The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil is released in the UK on 15 November. It’s rumoured that Sylvester Stallone has snagged the remake rights, and it’s easy to guess which role he might choose for himself. Ma, with his natty suits and ruthless glare, brings heft and humour to the proceedings and easily upstages his pretty-boy co-stars. There’s a snazzy car chase through the city that smashes up assorted street carts and trash cans, and lots of yeasty, enthusiastic fisticuffs and bloodletting. A brutal fight ensues, leaving both of them injured. Jung and Jang strike a deal to help each other to hunt down their common enemy, a cute premise that Lee manages to sell with enough sizzle and style to keep it from tugging at the logic threads too hard. Jung Tae-suk is an honest cop who goes through the crime scene and suspects it to be the work of a serial killer, but his senior does not believe him.Gangster Jang Dong-soo is on his way home after a meeting when the same killer hits his car and eventually tries to kill him. But when K attacks Jang one night and encounters a foe who typically pulls out people’s teeth with his bare hands for fun, he not only fails to kill his victim but creates another adversary set on revenge. Armed with what looks like a fearsome sushi knife and the haircut and cheekbones of a K-pop star, seemingly motiveless madman K has been killing motorists after minor fender-bending incidents for some time, but Jung’s superiors scoff at the idea of an American-style serial killer in Korea.
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