Synopsis
An endless vengeance begins.
A young girl is raised as a killer in the Yanbian province of China. She hides her identity and travels to South Korea where she hopes to lead a quiet life but becomes involved with two mysterious men.
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The Villainess
Cast
Director
Producers
Writers
Editor
Cinematography
Assistant Director
Executive Producer
Lighting
Production Design
Art Direction
Visual Effects
Stunts
Han Jeong-uk Kim Min-su Ryu Seong-cheol Lee Su-min Yoo Mi-jin Kwon Ji-hoon Kwon Gwi-deok Kim Seon-wung
Composer
Sound
Costume Design
Makeup
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Language
Alternative Titles
AK-Nyeo, 惡女, La Villana, 악녀, Aknyeo, Ak-Nyeo Aka The Villainess, The Villainess - Professione assassina, زن شرور, 恶女, La villana, Ak-Nyeo, Nelítostná, Злодейка, Pani Zło, A bérgyilkosnő, A Vilã, L'assassina - The Villainess, Злодейката, Ác Nữ Báo Thù, Злочинниця, สวยแค้นโหด, 悪女 AKUJO, الشريرة
Genres
Themes
Releases by Date
Premiere
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France
Cannes Film Festival
17 Jul 2017
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South Korea
BiFan - Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival
27 Aug 2017
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UK
FrightFest
10 Sep 2017
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France
L'Étrange Festival
11 Oct 2017
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Brazil
Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
08 Nov 2017
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Sweden15
Stockholm International Film Festival
Theatrical limited
15 Sep 2017
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UK18
Theatrical
08 Jun 2017
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South Korea19
29 Jun 2017
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AustraliaR 18+
23 Nov 2017
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Brazil16
28 Mar 2018
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France12
Digital
15 Sep 2017
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Ireland18
01 Feb 2018
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JapanR15+
Physical
26 Jan 2018
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Germany
22 Feb 2018
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Netherlands16
23 Feb 2018
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Netherlands16
12 Mar 2018
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Sweden15
28 Mar 2018
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France
Releases by Country
Australia
29 Jun 2017
- TheatricalR 18+
Brazil
11 Oct 2017
- Premiere Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
23 Nov 2017
- Theatrical16
France
21 May 2017
- Premiere Cannes Film Festival
10 Sep 2017
- Premiere L'Étrange Festival
28 Mar 2018
- Theatrical12 Paris
28 Mar 2018
- Physical DVD & Bluray
Germany
26 Jan 2018
- Physical DVD
Ireland
15 Sep 2017
- Digital18
Japan
01 Feb 2018
- DigitalR15+
Netherlands
22 Feb 2018
- Physical16 DVD (Rental)
23 Feb 2018
- Physical16 DVD & Bluray
South Korea
08 Jun 2017
- Theatrical19
17 Jul 2017
- Premiere BiFan - Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival
Sweden
08 Nov 2017
- Premiere15 Stockholm International Film Festival
12 Mar 2018
- Physical15 DVD
UK
27 Aug 2017
- Premiere FrightFest
15 Sep 2017
- Theatrical limited18
Popular reviews
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One criticism I frequently point out in high octane action movies is the lack of plot development. Well, I finally found an insane action movie with a complex story. The irony in The Villainess is perhaps it has too much plot. But, don’t get me wrong, the action is spot-on amazing.
The opening scene is more-than-likely the action event of the year. Filmed straight outta Call of Duty, and featuring a body count that would make King Leonidas of Sparta blush. The first-person shooter film perspective does give me a slight headache, but I must admire the action choreography. The scene is the fix us action junkies need for our addiction.
