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DIRTY MONEY Is Afoot In The Latest Trailer Footage For Kim Min-Soo’s Crime Thriller Debut!

Kingmaker and The Merciless scribe Kim Min-soo is out and about these days with crime thriller Dirty Money, which is currently bowing as of this article for its final night of screenings for Busan film festival audiences. The film actually finished filming mid-2020 as well which ought to give anyone waiting for its upcoming local Korean release on October 17 and abroad a much-needed breath of fresh air. Two detectives in need; Myung-deuk looks after gang and takes bribes for his sick daughter; Dong-hyuk assists Myung-deuk to pay off his gambling debts. One day they hear an information that Chinese gang is shipping a big amount of cash abroad and decide to steal it for themselves. But things go wrong and they’re now chased both by police and Chinese gang. Dirty Money is Kim’s directorial debut, and stars Jung Woo (Hot Blooded), Kim Dae-myung (Alienoid 1 & 2), and Park […]

Park Sung-woong and Jung Woo-sung in A MAN OF REASON (2023) - Acemaker Movieworks

Violent Means Be Damned, Jung Woo-Sung Is A MAN OF REASON In The Latest Trailers

Lee B. Golden III

Actor Jung Woo-sung’s new movie, A Man Of Reason is finally surfacing after making headline acquisition news late last year for its still-pending North American release through Epic Pictures Releasing. Alas, Acemaker has been rolling out some teaser and trailer footage as part of its campaign for a little over a week now for South Korean audiences, with a release date now set in the region for August 15 For some, living an ordinary life is the toughest mission. After ten years in prison on behalf of his boss, Su-hyuk is released, but the boss doubts his loyalty. When Su-hyuk visits his long abandoned girlfriend, he finds out that he, now, is a fathe of a young girl. He wants to cut ties with the gang, but the boss is not ready to release him, and hires a notorious killer. The killer takes the daughter as hostage, and Su-hyuk decides […]

NORYANG: DEADLY SEA Lands Ashore At Well Go USA

Lee B. Golden III

One other piece of news out of Cannes over the weekend came by way of Screendaily with director Kim Han-min’s Noryang: Deadly Sea having been snapped up by Well Go USA among its aquisitions. The film is the third in the director’s Roaring Currents Trilogy telling of Joseon admiral Yi Sun-shin, which began with 2014’s Roaring Currents which starred Choi Min-sik. The film’s box office success persisted a franchise that continued with last year’s Hansan: Rising Dragon with Park Hae-il in the lead. In 1598, the seven-year Imjin War nears an end as Wae invaders prepare to withdraw from Joseon. Admiral Yi Sun-shin leads an allied fleet of Joseon and Ming ships to annihilate the Wae army. Joseon, Ming, and Wae forces clash at Noryang Strait, the deadly sea where Admiral Yi fights his last valiant battle. Baek Yoon-sik, Jung Jae-young and Huh Joon-ho also star for the third and […]

TYRANT: Details On New Action Thriller From ‘The Witch’ And ‘The Childe’ Director

Lee B. Golden III

At this point all I really want is my threequel to The Witch franchise, and as long as Park Hoon-jung is back for a third time to direct it, I’ve got no complaints. In the meantime, I’m perfectly fine with another gritty, modern actioner out of South Korea from the celebrated Night In Paradise director who is now under way with Tyrant, as Acemaker Movieworks handles international sales. A covert program called ‘The Tyrant Project’ that was carried out in Korea is uncovered by the US intelligence agency, which orders the Korean counterpart to immediately shut down. The project is dismantled and is about to be handed over to the US but an accident takes place during the handoff. Operation staff Ja-kyung and Mo-yong successfully hijack the program sample as per Director Choi’s order. US intelligence agent Paul finds out about the accident and decides to retrieve the sample himself. […]