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범죄와의 전쟁 : 나쁜놈들 전성시대(Nameless Gangster)
- 2012년 2월, ‘나쁜 놈들의 전성시대’가 시작된다!
비리 세관 공무원 최익현, 보스 최형배를 만나다!
1982년 부산. 해고될 위기에 처한 비리 세관원 최익현(최민식)은 순찰 중 적발한 히로뽕을 일본으로 밀수출, 마지막으로 한 탕 하기 위해 부산 최대 조직의 젊은 보스 최형배(하정우)와 손을 잡는다.
머리 쓰는 나쁜 놈과 주먹 쓰는 나쁜 놈, 부산을 접수하다!
익현은 탁월한 임기응변과 특유의 친화력으로 형배의 신뢰를 얻는 데 성공한다. 주먹 넘버원 형배와 로비의 신 익현은 함께 힘을 합쳐 부산을 접수하기 시작하고, 두 남자 앞에 나쁜 놈들의 전성시대가 펼쳐진다.
넘버원이 되고 싶은 나쁜 놈들의 한판 승부. 범죄와의 전쟁
하지만 1990년 범죄와의 전쟁이 선포되자 조직의 의리는 금이 가고 넘버원이 되고 싶은 나쁜 놈들 사이의 배신이 시작된다. 살아남기 위해 벌이는 치열한 한판 승부, 최후에 웃는 자는 과연 누가 될 것인가?
A recent film noir called “Nameless Gangster” is set in the 1980s and the ‘90s when corruption and outlaws were so rampant that the government declared a war against crime.
In 1982 in Busan, the southeastern port city of Korea, customs officer Choi Ik-hyeon faces losing his job after being charged with corruption. Anxious about supporting his family, Ik-hyeon dares to smuggle drugs that he happened to discover at a warehouse. He meets a young street gangster Choi Hyeong-bae who has connections with the Yakuza. It turns out the young gangster is Ik-hyeon’s distant cousin. Using the ties of kinship, Ik-hyeon quickly forms a partnership with the influential gangster boss. The young Choi helps his partner do business with the money from drug trafficking while the old Choi lobbies for his cousin. The combination of the two bad guys, one using his brain and the other using brawn, is perfect for business in the dark noir world of corruption and crime. Their business flourishes. When the government declares a war on crime in 1990, however, their partnership begins to collapse and mutual trust wanes. Betrayal and mean tricks become so common and the gangsters fight among themselves in order to survive. Who will have the last laugh in the bloody battle?
What makes this film distinctive is its lead character, Choi Ik-hyeon. He is unquestionably a bad guy. The corrupt villain has no qualms about telling lies and never hesitates to manipulate people and even betray his closest partner when necessary. But at the same time, he is a father of three kids. He feels no shame or guilt about what he is doing because he believes it is the only way to support his family.
This layered villain isn’t a typical character shown in many gangster films. Rather, the role of his young cousin is more fitting for a gangster movie, as the charismatic gang boss strictly follows his own rules and remains loyal to the very end. But this character seems like a supporting role in this movie. The film focuses more on the complex villain, whom the audiences can neither like nor hate. As described in the film as “bandal,” literally meaning “a half-gangster,” the baddie is neither an ordinary citizen nor a gang member. The film portrays how this awkward figure, kind of stuck in the middle, lived through the turbulent times.
“Nameless Gangster” drew special attention even before it was released, as it stars big-name actors, such as Choi Min-sik who is famous for his role in the award-winning thriller “Oldboy” and Ha Jung-woo, who successfully performed the role of a brutal murderer in the 2008 suspense thriller “The Chaser.” Veteran actor Choi is said to have put on 10 kilograms for his role as the corrupt lobbyist in “Nameless Gangster” and Ha spent eight hours putting on fake body tattoos.
The movie leads the viewers to ponder whether and how the current Korean society has changed since the 1980s, when undesirable practices such as regionalism, school relations and kinship were very prevalent. A film critic says the film discloses another inconvenient truth of the previous generation?an unpleasant legacy that the next generation is reluctant to inherit.
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