The Man From Nowhere (2010)

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Lee Jeong-beo directs Won Bin, Kim Sae-ron and Kim Sung-oh in this violent Korean thriller where a highly trained loner tracks down the body organ harvesters who have kidnapped his cute kid neighbour. 

Not particularly original, this is a good solid rake over Leon or Man of Fire. The plot is snakily smart if way too overlong, the villians quirkily over the top and the final face off manages somehow to be more impressive than all the already impressive action that has happened before. Won Bin is particularly good as the near mute samaritan whose fighting style often centres on slashing at the arteries for the kill as much as twists bones and muscles.

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