Cold Eyes is a new take on Johnnie To's scriptwriter, Yau Nai-Hoi's 2007 crime thriller, Eye in the Sky. Although the film is impeccably stylish and sleek, I must confess that I have watched better Korean thrillers in the past. The story doesn't lack in pace, but the narrative is not structured around a layered plot, with relative paucity of pulsating thrill as expected from this genre despite the extravagant chasedowns and slick cinematography. Sol Kyung-gu plays a cop with stoic intensity, a toned down and reserved character compared to his hyper-frenzied roles in films like Peppermint Candy and Oasis. Han Hyo-joo looks pretty and delivers on a perfect pitch, playing a rookie cop wriggling between professional duty and emotional turmoil. It is Jung Woo-sung who gives the best performance in the film, exuding a sense of vicious knavery coupled with stone cold efficiency of unsympathetic and forbidding ruthlessness.
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