a hard day

A HARD DAY: Aaron Kwok Will Lead The Chinese Remake Of The Hit South Korean Cop Thriller

Director Kim Sung-Hoon’s recent cat-and-mouse crime thriller, A Hard Day, was an award-winning feat earning a slew of noms and wins as it circulated festivals between 2014 and 2015. Regrettably, it’s also a film that I overlooked and having recently seen it for myself, not a day goes by that whenever someone asks me if there are any good movies out there to help kill time, that I don’t mention this title first. It’s that good. They say an action movie is only as good as its villains. Well, what if you have a character like the one played by actor Lee Sun-Kyun? As the story goes, he’s a detective, already a crooked cop upscaling the hierarchy of his police force until a tragic accident threatens to derail everything he’s worked for. He spends every waking hour and day thereafter trying to cover up his crime until one day, a […]

A HARD DAY Gets A July Release From Kino Lorber!

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Writer and director Kim Seong-hun‘s recent suspensful thriller, A Hard Day, was one of the most excellent films brought into the fray back in 2014, hitting loads of high-notes among critics and festivalgoers alike after its run in South Korea. Thankfully, a more commercial response for audiences in the U.S. isn’t too far off with a select theatrical release date on July 17, and as such, we now have a trailer to accomodate you at the very bottom. SYNOPSIS: Driving back from his mother’s funeral, homicide detective Gun-soo runs over a man in a dark rural street. In a moment of desperation, he dumps the body in a coffin alongside his mother. A few days later, Gun-soo flips through a listing of open cases and finds his accident victim. His colleague is on the accident case and is slowly making progress. Making matters worse, a witness steps forward, a detective […]

Entrapment Ensues In The New South Korean Crime Thriller, A HARD DAY

Lee B. Golden III

South Korean director Kim Sung-Hyun has a riveting new suspense thriller coming this summer that centers around a cop whose life takes a destructive plot twist following a fatal car accident. Simply titled, A Hard Day, the film stars Lee Sun-kyun and Cho Jin-woong, and is currently nominated to be part of the Directors’ Fortnight line-up which kicks off at the Cannes Film Festival in France on May 15. This week, we have a new full trailer following the release of a first trailer for the film earlier this month, both of which you can check out below. A Hard Day opens in South Korean cinemas on May 29. SYNOPSIS: On the way back from his mother’s funeral, special crimes detective Gun-su gets into an accident, killing a man instantly. In order to cover up his crime, he hides the body inside his mother’s coffin, with her inside. A few […]