A once promising baseball star is constantly hunted by two hitmen when a young boy asks him to sell his baseball jacket. A high school student acquires a sleep control device to help him with his exams, and ends up getting more acquainted with the seller in the process. A prison guard buys a guitar and plays one last song with a rock band after he finds out that his number has been called up… to be an executioner. An English tutor and amateur journalist investigating a murder case makes an offer to gain information on the involvement of … a once promising baseball star.
GOOD DEAL is a woven tapestry of the interconnected lives of people striving through the day-to-day of contemporary Korean society. Quite a spectrum of themes are covered: romance, crime, sports, famly, work, and even Russian literature! As each of its characters seek to make a “deal” with another person to help them stay ahead or even stay alive, they find their interactions much more involved and complex than they first thought. Written and directed by Cho Kyuong-ho, the film mixes wickedly dark humor and sincere sentimentality through its interwoven yet still seamlessly linear style of storytelling.
亚历克斯（伊万•麦克格雷格 Ewan McGregor 饰）、大卫（克里斯托弗•埃克莱斯顿 Christopher Eccleston 饰）和朱丽叶（凯瑞•福克斯 Kerry Fox 饰）三个好友合住在一户公寓内，三人征集新房客时问出各种怪异问题，玩的不亦乐乎，最后在朱丽叶主张下，吸纳了写作的单身男子雨果，岂料雨果入住不久就身亡在屋内，惊慌的三人发现了雨果装有巨额现金的箱子，金钱诱惑难以抵御，他们悄悄将雨果分尸掩埋。巨款在手的亚历克斯和朱丽叶春风得意，但会计员大卫却终日忧心忡忡，终于大卫在二人挥霍钱财后暴发，将钱箱搬到阁楼收藏看管。与此同时，两名匪徒为了寻找钱箱，一路大开杀戒，并闯入了三人的公寓，大卫突然发力将匪徒杀死，此时的大卫，已经愈发神经质，将事情引向了更加危险的方向……
