the "Finger Chopper"—a criminal that cut off his finger in a knife fight five years ago—and the man that Do-won had thought Chang-yi to be. Turning on each other in a final act of vengeance for the slights they suffered, they finally gun each other down after a prolonged Mexican standoff. The three lie in the sand, dying and alone, as the "useless hole" that they fought and died for suddenly and belatedly erupts with a geyser of crude oil. Do-won survives along with Tae-goo. With a newly raised bounty on Tae-goo, a new chase begins as he flees across the Manchurian desert. Cast Song Kang-ho as Yoon Tae-goo, the Weird Lee Byung-hun as Park Chang-yi, the Bad Jung Woo-sung as Park Do-won, the Good Yoon Je-moon as Byeong-choon, Manchurian Bandit Leader's Right-hand man Ryu Seung-soo as Man-gil, Yoon Tae-goo's friend Song Yeong-chang as Kim Pan-joo Ma Dong-seok as Gom (Bear) Son Byong-ho as Seo Jae-sik Oh Dal-su as Park Seo-bang Uhm Ji-won as Na-yeon (cameo) Oh Yeon-ah as Japanese female train passenger (cameo) Alternative versions Two versions of the film were released in cinemas: one being for the native Korean market and the other for international sales. The Korean theatrical cut is 136 minutes long and the international cut is 129 minutes long. The Korean ending is more "upbeat" than the international version, including several more minutes of footage. In the alternative ending, The Weird, Tae-goo, gets up. He reveals the thick metal sheet he hid under his quilted jacket and limps over to demolish the corpse of Chang-yi, The Bad. While doing so, he discovers diamonds in Chang-yi's pocket and giggles with delight before realising he's surrounded by the Japanese army. Inadvertently lighting a stick of dynamite, Tae-goo scares off the Japanese and dives for cover after realising it was lit. Over the credits, Tae-goo sets off to continue hunting for the treasure with his bounty multiplied sevenfold, while The Good, Do-won, vindictively pursues him. The ending of the international version reflects the end that director Kim Jee-woon originally wanted. In the United Kingdom, the British Board of Film Classification ordered five seconds of cuts to the cinema release due to scenes of horse falls judged to be animal cruelty that violated the Cinematograph Films (Animals) Act 1937. Reception The film was screened out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival on May 24, 2008. It also received