title: Wild Card (2003 film)
text: # Wild Card (2003 film)
  
  Wild Card (Korean: 와일드 카드; RR: Waildeu Kadeu) is a 2003 South Korean film directed by Kim Yoo-jin. The crime drama has received mixed reviews.
  
  ## Premise
  
  Veteran detective Oh Young-dal and his younger, loose-cannon partner Bang Jae-su are investigating the serial's rape-murders of young women in Seoul. They begin to close in on gang leader Kim Min-ki, a psychopath who carries a metal ball and chain.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Jung Jin-young as Oh Young-dal
  * Yang Dong-geun as Bang Je-su
  * Han Chae-young as Kang Na-na
  * Gi Ju-bong as Squad leader Kim
  * Kim Myeong-gook as Jang Chil-sun
  * Hwang Jun-yeong as Go Myeong-hwan
  * Yu Ha-bok as Hwang Cheol-gu
  * Bang Guk-hyeon as Shim Young-man
  * Lee Dong-kyu as Noh Jae-bong
  * Seo Jae-kyeong as Kim Min-ki
  * Kim Gi-se as Wang Su-chang
  * Kim Chang-gyu as Go Du-man
  * Lee Do-kyeong as Do Sang-chun
  * Jo Kyung-hoon as Gomtaeng-i
  * Chae Min-seok as Gal-chi
  * Shin Jung-geun as Neob-chi ("Halibut")
  * Lee Dol-hyung as Sun-dae ("Blood sausage")
  * Yang Han-seok as Kang Il-man
  * Shin Kyeong-ah as Kang Suk
  * Lee Jeong-in as Shin Suk-jeong
  * Baek Shin as Detective Kim
  * Han Seong-sik as Delivery guy of Chinese restaurant
  * Cha Soon-bae
  
  ## Reception
  
  Wild Card has received mixed reviews.
  
  Derek Elley, writing for Variety, states that although there is "nothing new" about the premise or plot, the film has "well-written and well-played characters whose ensemble chemistry pays off in the final reels." Andrew Robertson, from "Eye For Film," called the film "exciting" with an "almost Seventies feel."
  
  