Baby buttfucking Jesus this movie needs an editor. Clocking in at only
123 minutes, you'd think that'd be a perfectly reasonable runtime for a
SEVEN
/
OLDBOY
clone, but you'd be wrong. Cause this sucker drags hard.
Kyung-gu Sol plays a medical examiner who is asked to join in the murder
investigation of a young woman found dismembered on the shore of a local
river. Kyung-gu Sol (like the viewer) thinks this is a routine murder
investigation, but the murder is actually the first piece to a puzzle.
Things start out well enough (although the speed zoom accompanied by a loud
whoosh sound during the opening scene was completely unneeded) with the
autopsy, criminal investigation and introduction of the various detectives and
police, but then the story starts spiraling out of control and before you can
say "What the fuck is this guy doing now?!" Kyung-gu Sol is running around
like a lunatic attacking people, chasing people, stealing a dudes
sperm straight out of his balls, tampering with evidence, beating a disabled dude with his own crutch, cutting a dog with a scalpel, breaking into buildings, playing chicken with a police car, crying a
lot, punching a mirror, getting a nail rammed in his back, crying even more, operating a fax
machine incorrectly and openly admiring the nipples, navel and "perfectly shaped pubic hair" of a murder victim...oh wait, he did
that before he lost his mind.
The basic story idea for NO MERCY is interesting, but they could have easily cut out 30 minutes of the movie. And while they're at it, lose the annoying detective that yells all of his lines. I hated that dude. I understand his character was suppose to be annoying (I think?), but he genuinely was annoying and added nothing to the investigation (or movie).
Worth watching if you're a fan of murder investigation thrillers, but don't set your hopes up too high.
[As an experiment, I rewatched part of the film on 2x speed and it was definitely better, but then again, I already knew the story.]
