History YMMV / TheManFromNowhere

** [[BewareTheQuietOnes Cha Tae-sik]], "The Man from Nowhere" himself, is a brilliant former covert operative for the South Korean Army. Befriending the young girl So-mi, Tae-sik becomes [[PapaWolf ferociously protective of her]], outwitting and brutalizing both the police and criminals when So-mi is taken by the evil Man-seok and Jong-seok. Discovering the depths of the Seoks' organ trafficking operation involving children, Tae-sik proceeds to utterly [[OneManArmy decimate their empire]], destroying their laboratory and killing Jong-seok before charging to Man-seok's hideout and slaughtering his guards, executing Man-seok himself [[DentedIron even while shaken]] by the belief that So-mi was killed.

** [[TheHedonist Jong-seok]] is the younger brother, and junior partner, of drug dealer Man-seok. While the latter [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes cares about the former's well-being]], Jong-seok only cares about having as good a time as possible. He's physically abusive to the women he sleeps with; tortures Jeon So-mi's mother by burning her with a blow dryer--then kidnaps So-mi for their [[OrganTheft organ harvesting operation]]--tortures her mother's boyfriend by beating him and threatening to burn off his testicles; and sends [[TheDragon Ramrowan]] to sadistically murder their former boss, Mr. Oh. When a little girl involved in their drug operation passes out, [[WouldHurtAChild Jong-seok]] has her dragged off so her organs can be harvested and sold. Jong-seok even uses his last moments alive to brag to Cha Tae-sik about how he has failed So-mi as badly as the Seok brothers have.

* [[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct He Can Really Act]]: Won Bin was highly praised by critics for his role as Tae-Sik. He previously played in drama or in comedy roles.

** [[TheHedonist Jong-Seok]] is the younger brother, and junior partner, of drug dealer Man-Seok. While the latter [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes cares about the former's well-being]], Jong-Seok only cares about having as good a time as possible. He's physically abusive to the women he sleeps with; tortures So-Mi's mother by burning her with a blow dryer--then kidnaps So-Mi for their [[OrganTheft organ harvesting operation]]--tortures her mother's boyfriend by beating him and threatening to burn off his testicles; and sends [[TheDragon Ramrowan]] to sadistically murder their former boss, Mr. Oh. When a little girl involved in their drug operation passes out, [[WouldHurtAChild Jong-Seok ]]has her dragged off so her organs can be harvested and sold. Jong-Seok even uses his last moments alive to brag to Tae-Sik about how he has failed So-Mi as badly as the Seok brothers have.

* CompleteMonster: [[TheHedonist Jong-Seok]] is younger brother of drug-dealer Man-Seok, and junior partner in their BigBadDuumvirate. While his [[TheStoic icy older brother]] [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes might care about his well-being]], Jong-Seok cares about [[PsychoForHire nothing but having as good a time as possible.]] He's physically abusive of the women he sleeps with, tortures So-Mi's mother by burning her with a blowdryer (then kidnaps So-Mi for their organ harvesting operation), tortures her mother's boyfriend by beating him and threatening to burn off his testicles, and sends [[TheDragon Ramrowan]] to sadistically murder their former boss, Mr. Oh. When a little girl involved in their drug operation passes out, Jong-Seok has her dragged off so her organs can be harvested and sold. A PsychopathicManchild at its worst, Jong-Seok uses his last moments alive to brag to Tae-Sik about how he has failed So-Mi as badly as the Seok brothers have.

* CompleteMonster: Jong-Seok is younger brother of drug-dealer Man-Seok, and junior partner in their BigBadDuumvirate. While his [[TheStoic icy older brother]] [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes might care about his well-being]], Jong-Seok cares about [[PsychoForHire nothing but having as good a time as possible.]] He's physically abusive of the women he sleeps with, tortures So-Mi's mother by burning her with a blowdryer (then kidnaps So-Mi for their organ harvesting operation), tortures her mother's boyfriend by beating him and threatening to burn off his testicles, and sends [[TheDragon Ramrowan]] to sadistically murder their former boss, Mr. Oh. When a little girl involved in their drug operation passes out, Jong-Seok has her dragged off so her organs can be harvested and sold. A PsychopathicManchild at its worst, Jong-Seok uses his last moments alive to brag to Tae-Sik about how he has failed So-Mi as badly as the Seok brothers have.

* HeCanReallyAct: Won Bin was highly praised by critics for his role as Tae-Sik. He previously played in drama or in comedy roles.

