THE RESTLESS-2006-In this South Korean action fantasy a bounty hunter Yi Gwak (Woo-sung Jong) is betrayed by the townsfolk who hired him because he is a wanted man and they need the reward money. They drug him and he seems to die. He winds up in "mid-heaven" a place where souls wait to be reborn. However for some reason he is not dead and he's just in time to help battle invading demons. He meets So-hwa (Tae-hee Kim)) leader of the White Reapers who also happens to be this deceased lover (flashbacks show she was burned as a witch). Ban-chu (Jun-ho Heo) is a bad guy who wants "the holy stone" So-hwa has in her possession.
There's some great action scenes with swordplay and characters bursting into flames when they are killed and the crazy out of control finale where Yi takes on a whole evil army by himself is cool but this is essentially a love story so be prepared for some slow parts.
Star Woo was in THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE WEIRD after this. It was the directorial debut of Dong-oh Cho and Dong-oh Jo, a brother team who had previously been assistant directors.
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