Stars: Jang Hyuk, Lee Chae-young, Lee Seo-young, Bruce Khan, Lee Seung-joon | Written by Nam Ji-woong | Directed by Choi Jae-hun
Not to be confused with John Woo’s classic film of the same name, The Killer (Jugeodo Doeneun Ai) is the new film from Choi Jae-hun and written by Nam Ji-woong based on a novel and webcomic by Bang Jin-ho. The film made its Canadian debut as part of this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival.
Eui-kang is a retired assassin, married and living a quiet life. When his wife goes on vacation with a friend he ends up, rather against his will, having to watch over the friend’s seventeen-year-old daughter Yoon-ji.
The first night she’s in his care however she becomes the victim of a ring of human traffickers specializing in underage girls. There’s only one thing he can do, come out of retirement to rescue her,...
Not to be confused with John Woo’s classic film of the same name, The Killer (Jugeodo Doeneun Ai) is the new film from Choi Jae-hun and written by Nam Ji-woong based on a novel and webcomic by Bang Jin-ho. The film made its Canadian debut as part of this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival.
Eui-kang is a retired assassin, married and living a quiet life. When his wife goes on vacation with a friend he ends up, rather against his will, having to watch over the friend’s seventeen-year-old daughter Yoon-ji.
The first night she’s in his care however she becomes the victim of a ring of human traffickers specializing in underage girls. There’s only one thing he can do, come out of retirement to rescue her,...
- 8/3/2022
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
“The Grand Heist” was a hugely successful historical comedy caper when it released back in 2012. Seven years after the film, its director Kim Joo-ho occupies the director’s chair once again for historical comedy “Jesters: The Game Changers”.
Synopsis
Deok-ho and his gang make ends meet by racketeering around the country. Han Myeong-hoe, King Sejo’s right-hand man, thinks highly of their talents and encourages them to work for the country. Funded by the government, Deok-ho and his men use more theatrical and sophisticated devices to create incredible events, such as a pine tree lifting its branches by itself, sweet rain falling from heaven, and rainbows forming wherever King Sejo goes.
The star cast comprises of Cho Jin-woong as Doek-ho, Son Hyun-joo as Myeong-hoe and Park Hee-soo as King Sejo, with Ko Chang-seok, Choi Won-young and Kim Seul-gi making up the rest of Doek-ho’s gang. Cho Jin-woong was last...
Synopsis
Deok-ho and his gang make ends meet by racketeering around the country. Han Myeong-hoe, King Sejo’s right-hand man, thinks highly of their talents and encourages them to work for the country. Funded by the government, Deok-ho and his men use more theatrical and sophisticated devices to create incredible events, such as a pine tree lifting its branches by itself, sweet rain falling from heaven, and rainbows forming wherever King Sejo goes.
The star cast comprises of Cho Jin-woong as Doek-ho, Son Hyun-joo as Myeong-hoe and Park Hee-soo as King Sejo, with Ko Chang-seok, Choi Won-young and Kim Seul-gi making up the rest of Doek-ho’s gang. Cho Jin-woong was last...
- 7/26/2019
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
The trend of action films focused on female leads in South Korea continues, with director Lim Kyung-taek’s new film “No Mercy”. While “The Villainess”, for example, mashed up action with some good old-fashioned Korean melodrama and “The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion.” tells a bloody, brutal female “superhero” tale, “No Mercy” has a more straight forward “Taken” tale of abduction and revenge.
“No Mercy” is screening at Fantasia 2019
In-ae has just been released from prison and moves back in with her teenaged sister Eun-hye, who is not completely healthy, mentally. The apple of In-ae’s eye, the simple Eun-hye survived alone while In-ae spent time in prison on false charges. While In-ae tries to look for a job as a bodyguard, something she was very good at before her incarceration, Eun-hye gets forced into a scamming racket by her bullying classmates. When one scam goes really wrong and Eun-hye gets kidnapped by some gangsters,...
“No Mercy” is screening at Fantasia 2019
In-ae has just been released from prison and moves back in with her teenaged sister Eun-hye, who is not completely healthy, mentally. The apple of In-ae’s eye, the simple Eun-hye survived alone while In-ae spent time in prison on false charges. While In-ae tries to look for a job as a bodyguard, something she was very good at before her incarceration, Eun-hye gets forced into a scamming racket by her bullying classmates. When one scam goes really wrong and Eun-hye gets kidnapped by some gangsters,...