* NightmareFuel: Comes in every flavor!
** AdultFear: Children are used as slaves in a meth factory until they collapse from exhaustion and suffocation. Then they're drugged and [[OrganTheft harvested]].
** BodyHorror: [[spoiler: Jo-Mi the dancer's harvested corpse was graphically shown, though the audience are warned beforehand by the ReactionShot of Tae-Sik and some of the DEA officers.]]
** WorldHalfEmpty:
** InfantImmortality: [[spoiler: Averted throughout the entire film. Hundreds of children are manipulated and harvested, and Tae-Sik's pregnant wife dies when a garbage truck rams her car.]] Thankfully, each example is a GoryDiscretionShot.

* CompleteMonster: Jong-Seok, younger brother of drug-dealer Man-Seok, and junior partner in their BigBadDuumvirate. While his [[TheStoic icy older brother]] [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes might care about his well-being]], Jong-Seok cares about [[PsychoForHire nothing but having as good a time as possible.]] He's physically abusive of the women he sleeps with, tortures So-Mi's mother by burning her with a blowdryer (then kidnaps So-Mi for their organ harvesting operation), tortures her mother's boyfriend by beating him and threatening to burn off his testicles, and sends [[TheDragon Ramrowan]] to sadistically murder their former boss, Mr. Oh. When a little girl involved in their drug operation passes out, Jong-Seok has her dragged off so her organs can be harvested and sold. A PsychopathicManchild at its worst, Jong-Seok uses his last moments alive to brag to Tae-Sik about how he has failed So-Mi as badly as the Seok brothers have.

* CompleteMonster: Man-Seok and his younger brother Jeong-Seok are a pair of ruthless crime bosses who [[TheStarscream betray their boss and murder him]] to take over his operations. Jeong-Seok proves himself a nasty piece of work when he teases a captive woman who'd stolen from them with a blow dryer before using it to torture it by pressing it to her inner thighs. At another point, Man-Seok personally kills a captive when he's bored of questioning him by burying a hatchet in his skull. When the hero Tae-Sik goes after them over the woman's daughter they also kidnapped, he discovers their top operations: the two run a meth ring where they enslave people, including children, to make the drugs and then harvest their organs for the black market once they can't work any more. Because the girl they have is currently too young to harvest, Man-Seok simply gives her to one of his surgeons with instructions to harvest her corneas.

* Man-Seok and his younger brother Jeong-Seok are a pair of ruthless crime bosses who [[TheStarscream betray their boss and murder him]] to take over his operations. Jeong-Seok proves himself a nasty piece of work when he teases a captive woman who'd stolen from them with a blow dryer before using it to torture it by pressing it to her inner thighs. At another point, Man-Seok personally kills a captive when he's bored of questioning him by burying a hatchet in his skull. When the hero Tae-Sik goes after them over the woman's daughter they also kidnapped, he discovers their top operations: the two run a meth ring where they enslave people, including children, to make the drugs and then harvest their organs for the black market once they can't work any more. Because the girl they have is currently too young to harvest, Man-Seok simply gives her to one of his surgeons with instructions to harvest her corneas.

* ChekhovsGun:
** So-Mi's nail paintings allow the audience to identify [[spoiler: a harvested body as one of the children who was just "sent home", showing how evil the villains are.]]
** The knife Tae-Sik grabs from the mook accompanying Bear lets him cut through the mesh net and chase Mr. Oh.
** The cell-phone Man-Seok gives Tae-Sik leads him right into a [[WretchedHive mob nightclub]].
** Ramrowan [[spoiler: executes Mr. Oh while he's offering him money from his meth operation. This seems innocuous, but later in the film Tae-Sik stumbles upon a meth lab run by Jong-Seok.]]

** BodyHorror: [[spoiler: Jo-Mi the dancer's harvested corpse was graphically shown, with absolutely no warning.]]

** InfantImmortality: [[spoiler: BRUTALLY averted throughout the entire film. Hundreds of children are manipulated and harvested, and Tae-Sik's pregnant wife dies when a garbage truck rams her car.]] Thankfully, each example is a GoryDiscretionShot.

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: Comes in every flavor!

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: [[BeyondTheImpossible Comes in every flavor!]]

** WorldHalfEmpty: JESUS CHRIST is it ever.

* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: [[BeyondTheImpossible comes in every flavor!]]
** AdultFear: Children are used as slaves in a meth factory until they collapse from exhaustion and suffocation. Then they're drugged and [[OrganTheft harvested]]
** BodyHorror: [[spoiler: Jo-mi the dancer's harvested corpse was graphically shown, with absolutely no warning.]]

** InfantImmortality: [[spoiler: BRUTALLY averted throughout the entire film. Hundreds of children are manipulated and harvested, and Tae-Sik's pregnant wife dies when a garbage truck rams her car.]] thankfully, each example is a GoryDiscretionShot.