... is going to please those looking for a film that’s swift, engaging, hard-hitting, and satisfying from start to finish.

| Apr 16, 2025

"The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil" is not a great film, but it's watchable because its star is Ma Dong-seok. The burly actor stars as a mob boss whose street credibility takes a beating when he is nearly killed by a floppy-haired serial killer.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 14, 2023

Action-packed thriller from South Korea about partnerships and competition in hunting a killer; a perfect film from Lee Won-tae apart from a few clichés.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 9, 2021

Energetic and all the better for its sensible running time, though nothing new, it's an enjoyable film, if one that would have been improved by not pulling so many punches

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Oct 21, 2020

What attracts me immediately is that it combines the action thriller with the cop story in a new way and, incidentally, solidly handles the conventions of gangster cinema. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 7/10 | Aug 7, 2020

"The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil" bubbles with a propulsive energy. Polished and glossy, it moves along with an easy, rapid momentum, myriad action beats, and another top-tier performance from Ma Dong-seok as a businessman brawler

| Original Score: B | Jun 26, 2020

The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil is sure fire hit for fans of this genre. The film doesn't dig too deep, but works because it doesn't get lost in the some of the deeper trappings of the genre.

| May 29, 2020

This is the sort of sepia-glazed, midnight viewing cheesiness coming from a young mind, with masculinity carrying a crayon-drawn border around its unholy trio.

| Jan 17, 2020

Though indulgently violent and rather broad at all times, it's consistently exciting due to the premise and the charismatic star turn,

| Original Score: B | Dec 19, 2019

The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil pulls off its familiar twists and turns with style and verve.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 16, 2019

Like so many of the genre that hail from Seoul and its suburbs, this one punches well above its weight with an inventive reworking of well-worn plot tropes and slick production values.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 15, 2019

There's not much going on beneath the energetic surface, but for the most part The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil is a fast-paced, entertaining thriller buoyed by two engaging leads. Don't mess it up in translation, Sly.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 14, 2019

A solid, if not quite exceptional, time-passer.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 12, 2019

An entertaining ride from start to finish, The Gangster, The Cop and The Devil is an exciting way to spend a dull evening.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Oct 29, 2019

The hook here - the interplay between our three leads and the twists, action, and humor that can be wrung from it-- is the end all and be all of The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil. It's designed to entertain you, and it does a great job at that.

| Oct 4, 2019

Lee delivers a thrilling crime actioner, bolstered by his eye for livening up the screen with pops of color, some brutal fight scenes, one very solid car chase, and another commanding performance from Ma Dong-seok.

| Original Score: B- | Sep 3, 2019

The movie's unique premise fertilizes an admirably suspenseful narrative & highly entertaining action scenes, though the titular characters remain regrettably undeveloped...

| Aug 6, 2019

With an incomparable, classically brutish lead performance, Lee Won-Tae's latest effort is a simply told, thrilling action film, a rarity in 2019 cinema.

| Jul 29, 2019

A familiar crime thriller, played mostly for laughs.

| Original Score: B | Jul 23, 2019

A highly polished thriller that capitalizes on its great premise.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Jul 18, 2019