The Wild (2023)

더 와일드: 야수들의 전쟁 ‧ Movie ‧ 2023
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It depicts the desperate conspiracy and betrayal of two men who chose different paths to liquidate the past and live a new life. U Cheol is a well-rounded boxer who wants to live a sincere life after serving in prison due to the death of his opponent during a game. Do Sik is U Cheol's friend. (Source: Korean = Naver || Translation = kisskh) Edit Translation

  • English
  • 한국어
  • हिन्दी
  • magyar / magyar nyelv
  • Country: South Korea
  • Type: Movie
  • Release Date: Nov 15, 2023
  • Duration: 1 hr. 50 min.
  • Score: 7.1 (scored by 179 users)
  • Ranked: #9621
  • Popularity: #13761
  • Content Rating: 18+ Restricted (violence & profanity)

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The Butterfly
3 people found this review helpful
Jan 24, 2025
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Overall 6.5
Story 6.0
Acting/Cast 7.5
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 3.0

"It doesn't take much for friends to become foes"

The Wild trotted out every trope and plot element used in a dozen other gangster movies, offering nothing new or exciting. It’s only saving grace was that Park Sung Woong can always bring an intimidating presence to any role, even when playing an overaged boxer.

Song Woo Cheol is picked up by his old friend and boss, Jang Do Shik, when he is released after 7 years in prison for accidentally killing another boxer in the ring during an illegal fight. Do Shik is ready to put Woo Cheol back to work, but the fighter wants, “to live quietly.” It takes no time for Woo Cheol to become entangled with a hooker who has a drug problem and one of her violent johns, Jo Jeong Gon, who is a detective and entangled with Do Shik and his North Korean drug supplier Ri Gak Soo. With a huge drug supply coming in, nearly everyone is double-crossing or murdering someone in order to either get hold of the drugs, the money, or both.

While I’m sure the writers thought the twists and turns would be surprising, I was calling them out before they came. It helps to have someone to be invested in, but for a solid hour, I really didn’t care about any of them. There were hints that Song Cheol regretted his part in the other fighter’s death and going to prison for Do Shik, but he didn’t exactly do anything to break away from Do Shik. I have no problem with age gaps, but a romance with someone half his age, felt more like male wish fulfillment than organic to the story.

The Wild was a wildly pessimistic and cynical gangster movie. I was deeply disappointed that Woo Cheol didn’t turn out to be as smart as I hoped he was. If you’ve never seen a Korean gangster movie or any gangster movie, The Wild might provide some twists and turns, otherwise, it was a “connect the dots” of familiar crooked games of deceit and betrayal all at the end of a knife.

26 January 2025

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  • Title: The Wild
  • Type: Movie
  • Format: Feature Film
  • Country: South Korea
  • Release Date: Nov 15, 2023
  • Duration: 1 hr. 50 min.
  • Content Rating: 18+ Restricted (violence & profanity)

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  • Score: 7.1 (scored by 179 users)
  • Ranked: #9621
  • Popularity: #13761
  • Watchers: 521

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