The Merciless

Synopsis: A young cop finds his loyalties divided after befriending a notorious criminal while undercover in prison.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Director(s): Sung-hyun Byun
  8 wins & 10 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.7
Metacritic:
53
Year:
2017
117 min
279 Views


1

You eat fish really well.

You like them?

Can't have enough.

It's good raw,

fried, and in

any shape or form.

- I don't eat them.

- Why not?

The thing about fish is,

look at it,

they die with open eyes.

It looks like they're

glaring at me, talking sh*t.

I don't like fish.

What about anchovies?

I know you eat them.

Anchovies are cool.

They're fish too,

with eyes no less.

They got tiny beady eyes.

I can't look in the eye

when I'm working.

But Jae-ho's the opposite.

He kills while looking

at them in the eye.

So he eats fish so well,

he only eats fish.

You get animated when you

talk about Mr. Han Jae-ho.

All giddy.

I don't think he has

guilty conscience.

But that's not always so bad.

lt completely advanced

our methods of work.

In the Stone Age,

they used stones to kill.

ln Bronze and Iron Ages,

knives and axes.

Nowadays, it's a gun.

Guns mitigate guilty conscience.

Probably due to longer range.

What the hell

are you saying?

Man...

Can't bear to watch.

Very good, Nikolai.

THE MERCILESS:

SUL Gyeong-gu

YIM Si-wan

KIM Hie-won, JEON Hye-jin

LEE Kyoung-young

Release day

So tacky.

The sideline show.

The color of this car.

The tofu tradition's the worst.

That's mine.

Where's mine?

Yours?

Natasha!

There is only one woman

that I respect,

and that's you,

Chief Cheon.

That tenacity of yours.

My legal team wants to

file a lawsuit against you

for all the loss of

our work hours.

But I shut them down swiftly.

Respect breeds respect,

that's how we earn respect.

For a country so small,

it's overflowing with chairmen.

I don't have any personal

vendetta against you.

It's my job to chase dope pushers

like you, Chairman Ko.

That's how I earn my salary

and promotion.

Help me out.

Go help a dog jerk off,

bring us the evidence.

This is Russian Beluga caviar,

it's comparable to

your month's pay.

Would you like to try?

Fingering is all you got?

Haven't gotten it up

in a while?

F***ing b*tch.

Get on your knees

and take it.

Been a while, Chief!

Still beautiful as ever!

A newbie?

Who are you?

Lady, no need for

dick measuring already.

I don't believe this.

Alright.

Feast on good food,

f*** a lot of bimbos

while you can.

You'll all end up in the joint

and jerk off to a pin-up.

Isn't that right, Mr. Han?

3 years ago,

Gyeonggi Penitentiary

1,2,3!

Next challenger!

Anyone?

Come the f*** out!

There! We got one!

I don't know if I should,

wind could knock him out.

Alright, alright!

1,2,3!

Kiddo,

bite down hard,

don't lose your tongue.

Son of a b*tch!

That was a fist!

You cheating f***!

He hit me with a fist!

Let's head back,

it's embarrassing.

That was a fist,

you sneaky f***.

It was a slap,

you bald ass f***.

Son of a b*tch!

What the f***!

F***!

Get him!

Wait, wait!

You cheating f***!

Bastard!

I hit you like this.

You f***ing dumbass!

This is my fist!

A revolutionary moron!

What is it?

There are 2 types of a**holes

behind these walls.

Those you can f*** with

and those you shouldn't.

The ones you f***ed with today

were the latter.

And you?

What do you think?

The one I shouldn't?

Nope.

I'm the one

who draws the line.

Don't raise your sentence

for no reason.

Wow.

Even your bruises

are pretty.

Bang!

You've received

grace of the Lord.

Those brutes aren't

the type to let things go.

They decided to let

the kitchen incident slide.

As a fellow child of God,

why don't we become friends?

I'm not religious.

These criminals won't get me

when I'm near you.

He must be tight

with the guards.

Probably about the ciggy tax.

Ciggy?

Don't release them all at once

like last time.

You'll receive payment for

3 cartons tomorrow.

Ciggy distribution right is

an important source of funds.

And these demonic scumbags

will do anything to seize it.

Han Jae-ho took it over

as soon as he arrived.

Hallelujah.

Han started out by

dealing meth in his teens,

so he's not an original gangster,

but when he appears,

even the OGs will part

like the Red Sea.

Having a private phone

is an open secret,

he's like a caged

Jesus Christ.

He filled his wing with

his disciples and has feasts.

Boys! Fill your glasses.

Let's all toast.

Alright.

We are!

Family!

Brother! We love you!

13 days after release

Han spoke highly of you.

Good head and

competent fist.

Not sure about the head,

but fist not so much.

Would you like to

check firsthand?

How?

He wants to dance with you.

Don't embarrass yourself

in front of your boys.

That's enough.

Jae-ho.

Who are you holding back?

Me, obviously.

Yo, punk ass.

If you beat me, I'll suck

your cock and sing the anthem.

I don't swing that way.

Son of a...!

Bro, is this a real gun?

Motherf***er!

Come here.

Dear nephew.

Differentiate work and leisure.

Don't be like your idiot father.

Be good.

F***...

F***!

Are you good?

Go party some more,

why are you here?

Were you crying?

Was I crying?

Sir?

Was I crying, you f***!

Yes, you were.

F***ing dipshit,

when the f*** did I cry?!

Get out, a**hole!

You're dead!

How was Jae-ho

inside the joint?

He probably acted like

a king without me.

More like a president, sir.

What's the difference?

A president has a term.

And that term is finite.

Oh Lord,

the time has come.

What is it?

Kim Sung-han.

You must've heard of him.

He's the whale

of all criminals.

Let's watch.

lt's election time.

Your reputation precedes you,

pleasure to meet you.

l'm Han Jae-ho.

So you're the one

in charge around here.

I don't like to

beat around the bush,

so I'll make one thing clear.

Let's go 50-50

on cigarette business.

Price at market value,

and supply is pending...

Hey.

l'm Kim Sung-han.

Do I look like

a tobacco pusher?

I heard you sold drugs

for a living.

If you go into war now,

who do you think will win?

Or would you like

to dance with me?

Boss,

Ho-yeol was taken

to security.

How about a word?

Security Chief!

What's going on?

Didn't know about

the inspection this month?

Is this a joke?

What?

Was it Kim Sung-han?

Did he bribe you?

More than mine?

Son of a b*tch!

What did you say?

You f***ing pest!

Damn it.

F***ing cockroach.

That's enough, stop.

Stop it!

You'll kill him.

Get him up.

- To isolation.

- Yes, sir.

The election is over.

Kim and the Warden are

from the same town.

631, come out.

Han Jae-ho's out, Boss.

The Security Chief

split up his boys,

so he'll be alone for a while.

He may be tenacious,

but he can't survive alone.

Let's drink.

Everyone!

Guard!

He's got a shiv!

Guard!

Yours?

It's not mine!

I saw it coming out of

his sleeve.

Can you prove it?

How? Should I get you

photographic evidence?

Knock, knock.

Your life is worth

a single carton?

A probe will begin tomorrow.

No need.

Kim and the Security Chief are

probably jerking each other off.

But something's really off.

At this point,

I already lost the war.

So why try to bury me?

Why did you do it?

My mom told me not to ignore

the suffering of the petty.

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