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Bad Guy

Bad Guy

Drama · Thriller · Romance · 2002

A pimp enforcer takes revenge on a woman who rejected his advances by tricking her into prostitution, but complications arise.

Movie details

Bad Guy

“Trapped in a world of pleasure and pain...”

2002 Drama · Thriller · Romance 1h 42m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

6.6 / 10

10.9K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

45 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

49 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

6.5 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

A pimp enforcer takes revenge on a woman who rejected his advances by tricking her into prostitution, but complications arise.

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 Bad Guy?

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

Taste neighbourhood

Nearby on the taste map.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Kim Ki-duk

Written by

Kim Ki-duk

Cho Jae-hyun

Cho Jae-hyun

Han-ki

Seo Won

Seo Won

Sun-hwa

Kim Yun-tae

Kim Yun-tae

Jung-tae

Choi Deok-moon

Choi Deok-moon

Myeong-su

Choi Yoon-young

Choi Yoon-young

Hyun-ja

S

Shin Yoo-jin

Min-jung

Kim Jung-young

Kim Jung-young

Eun-hye

Court is in session

Put Bad Guy on trial.

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

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“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.