The Villainess is Korean to the bone. You see…
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Completely unapologetic action sequences that embrace their inherent vulgarity and ridiculousness in pursuit of maximum use of the geography (space, architecture, perspective) that surrounds them and these are a joy to behold. You can never really take them that seriously, but they never ask to be and opt to break any semblance of realism for raw kineticism; a motorcycle scene exemplifies this ethos in its sheer "how the fuck did they even film this" energy. Fun as all hell and varied to boot when it gets the blood pumping though the cracks show up when it slows down into the actual narrative, a plotting that's a thinly-disguised vehicle for the next cool setpiece to leap from but it can't ever…
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Director Jung Byung-gil insists that “The Villainess” was made without any reference to preexisting films; that all of its gonzo action was hatched directly from his own demented imagination (with assists from stunt coordinator Kwon Gui-duck and cinematographer Park Jung-hun). And yet the very first scene of the movie busts out of the gate like a female-driven remake of “Hardcore Henry,” Jung immediately launching us into a prolonged first-person sequence in which our avatar slaughters dozens of men in a dingy crystal meth lab. Imagine the hallway fight from “Oldboy,” but three times as long and incalculably more violent (eek, another reference).
This woman murders everybody, fighting them all at least two at a time and leaving no survivors. We…
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Sort of reminded me of ATOMIC BLONDE in that it's a little bit sad that I was so bored by a movie with action scenes this good.
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Adrenaline junkies looking to score look no further.. have I got a film for you! There was more slicing and dicing going on in the Villainess than Benihana's dinner rush hour!
Wickedly delicious long takes featuring jaw-dropping fight scenes that only South Korea can deliver! Let's face it once you've gone South Korean Cinema there's just no going back! If this doesn't turn your crank nothing will!
The film certainly didn't waste any time dropping nonstop action on you straight out of the gate with a gloriously super long take of a female assassins overindulgence in revenge resulting in an inordinate amount of mass casualties that will freaking blow your mind!
The film attempted to include a fairly interesting and…
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Fantasy Filmfest 2017, die wilde 13: The Villainess ist genau mein Kino. Es beginnt mit einer Plansequenz, die von der Ego- in die 3rd-Person-Perspektive wechselt, nachdem ihr Zentrum, Killerin Sook-hee, mit dem Kopf gegen einen Spiegel geknallt wird. Und es zeigt ein Schlachtfest, das mal eben in 10 Minuten mit allen John Wicks, Atomic Blondes, Hardcore Henrys oder Kingsmen den Boden aufwischt. Was folgt, ist tatsächlich nicht mehr wirklich originell: die koreanische Antwort auf Luc Bessons "Nikita". Aber es geht für mich deutlich tiefer, weil Regisseur Byung-gil Jeong das Seelenleben dieser Auftragsmörderin auf gleich drei (Zeit)Ebenen aufsplittet und dem "Hitgirl lernt die Liebe kennen"-Prinzip ein paar mehr Fallhöhen verschafft. Und weil er die Action, die Inszenierung und den (auch CGI-)Blutzoll einfach in neue, formschöne und kinetisch ungeahnte Höhen schraubt. Wer "The Raid 2" liebt, darf auch dieser tragischen Kampfmaschine sein Herz schenken. Ich hab es definitiv getan.
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Contains some of the most unfathomably spectacular set
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So I’ve heard of this film years back and the reception for this was very mixed. People either loved this or hated, and after watching this I get both parties hence why I find myself very in between the two.
On one hand, the performances on here are pretty good, which helps when the movie asks you to care for this character towards the end. The score was actually really solid as well, with its sense of fun and doom its just effective and helped me in many ways immersing myself into the story. But the greatness on this picture has to be many of its action sequences, most of them shot in “long takes” with its final act almost…
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As a sapphic that I am, I really love women in action! But sometimes, this film's camerawork gives me a headache, and the timeline of its story gives me more headache. The transitions kinda slap tho, and the acting was so good, especially Kim Okvin's as Sookhee.
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outclasses the dreadful Hardcore Henry simply by aiming its ambitions a little higher than feature-length youtube gimmick, sadly however park chan-wook and Kill Bill are difficult acts to follow in the revenge picture game. not convinced this gopro action bullshit is ever going to really work but this is probably the best case for it.
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some of the best action scenes i have ever seen. the opening fight scene is absolute god tier cinema.
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