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The Merciless
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Title (English)	The Merciless
Title (Korean)	불한당: 나쁜 놈들의 세상
Directed by	Byun Sung-hyun
Written by	yun Sung-hyun Kim Min-soo
Produced by	Yun Ji-won
Starring	Sol Kyung-gu, Yim Si-wan
Release date	May 17, 2017
Running time	120 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean

“자기야 내 오네~

-Jae-ho to Hyun-soo, The Merciless, 2017

The Merciless is a 2017 South Korean Crime film Action film directed by Byun Sung-hyun, starring Sol Kyung-gu and Yim Si-wan. The film was released in South Korea on May 17, 2017. It was shown out of competition in the Midnight Screenings section at the 70th Cannes Film Festival on May 24, 2017.

Sadly both protagonists die a tragic death without having a happily ever after.

Plot

The story is about the loyalty and betrayal between an inmate leader and an undercover cop/prisoner, who team to take over a gang. It centers around the main character Hyun soo, the undercover cop, and Han Jaeho the inmate leader.

The film follows the development of the two protagonists’ relationship by testing their loyalty and betrayal of each other. Even if there is no strong expression, the audience perceives this film as queer. The film is queer-coded.

Cast

• Sol Kyung-gu as Jae-ho
• Yim Si-wan as Hyun-soo
• Kim Hee-won as Byung-gab
• Jeon Hye-jin as Chun In-sook
• Lee Geung-young as Byung-chul
• Jang In-sub as Min-chul
• Kim Ji-hoon as Jung-sik
• Lee Ji-hoon as Public prosecutor Oh
• Choi Byung-mo as Captain Choi
• Moon Ji-yoon as Young-geun
• Nam Gi-ae as Hyun-soo's mother
• Jin Seon-kyu as Prison Security Section Chief

Release and Reception

In its opening week, the film topped the Korean box office on the first day of release and sold 95,261 tickets. However, after a showcase that stayed for 8 days, the film screen availability dropped from 860 theaters to 41 theaters, suspicious??

The film received a seven-minute standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival

Awards and Nominations

Proof that the film is queer coded

with previously mentioned issues that occurred to the film. Such as the sudden drop in theatre screening and the negative reception. There are theories that the film received such reviews due to its queer undertones. Jae-ho and Hyun-soo gazing at each other is a constant reoccurring act throughout the whole film. Since their first meeting, Hyun-soo and Jae-ho give us a gaze that is of a person longing for the other, rather than of two individuals who do not hold any emotions for one another. This can be seen to have a desire hint. "Queering the gaze" theory plays an important part in the portrayal of the queer elements in the film. The Author, Patrick Shuckmann, discusses homoerotic gaze theory and reframes female objectification in male characters’ relationship to female characters’ existence as an Other.An alternative upon which homoeroticism can be redirected away from male-character relationships (Shuckmann 1998, 672). This is very present at the film’s beginning, where Jae-ho “gifts” Natasha (the female figure) to Hyun-soo when he comes out of prison. Shuckmann introduces a plot point context where the male gaze is crucial in de-eroticizing male character relationships on screen. This is known as “the good versus evil” plot, where two men share an obsessive, borderline homoerotic fixation as they repeatedly seek each other out.This is depicted in the film through the constant gaze between both men, and Jae-ho went as far as murdering Hyun-soo’s mother to ensure that Hyun-soo would come to his side. The camera angle, the sudden slow-motion effect, as well as Jae-ho’s gaze at Hyun-soo, is that of someone longing to hold their beloved one close to them and protect them.

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