can say will ever do it justice. The film is an experience; it's something that will have you emotionally invested in the characters, while also covering your eyes at the extreme violence," whereas Empire rated the film four out of five, stating, "This gleefully black horror-thriller is a very classy follow-up to The Good, the Bad, the Weird for Kim Jee-Woon." Phelim O'Neil from The Guardian wrote, "There's no shortage of Korean revenge-thrillers, but this, along with the recent The Man from Nowhere, proves there is plenty of life left in the genre" and gave it a four star rating out five. Not all critics were favorable towards the film's brutality; Mark Jenkins of The Washington Post wrote, "Director Kim Jee-woon is a born filmmaker, even if this script (written by Park Hoon-jung and adapted by Kim) is unworthy of his efforts" and rated it two out of five stars. Elizabeth Kerr of The Hollywood Reporter wrote that, "On any number of levels, Devil is troublesome at best, offensive at worst." In 2014, Rolling Stone magazine put I Saw the Devil in the top 20 of "the scariest movies you've never seen." In 2019, Jim Vorel of Paste named it the best horror film of 2010, writing of its ultimate conclusion: "It's one of the great, empty victories of horror cinema in the 2010s, and should be seen by a larger audience." Awards and nominations Home media The film was released on DVD as a three-disc set, which contains both the Korean theatrical version and international version, in South Korea on 29 March 2011. The DVD and Blu-ray for the US and Canadian markets were released on May 10, 2011. References External links 2010 films 2010s vigilante films 2010 action thriller films South Korean action thriller films Splatter films South Korean serial killer films Films about cannibalism South Korean films about revenge Films about kidnapping Films about rape Films set in Seoul Films shot in South Korea Films directed by Kim Jee-woon Showbox films 2010s Korean-language films Rape and revenge films South Korean films remade in other languages South Korean vigilante films South Korean chase films Films about stalking 2010s South Korean films