A violent and miserable film, but one, dealing with the relationships between native Koreans and occupying American soldiers, whose sadism is balanced with emotional rawness, a gift of Ki-duk's which would continue in his later films as well as his ability to create scenes unexpected in film from ordinary life. Where it not for the appalling acting of the American characters, especially because one is integral to the main story, this would be up there as one of Ki-duk's best.

A very strong, touching and beautiful view of tough life in Southern Korea. Obviously very personal for Ki-Duk.

Very hopeless movie of God forsaken village in South Korea under occupation. People are on a level of dogs. There is lost in connection between each other, no hope for the future, and offsprings are mongrels or otherwise ugly and disabled.