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THE VILLAINESS: Take A Swipe At The UK Trailer!

I’m a happy camper. Director Jung Byung-Gil’s The Villainess is set to have its day here in the U.S. in just over a week following an eventful film festival run that garnered swarms of praise on many fronts, and having been unable to attend any events myself, I can only hope I’ll get to share the experience with friends by then. The wait overseas, however, will be a bit longer as Arrow Films is poised to present the new assassin thriller in U.K. cinemas on September 15. An official trailer was unveiled this week and you can a take a look below to get a whiff of what all the fuss is about. Exploding onto the screen in a kinetic flurry of hyper-stylised action, The Villainess is a stunning vengeance film that draws its inspiration from western classics including Nikita and Kill Bill. Sook-hee (Kim Ok-bin, Thirst) is a trained […]

THE VILLAINESS: Catch The Teaser Trailer For Well Go USA’s Release Of The New South Korean Action Thriller

Lee B. Golden III

Jung Byoung-Gil’s new movie, The Villainess, is probably one of the most hyped Asian thrillers of the summer. Really, that’s a matter of opinion but I haven’t yet met a person who learned about this movie and isn’t excited for it. We have a hit director on our hands with a notable stunt background, and a worthy actress with gumption proven through her own martial arts training. Plus, if you’ve been paying attention to the press in wake of the film’s Cannes screenings, you also know the film has itself quite the handful of reviews to back it up. Since she was a little girl, Sook-hee was raised to be a deadly assassin. She gladly accepts the chance to start a new life when South Korea’s Intelligence Agency recruits her as a sleeper agent, with the promise of complete freedom after ten years of service. But soon after taking on […]

THE VILLAINESS: Check Out A Batch Of Stills For Jung Byuong-Gil’s New Action Thriller

Lee B. Golden III

Whether or not you choose to look at Confession Of Murder helmer writer and director Jung Byuong-Gil’s newest, The Villainess, as South Korea’s answer to John Wick or Nikita is entirely up to you. The bottom line however, is that it exists, and nothing short of a step-up for Korean action cinema with actress and martial artist Kim Ok-Vin leading the way. The film is poised for an early-hours Sunday morning Out-Of-Competition screening at Cannes before rolling out in June and the trailer above has already offered plenty on what we can expect. In the meantime, we do have a batch of stills you can revel in for the time being as the film inches closer to its festival outing. Shin Ha-Kyun, Bang Sung-Jun and Kim Seo-Hyung also star. Since she was a little girl, Sook-hee was brought up to become a deadly assassin. She gets a second chance in life […]

THE VILLAINESS Goes In For The First-Person Kill In The First Official Trailer

Lee B. Golden III

Well hold on to your guts and make way for actress Kim Ok-Vin as she dares to leave a deadly mess when her latest endeavor, The Villainess gets its midnight premiere at Cannes in a few weeks. The first official trailer is here and it’s all about the bullets, brawling and brutality you could possibly ask for in less than a minute from a well-trained martial arts talent and with none other than Seoul Action School’s own Jung Byoung-Gil (Confession Of Murder) at the helm. Sook-hee, who was raised as a killer, has her revenge on unidentified men who murdered her husband. However, as she exits, she loses her consciousness and is brought to National Intelligence Service. NIS suggests her to live as a secret agent with new identity as Yeon-soo for confidential missions. At first, she refuses but as she notices her pregnancy, she decides to take the job. […]

Peep The International Artwork For Jung Byoung-Gil’s New Action Thriller, THE VILLAINESS

Lee B. Golden III

Actress Kim Ok-Vin is currently poised to claim her spotlight at Cannes next month. Styled somewhat in the vein of La Femme Nikita, her newest starring venture, The Villainess, is well on the way toward a Midnight screening in May following its announcement earlier this month and with her own hapkido and taekwondo training in mind, a role well-suited in the hands of Confession Of Murder helmer, Seoul Action School’s own Jung Byoung-Gil. Sook-hee, who was raised as a killer, has her revenge on unidentified men who murdered her husband. However, as she exits, she loses her consciousness and is brought to National Intelligence Service. NIS suggests her to live as a secret agent with new identity as Yeon-soo for confidential missions. At first, she refuses but as she notices her pregnancy, she decides to take the job. She gets fond of her new life as she meets Hyun-soo and dreams of forming […]

A Grudge Between Two Old Friends Unfolds In The New Trailer For MONKEYS

Lee B. Golden III

The 15th annual Jeonju International Film Festival has its Korean Film Competition finalists lined-up as of last month, ahead of the two-part event set to begin between May 1 through May 10. One such selection includes Jung Byung-shik‘s directorial debut, Monkeys, a feature-length Korean noir action comedy satirizing the indepenednt film scene. Jung Byoung-gil, best known for helming the 2008 Korean stunt documentary, Action Boys, and the 2012 thriller, Confessions Of Murder, trades the director’s chair for an acting role this time around alongside Jeon Se-jin and Kwak Jin-seok. Check out the trailer below, and to learn more about the Jeonju Film Festival line-up, head over to their official website by CLICKING HERE. SYNOPSIS: Monkeys revolves around Gong-hyeok, a man who once had future ambitions of becoming renowned in the music and film industry. Yet now in his late twenties and in dire need to support his family, Gong-hyeok is […]