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The Five

The Five

Thriller · Drama · 2013

Eun-a, who was living a happy life with her family, loses everything to a psychopath serial killer. After the tragic incident, she gathers four people with different talents who are in need of organ transplants to achieve her revenge.

Movie details

The Five

“The five hearts beat for one revenge.”

2013 Thriller · Drama 2h 3m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.4 / 10

Community rating

Eun-a, who was living a happy life with her family, loses everything to a psychopath serial killer. After the tragic incident, she gathers four people with different talents who are in need of organ transplants to achieve her revenge.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over The Five?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Jeong Yeon-shik

Written by

Jeong Yeon-shik

Kim Seon-a

Kim Seon-a

Eun-ah

On Ju-wan

On Ju-wan

Jae-wook

Don Lee

Don Lee

Dae-ho

Shin Jung-keun

Shin Jung-keun

Nam-cheol

Jung In-gi

Jung In-gi

Cheol-min

Lee Chung-ah

Lee Chung-ah

Jeong-ha

Park Hyo-ju

Park Hyo-ju

Hye-jin

Court is in session

Put The Five on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Ambition earns the room.”

The film reaches for consequence and scale, accepting the risk of seriousness instead of shrinking from it.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Importance has entered the chat.”

The production keeps announcing its significance, as though awards-season posture were proof of insight.