A Masterpiece

Rating: 10/10 (6 July 2012)

This is by a noticeable margin, the best film I have ever seen. I am a film enthusiast rather than a serious critic, but despite never having written a review before I felt compelled to write this. Quite a few reviews of this film have given it a 1 out of 10. This is absurd, all such ratings can be dismissed as the nonsensical ramblings of those who claim to be enlightened but are nothing more than the sort of people who disagree with you just to sound intelligent.
At the end of this film I fell in love with it, the deliberately flawed characters, the eclectic directing, the soundtrack, everything. The romance is neither naive nor cynical, the action is realistic (even capturing the occasional absurdity of fighting) and the characters are some of the best written I have ever seen (Oh Dae Su can be compared to a Shakespearian antagonist).
You need to watch this film, it will chance your perception of everything for the better.