldn't seethe target you shoot anyway, that's because your target is behind the door, what he shoot I wouldnot say that's for you to see, the job was not complete so this is were the family turns on you,you either finish the job of you're the target, 'No Tears For The Dead' is one hour an more of action,got to say the one knife fight was awesome, I cringe a little when I saw it, yuk,What I Love most about this Asian movie all of it is in English that's very very good, thank god for that,Runtime 116 Min.English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio.2.0 Korean with Eng. dub.5.1 Korean with Eng. dub.Widescreen 2.35:1Great Action Movie..As If I Haven't Seen Lot's Of Them..

A heart-pounding edge of your seat thrill-machine from start to finish. It's a powerful and unforgettable movie that has engaging characters and a deeply moving story. It's high-octane and spellbinding with plenty of riveting action sequences and surprises for two hours. It grabs you like you wouldn't believe and knocks you flat-out. It's one amazing action film

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Ok film for this genre.