2freensel I saw this movie before reading any reviews, and I thought it was very funny. I was very surprised to see the overwhelmingly negative reviews this film received from critics.

Lollivan It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Billie Morin This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

Bessie Smyth Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

jjblenheim This movie is very lackluster compared to the rest of Korean cinema, it is very typical and fits a little too much with a Hollywood title. I'd recommend better movies about gangster's such as New World and Inside Men. I was hoping for more from this movie but it delivered an extremely underwhelming and predictable experience.

Ajeesh Vijayan I was totally confused after watching this extra ordinary movie of its genre. I was hoping a gangster movie with cold blooded action choreography but turned out to be sentimental & a powerful drama.Sunflower is a story of Tae-shik, a former gangster who is released on parole visits a sunflower lady and her daughter and trying to lead a normal life. But things were not good as he expected. How he evades all the obstacles forms the whole story.The Script and Screenplay were too good and was well executed. Even though the movie was slow paced but was registered with our mind and doesn't allow us to take our eyes away. Sunflower is a bag of mixture of emotions. And in the end, the mass action scene was also well choreographed.Rae-won Kim delivered an awesome show as Tae-shik. And the role played by the mother and daughter was also brilliant with their performances. The villain was not up to the mark but did okay. An Emotional Drama with a pinch of actionMy rating: 7.9 on 10

sushant_v1 This one should work for all who are accustomed to Korean crime dramas. They are often considered to be heavy handed , but to be honest that has almost always worked for me somehow , specially because of the genuine performances by the main characters involved.The story is simple. Its about an ex gangster who is free from prison after serving ten years. All he wants is a second chance in life. A chance for a little bit of happiness and peace for the ones he loves.But a constant threat always looms over his family and threatens to awaken the demon inside him. (Decided to write this short review seeing there was just one other seriously misleading review for this genuinely decent movie)

Annie_Mah Tae-sik, who cleansed up the neighborhood back alley with his bare knuckle after dropping out of high school, is released on parole. The once sacrificial sheep of Tae-sik's friend Min-seok has become a detective and Tae-sik's henchmen friends have turned on each other's back. As if have forgotten the old days he shared with them, Tae-sik only does what he wishes to do, which was written down on his crumpling small scrapbook.Tae-sik finds a warm shelter in the small neighborhood food joint 'Sunflower'. Tae-sik tries to live a quiet new life with the lady who runs the restaurant and her daughter, Hee-ju.from the second half onwards the movie becomes more and more melodramatic and bursts of violence is thrown in every now and then. A little bit more common sense would have been desirable."Haebaragi, Sunflower" can't evoke the tears that it was actually expected to deliver.