it was a pretty good thriller, unfortunatly there wasnt very much memorable except for one good fight scene.

this is how action films should be made, great performances, great action, original characters and semblance of a plot....Hollywood please take note.

Insane knife-fight, but as other have pointed out, maybe a tad too much melodrama.

Yet another film, hailing from South Korea, possessing otherworldly technical skill on behalf of the crew, and having loads of violence. Others have touched on the melodrama, but The Man from Nowhere more than makes up for that in the "fucking crazy knife action" department.

Not the most original story and didn't care much for the ending. Nonetheless, very well done and very enjoyable.

As others have mentioned, this is variation on *Leon: the Professional*, *Man on Fire* and even *Taken*. Of the four films, I personally like *Leon* the best, by far. Some other comments: except for the final 20-30 minutes, there isn't much action--although that wasn't necessarily a flaw. The bigger problem is the sense of struggle to make a plot that moves along and maintains interest. One other thing: the girl is really cute and effective.

Decent revenge flick because of the style, but the plot is pretty generic

It was hard for me to invest myself in the hideously over-the-top plot: where the villains perform practically every kind of evil, illegal act imaginable, and the mysterious, unstoppable hero is shown to have an absurdly dark past event. Nevertheless, the action scenes - too few and far between - are simply astonishing.

The Korean equivalent of those by-the-numbers '80s action movies they used to play all the time on TNT.

I thought I've seen some good films recently, but this was far and beyond better than any I've seen in months. Action, story, action; it has it all.

Loved it. And this must be one of the best ending fight scenes ive ever seen. Great!

Cheesy and gory, this is a good popcorn action flick. If you can hold in your popcorn of course.

Glossy, stylish mix of Man on Fire and Leon with a script that feels a little light for the film's two-hour runtime. Acting-wise, standouts were the gangster brothers who put in great performances with their blend of menace and wackiness. Scenes of violence were disappointingly muted and clean up until the last 30-40 minutes, which, to sort of make up for it, are really really good in that department. Memorable for that and its visual flair, but not as great as I had hoped.

Man on Fire with sexier haircuts.

This is one of the best action movies of 2010. It's like the Korean version of The Professional. It's not high art like Park-Chan Wook, but it's still really bad ass and fun.

That knife fight.

Too much Asian melodrama but still an exciting and tense movie.

Another great film from Korean cinema. If you like Taken and Man on Fire, this is for you.

BRILLIANT!

The knife fight at the end was cool...

A sublimely brutal revenge fantasy Korean style with one of the nastiest knife fights i've seen on film. Unfortunately it retreads typical plot and character territory but it does so far better than 99% of similar straight forward revenge tales found in Hollywood. The violence and cruelty does go off the rails at times though. Although the intent of this sort of portrayal of violence is following with the fantasy. Won Bin is an understated charismatic actor and excels in this type of role.

The Man From Nowhere is clearly inspired by Man on Fire and The Professional. While the acting is notoriously hammy in a few places and the melodrama gets to be a bit too much to bare, and sadly these instances often overlap, overall the film is a good one. It has some superb action scenes and if you're a fan of those "one man on a mission that will absolutely decimate everyone in his path" movies then this is a must see.