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The City Of Violence

Seung-wan Ryoo (Actor, Director, Producer) Rated:
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Format: DVD
4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 155 ratings
IMDb6.6/10.0
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Genre Action
Format Multiple Formats, Color, Widescreen, Subtitled, NTSC
Contributor Hye-jeong Kang, Jung-min Kim, Seung-wan Ryoo
Language English, Korean
Runtime 1 hour and 32 minutes
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Tae-su, a detective fighting organized crime, returns to his hometown for his high school friend Wang-jae's funeral. There, he meets his old friends Pil-ho, Dong-hwan and Seok-hwan and they reminisce. Suspecting something fishy about Wang-jae's death, Tae-su and Seok-hwan start investigating it, each in his own way. Their investigations lead to a land development project that Pil-ho is directing.

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  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 6.4 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 80263
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Seung-wan Ryoo
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Multiple Formats, Color, Widescreen, Subtitled, NTSC
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 32 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ September 4, 2007
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Seung-wan Ryoo
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
  • Producers ‏ : ‎ Jung-min Kim, Hye-jeong Kang, Seung-wan Ryoo
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Dragon Dynasty
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000R7HXZQ
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 2
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 155 ratings

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4.4 out of 5 stars
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CB
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Story
Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2022
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This is a movie about 5 friends growing up in S Korea. One becomes a cop, one a gangster, one a general type of bad guy. It’s a great story of
friendship, greed, betrayal and how life does not always end the way we may want. A very good story and worth watching.
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Joseph Escher
5.0 out of 5 stars Korean mob movie with a slithly noir feel
Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2009
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I first saw Arahan then, upon reading the synopsis of City of Violence, decided to purchase it as well. It was excellent. Some of more emotional scenes seem a bit underplayed, but the content and action more then make up for that. The ending is not Hollywood at all, in today's sense. It reminds one of the older martial arts movies where not every good guy wins or even most of them, but the message and the fight is all important. Excellent!
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D. Wilson
4.0 out of 5 stars Warriors come out to play... Korean style!
Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2007
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City Of Violence is the story of a group of childhood friends brought together by the death of one of their own... and the steps they have already taken or will take involving his demise. There is allot to like here, a couple of great charismatic leads (Jung Doo-Hong and the director himself Ryoo Seung-Wan), lots of exciting brawls, rounded out by some nice inventive camera work. The fighting here is a fun and kinetic mix, putting realism (main characters who are far from untouchable and suffer plenty of damage along the way) into over the top situations (like 2 against 50 chefs!) while keeping the Tae Kwon Do kicks brutal and fast without wires and added effects. As I led to in the title of the review, this is an obvious ode to the 1979 cult classic "The Warriors," going as far as to include a scene where Jung is caught between multiple eccentric and unique gangs (even a uniform wearing, bat swinging carbon-copy of The Baseball Furies appears!). Also similair is that every fight our leads get into they are outnumbered by many, in fact there isn't a single one-on-one fight to be found!? Another standout quality is the fantastic and original camera shots and stylized cut scenes put to outstanding use. One scene has a close-up profile of a man smoking a cigarette, when he exhales the smoke an action scene materializes in it that is taking place a few rooms from where the he is sitting. The action itself is filmed in a frenetic way that conveys the complete mayhem that is occurring on screen (although exciting it does hurt those who are fans of more intricate choreography like myself). Another thing that I loved is how they framed and shot the showdown before or during fights... the best being when Jung and Ryoo have just dispached about a hundred different goons and are about to relax and take a deep breath, suddenly a sword swinging henchman appears at the other end of the hallway to which they collectively slump and wave him away as if to say "we've had enough" (it then quickly cuts to a relaxed scene of people dining before the swordsman comes crashing through the upstairs balcony and disrupts everything!). Scenes like this give it a kind of coolness that Quentin Tarantino would be proud of and that many similair films can't pull off. So as you may be able to tell City Of Violence wears it's influences proudly on it's sleeve while giving us enough slick action and hip characters and scenarios to keep you entertained (if nothing else) from start to finish. Dragon Dynasty gives us a release filled with everything you've come to expect (great widescreen presentation and original language track as well as English dub) plus an entire second disc filled with more bonus features than you'd probably ever want to watch (but they are nice if you do).
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Keith McAfee
5.0 out of 5 stars Get ready to be rocked!
Reviewed in the United States on December 8, 2016
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What do you get when you mix intense martial arts and buddy cop flims? One hell of an awesome ending!
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5.0 out of 5 stars The end is very gory!!!
Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2018
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I love this movie It's full with action!!!
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Mike Gross
5.0 out of 5 stars Fast delivery
Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2019
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Great product, great price
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Cameron McCloud
1.0 out of 5 stars no English subtitles
Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2020
I bought the movie and found out that I can't have English subtitles which is a bummer. Learned my lesson. When ever you purchase a movie from overseas make sure you can at least get English subtitles.
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jh
3.0 out of 5 stars the movie was ok
Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2013
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the movie was ok, i like the story line i thought the fighting style was a little over the top.
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Marco
5.0 out of 5 stars Da avere
Reviewed in Italy on June 7, 2023
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Bellissima edizione dvd da avere per collezione
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Sesselpupser
5.0 out of 5 stars DVD
Reviewed in Germany on March 17, 2021
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alles gut
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jay
5.0 out of 5 stars ... action one of my fav film you wont be disappointed with this
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 29, 2017
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plenty of action one of my fav film you wont be disappointed with this one
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Carmelita
5.0 out of 5 stars bello
Reviewed in Italy on January 21, 2021
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a me è piaciuto.
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Arch Stanton
4.0 out of 5 stars Streets of Rage!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 4, 2013
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After a seemingly pointless attack on a restaurant by some thugs leaves the owner dead, two old pals attempt to discover who there 'brother' was killed by and why.. But as their vengeance drives them into beating up more and more ner~do~wells in the quest for justice, they begin to realise that even they may have bitten off more than they can chew...
Really enjoyed this, sat down with a mate of mine who is also into Kung Fu flicks and we had a right laugh, whilst we chuckled our way through the action on display.
Many of the other reviewers have scored this as mediocre, due to its lack of a decent plot and stating that it rips off Kill Bill etc. Which may be fair, but Kill Bill was hardly original now was it! Also, and I'll be honest, in that if a kung fu film has a derivative story, so what, as that's hardly news either. What I watch these movies for are kickass fisticuffs, violence, and a neat style, along with good characters and cool dialogue. Which in it's defence, TCoV has all of.
Ultimately its good fun, the action is frenetic, with a 'two stand against many' theme, the score is great and I really dug the awesome retro 70's feel. Kinda like watching an old Sonny Chiba film like The Bodyguard but without his presence and skill (obviously!)..
I also particularly liked the song when they were kids fighting a pack of bullies, that was ace. And the fight against the professional bodyguards at the end is very enjoyable.
Okay, its not the best but to be honest, I didn't have any expectations at all going into this, and for me, it certainly hits the spot, especially if you've spent far too many hours in front of a tele, for the last 30yrs, watching nonsense like this!
4.25/5 rounded down. The print on the 2 disc Collectors Ed. is fine, with a glut of extras that I haven't watched yet. Extras included are a making of, interviews, doc's, deleted scenes etc.
At a cheap price, don't hesitate.
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