Sook-hee is a trained assassin who was born to kill. She was
just a little girl when the training started in Yanbian, China. After the death
of her mentor, when the chance of starting a new life was given to her, she
came to South Korea as a government agent. They promised her that she will be
free after ten years of service. So she begins her new life as a theatre
actress. But soon two men Joong-sang and Hyun-soo appear in her new life. And
she started to find deep dark secrets about her past. Eventually she take
matters into her own hands. Written by Niaz Islam Arif
(Courtesy of Internet Movie Database)
I hadn’t seen a foreign film in awhile that really made me
say WOW so my hopes for VILLIANESS were rather high. Upon watching it I found a
story that at first I thought was very familiar, but as the film progressed I
realized how wrong I was. I have found that Asian cinema was very good at
combining emotional storylines with either action or violent imagery and
VILLIANESS was just that. I also felt the way the film was shot was very
dynamic and added to the entire film experience. So for VILLIANESS I give a
solid 3.75 out of 5.
