By Pierce Conran
Stars Hyun Bin and Yoo Ji-tae go toe-to-toe in this month's
The Swindlers, a loose and jazzy caper thriller that mines Korea's abundant fascination with grifters. Or at least that's what it attempts to do, as this blatant ripoff of the work of director Choi Dong-hoon (
Tazza: The High Rollers,
The Thieves) is a grating star vehicle that smacks of smug ineptitude and a whole lot of cut corners.
