South Korea has produced some jaw-dropping action thrillers in recent times – this year’s thunderous ‘The Villainess’ among them – but this one badly needed a bit more wit to go with the wallop. Chun In-sook (Jeon Hye-jin) is a very confident police officer. 2 in a Busan mob that smuggles cocaine from Russia under the guise of a seafood import business, takes Hyun-su under his wing.
All rights reserved. One day, Jae Ho meets new prisoner Hyun Soo, who doesn't follow the rules of the prison and he doesn't submit to anyone. This is a shame, as the two leads, Sul Kang-gul and Yim Si-wan, are flamboyantly compelling.
Movie: The Merciless (English title) / Robber: Bad Men's World (literal title) Revised romanization: Boolhandang: Nabbeun Nomdeului Sesang Hangul: 불한당: 나쁜 놈들의 세상 Director: Byun Sung-Hyun Writer: Byun Sung-Hyun, Kim Min-Soo Producer: Lee Jin-Hee, Yoon Ji-Won, Park Ji-Sung, Ahn Eun-Mi Cinematographer: Jo Hyung-Rae World Premiere: May, 2017 (Cannes Film Festival) The film was released in South Korea on May 17, 2017. THE MERCILESS Is An Epitome Of A Well Executed Script, Arabella Chi Renovates Home, Shares An 1830s Fact, Tom Cruise Seen Jumping Over Boats In Venice, Does His Own Stunts For Mission Impossible 7, Tom Cruise In Venice For Mission: Impossible 7, Filming In Italy Continues, Interview With Armeena Khan, Bilal Ashraf & Ali Rehman Khan, Tom Cruise Drives Fiat 500 In Rome For Mission: Impossible 7, Tom Cruise Films A High Speed Action Scene In A Yellow Fiat 500 In Rome | Mission: Impossible 7, Static Shock: Michael B Jordan To Produce The Black Superhero Movie, Mahira Khan Shares BTS Images Of Quaid E Azam Zindabad, Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell High Octane Action Scenes Filming In Rome | Mission: Impossible 7.
By placing a star studded cast which includes Lee Kyoung-young, Kim Hee-yon, Sol Kyung-gu, Jeon Hye-jin and the young halyu star Im Si-wan, the director has proved himself to be one of the best very early in his feature film making career. Fandango FANALERT® Sign up for a FANALERT® and be the first to know when tickets and other exclusives are available in your area.
[8][9], According to the Korean Film Council, the film topped the Korean box office on the first day of release and sold 95,261 tickets.[10][11]. movie theaters are playing The Merciless near you.
He’s sent off to prison where his willingness to fight guys twice his size gets him the attention of Jae-ho, a senior member of said criminal gang. The plot unravels in a soup of thin characterisation and generic dialogue, and while director Byun Sung-hyun is technically proficient, the action scenes rarely catch fire. [3] According to the distributor CJ Entertainment the film was later sold to additional territories, reaching a total of 117 countries worldwide. ‘The Merciless’ got a lengthy standing ovation in Cannes this year, which makes you wonder what the assembled cineastes would have done if this violent South Korean gangster flick had actually turned out to be any good. This Movie would really test your emotions like what happened to me because I love movies that do have a theme of REVENGE and this movie satisfied me in so many ways.
Collect bonus rewards from our many partners, including AMC, Stubs, Cinemark Connections, Regal Crown Club when you link accounts. Selama menonton berasa melihat kombinasi plot antara New World , Veteran , dan The Prison . Things go downhill, when she unexpectedly reveals a secret that leads to the Balfour scandal, and her father pushes her to go to a remote desert island to recuperate! Byung, who also wrote the screenplay with Kim Min-soo, makes head-spinning shuffles in the timeline, but to his credit, the narrative keeps its momentum and only starts to lose the plot in the last stretch. Outside of prison, he was the #2 guy in a criminal gang, but he is ambitious enough to go after the #1 spot upon his release.
Action choreography by Hur Myung-hang is bluntly tactile and seethes with red-blooded intensity, as when Hyun-su single-handedly escalates a face-slapping game into a take-no-prisoners roughhouse.
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