The story was total nonsense.

2 / 2 directing & technical aspect
0 / 1 story
1 / 1 act I
0 / 1 act II
1 / 1 act III
1 / 1 acting
0 / 1 writing
0 / 1 originality
0 / 1 lasting ability to make you think

1 / 1 misc (amazing action sequences)

6 out of 10

Crazy action sequences. Really intense, with some impressive choreography. It's not a completely shallow action flick either, with its interesting, if a little convoluted plot. Really impressed.

While the story was a bit of a mess (I think?!) the camera work and the action sequences were absolutely insane. How?! Certainly a ride and one of the best action movies of the year tbh.

When the plot is psychobabble but the fighting choreography and filming is the absolute bomb.

The action choreography is absolutely insane and probably the main thing to remember this movie by. However, its value often gets somewhat decreased by overly frantic and hectic camera work and editing. Think "Hardcore Henry" plus "Kingsman", but more shaky, more (obvious) cuts and less comprehensible. Sometimes you get some incredible shots where you have to ask yourself how they even managed to film this stuff, but sometimes it feels so unpolished and rough that it can get annoying.
The editing sometimes also has a hard time to communicate the passage or skipping of time and flashbacks properly. This and the overly convoluted story can definitely cause some viewers to get lost. But, again, the action is what you'll probably remember most about it anyway.

one hell of an entertainment.Liked the camera work totally used in the action blocks.And my queen Kim Ok-bin is:fire:

Blisteringly kinetic chases and balletic fight scenes pick up the pace between the long sections of exposition. Worth sticking with this revenge movie until the end though.

That perspective in the opening scene and the bus scene, that resemblance to Nikita at times, good for the fights

The action scenes ad very adrenaline and the long-take are good but sometimes are forced. The story is a little confusing, too much flashback, in my opinion. But a very good action film.

**Meh**. I wish I could only write this word, cause there's nothing else to say about this movie.

dont ne fooled by the first 5 minutes. the rest is k-drama. so much it hurts. there are some fights between which look kinda cool, but overall its just too much unrelevant story. i really wanted to ejoy this but at some point i just lost interest. if i wanna see a movie about a woman wo finds a man and gets married and has children, i would watch something else.

**Part of my 2022 Action Wednesdays**

The Villainess is a hard film to explain. It draws you in with an excellent action sequence, then loads you with a LOT of plot in between more amazing action scenes. It gets a bit hard to follow at times, and the way they tell you our protagonists' backstory is very confusing.

The acting, however, is very good. I especially like Kim Ok-vin. She does a magnificent job with both the action and the drama. The others are also rather good, but I tend to expect that from South Korean cinema these days.

The action is…just incredible, and some of the first person filming is splendid. The only gripe I have with that side of the movie, is the fact that some of the filming actually made me queasy.

The Villainess could have been a highlight for me, but ended up being some very good action infused with way too much plot and time jumps. Still very watchable, but not really something I will visit again any time soon.