▁Re ception ▁The ▁film ▁received ▁positive ▁critical ▁reviews . ▁On ▁review ▁aggreg ator ▁Rotten ▁Tomatoes , ▁the ▁film ▁has ▁a ▁rating ▁of ▁ 9 6 % ▁based ▁on ▁ 2 7 ▁reviews . ▁The ▁critics ▁cons ensus ▁states ▁" An ▁odd ▁couple ▁cop ▁thr iller ▁with ▁a ▁tw ist , ▁The ▁Gang ster , ▁The ▁Cop , ▁The ▁Dev il ▁tells ▁its ▁entertain ing ▁story ▁with ▁a ▁bl end ▁of ▁humor ▁and ▁hard - h itting ▁action ". ▁On ▁review ▁aggreg ator ▁website ▁Met ac rit ic , ▁the ▁film ▁has ▁a ▁weight ed ▁average ▁score ▁of ▁ 6 5 ▁out ▁of ▁ 1 0 0 ▁based ▁on ▁ 7 ▁critics , ▁indicating ▁" gener ally ▁favor able ▁reviews ". ▁ ▁Les lie ▁Fel per in ▁of ▁The ▁Guardian ▁stated ▁" l though ▁its ▁final ▁act ▁sh red s ▁cred ul ity , ▁and ▁the ▁structure ▁is ▁a ▁bit ▁won ky , ▁this ▁pul py ▁crime ▁thr iller ▁from ▁Korea ▁is ▁still ▁a ▁real ▁kick ▁in ▁the ▁head . ▁Like ▁so ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁genre ▁that ▁ha il ▁from ▁Se oul ▁and ▁its ▁sub ur bs , ▁this ▁one ▁p unch es ▁well ▁above ▁its ▁weight ▁with ▁an ▁invent ive ▁re working ▁of ▁well - w orn ▁plot ▁trop es ▁and ▁s lick ▁production ▁values ." ▁Jess ica ▁Ki ang ▁of ▁Vari ety ▁commented ▁" K ore a ▁has ▁domin ated ▁the ▁mid night - movie / gen re ▁sl ots ▁at ▁international ▁festiv als ▁so ▁thoroughly ▁of ▁late ▁that ▁it ’ s