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The Good, the Bad, the Weird (2008)

★ 7.2 · 803 ratings on TMDB

One map. Three villains. Winner takes all.

The Good, the Bad, the Weird poster★ 7.2

The story of three Korean outlaws in 1930s Manchuria and their dealings with the Japanese army and Chinese and Russian bandits. The Good (a bounty hunter), the Bad (a hitman), and the Weird (a thief) battle the army and the bandits in a race to use a treasure map to uncover the riches of legend.

DirectorKim Jee-woon
CastJung Woo-sung, Kim Kwang-il, Lee Byung-hun, Lee Chung-ah, Oh Dal-su, Ryu Seung-su
GenresAction, Adventure, Comedy, Western
The emergence reading

The Good, the Bad, the Weird keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same subject, different rung

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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