if it cut the epilogue, it's more of a typical hollywood ending with some degree of satisfaction and less to think about. that it stayed with that particular message rang true to me and elevated the overall quality of the film.

i noticed throughout the normalization of corruption, the fear that lawlessness struck in low-level criminals and deviants, the charm, the con, the seduction that played out in the final act. it had the look and to an extent feel of a TNT detective story but the themes of a korean crime drama, which is interesting considering when it was written.