Stylistically this film is very impressive but narratively it fails to convince. Initially it's possible to believe the urge for revenge felt by Dae-Su but as the movie progresses it becomes increasingly difficult to accept his behaviour or, for that matter, the behaviour of any of the movie's characters. By the end of the film, when the devastating revelation is revealed, the plot has descended into absurdity.

Having steeled myself, however, for some truly nauseating brutality I was strangely unmoved by the violence deployed. Although it is a violent film the characters are so detached, despite their overtly portrayed emotional turmoil, as to be impossible to care about. As a result, nothing that happens to them has any real emotional import.

A definite case of the whole failing to live up to the parts. Worth watching though for the unquestionable deftness and creativity of the director.

This is one of the greatest Korean films i have ever seen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The acting is done superbly and the scenes within the film are just genius!
However i would not recommend this film for the faint hearted as their are some scenes within the film which are very vivid and painful to watch, both mentally and physically.
over all like the others in the trilogy amazing! just buy this film!

This is a powerful and refreashingly cool film with many moments of genius. i have given it the 5 stars because it is a fascinating story and has tremendous shock power. In a scene which involves the lead character entering the real world again, he goes to a sushi bar and orders anything "LIVING". this turns out to be a wriggling gooey octopuss. The actor actually ate it on film. Thats just a taster on how extreme this film is. it maybe a tad strong for me but thats fine because what the director has done is he has balanced it out with slow arty moments and character depth which makes the film more enjoyable.