Is A Bittersweet Life violent?

Yes, very. More violent than 95% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is A Bittersweet Life scary?

Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does A Bittersweet Life end with hope?

No. Less hopeful than 91% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is A Bittersweet Life sad?

Yes. More sad than 88% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is A Bittersweet Life easy watching?

Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

A Bittersweet Life

Name: A Bittersweet Life
Genre: Action, Drama, Crime
Released: 2005
Duration: 119 min
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Lee Byung-hun, Kim Yeong-cheol, Shin Min-a, Kim Roi-ha, Lee Ki-young

When doing right goes very, very wrong.

Directed by Kim Jee-woon

Produced by Bom Film Productions, CJ Entertainment

2005119 min7.4 / 10

A morally corrosive crime thriller about an enforcer caught between duty and conscience, where doing the right thing triggers a cascade of violence and ruin.

Kim Sun-woo is an enforcer and manager for a hotel owned by a cold, calculative crime boss, Kang who assigns Sun-woo to a simple errand while he is away on a business trip; to shadow his young mistress, Hee-soo, for fear that she may be cheating on him with a younger man with the mandate that he must kill them both if he discovers their affair.

Clusters

Revenge Gone Wrong Deadly Romantic Obsession Toxic Romantic Relationships Trapped Heroes Fighting Back Working-Class Occupations

Genres

Action Drama Crime

Keywords

Buried Alive Handlanger Revenge Fugitive Extramarital Affair Enchant

Where to watch

Not available in United States — it streams in other countries.

Questions people ask

Is A Bittersweet Life violent? Yes, very. More violent than 95% of films.
Is A Bittersweet Life scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of films.
Does A Bittersweet Life end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 91% of films.
Is A Bittersweet Life sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.
Is A Bittersweet Life easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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