In the vein of a lot of current Korean films, "Bloody Tie" is frequently violent, contains nudity and heaps of profanity, and is flashy as all hell - and this one is even more octane-fueled than most. Starting from its ripped-from-the-headlines back story explaining very briefly that after the collapse of the IMF economically bust Busan became a haven for drug dealers and other related crime - just enough so you get the picture before the filmmakers launch into overdrive - the film then rips down the "Goodfellas" and "Boogie Nights" alley of split screens, cool music, and bad people behaving badly. "Bloody Tie" is a top-notch, if somewhat derivative, crime film that incredibly rarely lags for its two hour running time. The cast all deliver a great show, especially Ryu Seung-beom as an unrepentant low-life, and they all somehow manage to stay afloat atop the directorial and editing excess due to sheer upping of the ante as the film progresses.