Chugyeogja 2008

Critics score:
83 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: I've more or less had it with this stuff, but the film is distinguished by the grubby velocity of his foot chases, and the effectiveness of its craft (not to mention the unglamorous resolution of at least one character's fate). Read more

Aaron Hillis, Time Out: South Korean first-timer Na Hong-jin offers nasty thrills, manic foot chases and some genuinely subversive riffs on the police procedural. Read more

J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader: Easily the best cop thriller since The Departed. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: The Chaser is an expert serial-killer film from South Korea and a poster child for what a well-made thriller looked like in the classic days. Read more

David Jenkins, Time Out: This playfulness, however, backfires massively in the second half when coincidence and unforeseen consequence conspire uneasily with bloody, messy results. Read more

Justin Chang, Variety: A grisly serial-killer thriller that develops into a howl of outrage at the ineptitude of the system. Read more

Nick Schager, Village Voice: The pessimism of Na's slick debut rings false. Read more