Director Kim turns the screw relentlessly, working old-school devices like ringing phones to excellent effect while tossing in some inspired fight and chase scenes.

It's hard to feel sympathy for such a miserable miscreant. Impossible, in fact.

Unfortunate events collide, ricochet and twist with hair-raising precision. getting maximum tension and laughs out of every ludicrous scenario.

This is a slick, neo-noirish tale that pits one man against Murphy's Law - anything that could potentially go wrong does, and in the worst way possible.