- 7/19/2019
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
Last year’s action film “Revenger” saw stuntman/action co-ordinator Bruce Khan step in front of the camera for a leading role. This year, we have another stuntman and martial arts director taking the leap from behind-the-scenes to leading role with Jung Doo-hong, who stars in Ha Won-joon’s action film “Fist and Furious”.
Synopsis
A former violent detective with a knife in his head and a sneaky materialistic VJ collaborate!
Freelance VJ Gook-hyeon is a North Korean defector who is looking for news when he comes across Ki-man, a former detective who lives with a knife stuck in his head. Ki-man is living off scraps until Gook-hyeon convinces him he would help him get revenge on Jeong Tae-hwa, a drug mob boss who killed his partner.
While they track down Jeong Tae-hwa, they meet Seol-lan, who is looking for her missing sister, Song-hwa, who is Jeong Tae-hwa’s mistress.
Synopsis
A former violent detective with a knife in his head and a sneaky materialistic VJ collaborate!
Freelance VJ Gook-hyeon is a North Korean defector who is looking for news when he comes across Ki-man, a former detective who lives with a knife stuck in his head. Ki-man is living off scraps until Gook-hyeon convinces him he would help him get revenge on Jeong Tae-hwa, a drug mob boss who killed his partner.
While they track down Jeong Tae-hwa, they meet Seol-lan, who is looking for her missing sister, Song-hwa, who is Jeong Tae-hwa’s mistress.
- 6/18/2019
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
Alana Joli Abbott Sep 4, 2019
From A Memory Called Empire to Star Wars IX, here are all of the space operas, on screen and on the page, we're looking forward to in 2019.
Here at Den of Geek, we love a good space opera: that delightful subgenre of science fiction that combines action, adventure, romance, and melodrama and sets it all in space.
Between now and the end of 2019, fans of space opera have a lot to look forward to. Whether or not you're excited about the December 20, 2019 release of Star Wars Episode IX, the year should be a good one for space opera—especially for novel readers, but with a few films and comics thrown in for good measure.
Here are the space operas (and some stories that are space opera-adjacent) we've already consumed or are most looking forward to consuming at Den of Geek...
January
Fire Fury Frontier by Amanda...
From A Memory Called Empire to Star Wars IX, here are all of the space operas, on screen and on the page, we're looking forward to in 2019.
Here at Den of Geek, we love a good space opera: that delightful subgenre of science fiction that combines action, adventure, romance, and melodrama and sets it all in space.
Between now and the end of 2019, fans of space opera have a lot to look forward to. Whether or not you're excited about the December 20, 2019 release of Star Wars Episode IX, the year should be a good one for space opera—especially for novel readers, but with a few films and comics thrown in for good measure.
Here are the space operas (and some stories that are space opera-adjacent) we've already consumed or are most looking forward to consuming at Den of Geek...
January
Fire Fury Frontier by Amanda...
- 2/19/2019
- Den of Geek
South Korean cinema isn’t generally known for martial arts-heavy, stylish action films. The action films that do well are mostly of the gangster genre with hyper-stylised violence, which should make first-time director Lee Seung-won’s martial arts extravaganza “Revenger” slightly unique. The film’s trailer promised us lots of action, excitingly choreographed fight scenes and a high body count, making for a welcome relief from the usual gun/knife action sequences. But is it?
Well, yes and no. But let’s take it from the top. Somewhere in the Indian Ocean is an island simply called A-101. Shared by 12 Asian countries, the island is used as a prison where the worst kind of criminals are exiled to and left to their own accord. Ex-Interpol officer Kim Yul is arrested, sentenced to life on A-101 and sent to the island. He has one objective in mind – find and kill the...
Well, yes and no. But let’s take it from the top. Somewhere in the Indian Ocean is an island simply called A-101. Shared by 12 Asian countries, the island is used as a prison where the worst kind of criminals are exiled to and left to their own accord. Ex-Interpol officer Kim Yul is arrested, sentenced to life on A-101 and sent to the island. He has one objective in mind – find and kill the...
- 1/19/2019
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
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