The Merciless
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53
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 5 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
70
Screen DailyJason BechervaiseMay 26, 2017
Although it could possibly be deemed a case of style over substance, Byun Sung-hyun’s The Merciless is an accomplished and well-structured South Korean noir thriller. Read full review
67
The PlaylistBradley WarrenMay 26, 2017
It’s perhaps not a huge step-up to those already well-versed in recent Korean action cinema, but sturdy direction by helmer Jung Byung-gil, restrained hat-tips to genre films past and the well-paired male leads keep The Merciless from feeling like the summation of more famous films. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterStephen DaltonMay 26, 2017
A minor addition to the Korean action cinema canon, The Merciless offers thin pleasures in a glossy package. Read full review
60
EmpireNick de Semlyen
An ultraviolent Korean crime film with plenty of swagger and visual brio, but still too generic to really stand out from the pack. Read full review
40
The GuardianJordan HoffmanMay 26, 2017
By the end of this relentless, sprawling and bloody crime opera it may be you who is on your knees, begging for the damn movie to just hurry up and end it. Read full review
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