Louis Vuitton Hawaii International FIlm Festival 2008

Jee-woon Kim's eccentric film is set in the 1930s, when the Korean Peninsula was under Japanese colonial rule. Back then, many Koreans fled to the wilderness of Manchuria to seek refuge. This film follows the exploits of three such men — The Good, The Bad and The Weird. The Weird (Song Kang-Ho) has just robbed a Japanese train and made off with a priceless treasure map. The Bad, a vicious gang leader (Lee Byung-hun), also wants the map and he'll kill anyone to get it. The Good (Jung Woo-sung) is a bounty hunter and he is on a mission is to capture THE BAD. What should be a straightforward take down is complicated when the Japanese army, Korean independence fighters and Chinese bandits get involved in the fight over the treasure map. Who will prevail? - Jason Soeda