The other reviews for this movie are very well written, cleverly and in-depth. But, still I would like to share my views. Rough Cut - can't say this as an action movie, neither a gangster movie. This movie is neither The Man from Nowhere type nor A Dirty Carnival, but you will see the mixture of both, with a completely different storyline. An Actor who behaves more like a Gangster and a gangster who loves to watch movies (have more passion for movies). What happens when their life intersects at one point, forms the rest of the story. The main plot deals with 'making of a movie'. The Director was meticulous in differentiating the 'real life' scenes and the 'movie' scenes when the film goes around. 'A movie within a movie' concept sets a complex screenplay to handle, but the Director must be credited well enough to coin each frame of the movie to fit in a great way. The character development in Korean movies are always very good. This film is no exception. The main leads wishes to live a contrasting life, and when it happens, things goes wrong, unable to get a hold to that life from there. I felt shades of Kim Ki duk style of movie making in some of the scenes, later I came to know that he is the original script writer for this movie. The script was edited once again by the Director Jang Hoon to make it more polished. His other 2 works namely, 'Secret Reunion' is a class movie and 'The Front Line' is in my watch list. Both the leads (So Ji-sub, Kang Ji-hwan) played their role exceptionally well, either it may be a fight scene or acting scene. More or less, they both played the role of protagonist as well as antagonist, which is a quite rare phenomenon in a multi-starrer movie. So, the viewers can see the four different faces of the two hot leads. The brutal stunt scene between them in the climax was very well choreographed. The Co stars performance was very good too. The movie length of 1 hour 50 minutes removes the necessity for any filler scenes. This movie sets a Benchmark for the future Korean Gangster movies. I would highly recommend this to anyone who wish to see a perfect blend of Action-Gangster genre.