The film premiered at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival and had a limited release in the U.S. on April 23 , 2010 . It received positive reviews with critics praising the action , the cinematography and the direction . The film marks the second collaboration between actor Lee Byung-hun and director Kim Jee-woon who previously collaborated on the action drama '' A Bittersweet Life '' and then again would do so in Kim 's '' I Saw the Devil ''
2008 Cannes Film Festival
2008 Cannes Film Festival
The Good, the Bad, the Weird