THE ROUNDUP 5: Production Already Underway As Don Lee Starrer Rounds Up New Cast
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BADLAND HUNTERS Review: Pure Popcorn Thrills And Kills With Don Lee Leading The Way
Thanks for visiting, and if you enjoyed this article, click here and Buy Me A Coffee to show your support! With stunt multi-hyphenate Heo Myung-haeng set to smack down the Berlinale this year with The Roundup: Punishment, Netflix subscribers got a first glilpse of his directorial caliber reteaming him once more with actor Don Lee for dystopian thriller, Badland Hunters. I had my doubts about watching this before seeing Um Tae-hwa’s earthquake thriller Concrete Utopia given Heo’s movie was touted as a sequel, though the messaging on that end tapered off quite a bit as the months passed and really, Badland Hunters lands well enough as a standalone spectacle anyway. Indeed, the film does throw in a devastating seismic event at the top of the film but for the remaining hour and a half-plus, it’s pretty much forgotten about as we focus on Kim Bo-tong and Kwak Jae-min’s script and […]
THE ROUNDUP: PUNISHMENT Teaser Punches Hard Into The Next Brutal Chapter Of The Don Lee Crime Thriller Franchise
Readying its world premiere for the 74th Berlinale is another round of meaty ham knuckle hero sandwiches on Don Lee-sized Wonder bread for The Roundup: Punishment. The film also reteams The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil star with fellow headliner Kim Moo-yul, and with none other than Badland Hunters director and stunt multihyphenate Heo Myung-haeng at the helm. “Monster Cop” Ma Seok-do is investigating an illegal online gambling organisation. As he begins to hunt down the criminals, he proposes an unexpected alliance. The Roundup: Punishment is fourth in line for a franchise that began with 2017 crime flick, The Outlaws, and continued subsequently with 2022’s The Roundup and last year’s The Roundup: No Way Out. The latest chapter also stars Park Ji-hwan and Lee Dong-hwi. Check out the teaser! Image credits: ABO Entertainment/Bigpunch Pictures/Hong Film/B.A. Entertainment
BADLAND HUNTERS: Don Lee Slays In The Spectacular Teaser For Upcoming Survival Thriller
Don Lee comtinues to be a welcome feat in the new year, punching and decapitating things in fine form as he heads up Badland Hunters, a sequel to Um Tae-hwa’s award-winning survival epic, Concrete Utopia which comes to Netflix on Janaury 26. Formerly titled “The Wilderness,” the actor is joined by director and stunt specialist Heo Myung-haeng who takes to the helm for his second time after the two wrapped up production on directing the upcoming fourth installment of “The Outlaw” franchise, The Roundup: Punishment. Whereas the first film centered on the embattled survivors of a massive earthquake in a single-standing apartment building, the events of that film have since amped up the dystopia to a more global scale, coupled with an edgier, rousing tone fitting for Lee’s fanbase. Hence the following tagline: “The world has come to an end. The world calls upon the hunter.” That’s all we get […]