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Watch The New U.S. Trailer For OPERATION CHROMITE!

CJ Entertainment USA is proudly announcing the August 12 select theatrical release of the new Korean War movie, Operation Chromite, from director John H. Lee, and with a level of sheer production quality and depth to accomodate a cast befitting of a movie of this caliber with Lee Jung-Jae (The New World), Lee Bum-Soo (The Divine Move) and of course, tough-as-nails Liam f**king Neeson as the grisled General Douglas MacArthur. SYNOPSIS: South Korean Navy Special Forces, Captain Jang Hak-soo and 7 members of the KLO (Korean Liasion Office) unit disguise themselves as a North Korean inspection unit and infiltrate the North Korean army command center in Incheon. Their mission directives from Gen. MacArthur are: 1. Recon enemy forces in Incheon and secure the mine chart, 2. Kidnap ‘Ryu Jang-choon,’ the second highest ranking officer in the North Korean command center, to acquire intel on the naval mine location and 3. […]

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New Line Lines Up To Remake THE MAN FROM NOWHERE

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It was director Lee Jeong-Beom whose 2010 actioner, The Man From Nowhere became a fireball of a hit among moviegoers in Korea, holding the number one spot for five weeks. There’s no mistaking why though, taking nods from films like Pierre Morel’s Taken (2009) and Tony Scott’s Man On Fire (2004) with a formula that provided the necessary means for some of the most terrific and gripping performances ever seen in an action thriller of this caliber. Actor Won Bin led the film alongside young actress Kim Sae-Ron for the riveting story of a reclusive pawnshop keeper and former assassin who, in the wake of a police investigation into his past, turns to his old skillset when his junkie neighbor’s daughter is kidnapped by gangsters looking for stolen drugs. Slick action sequences by Park Jung-ryul (Inside Men, Typhoon), stellar scoring and substantive drama with Kim as the absolute heart and […]

General MacArthur On Deck! Watch The New Teaser For OPERATION CHROMITE!

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Expect more to come from actor Liam Nesson between now and next year, continuing onward for his latest congregation with several Korean A-listers, including Lee Jung-Jae and Lee Beom-Soo, and actress Jin Se-Yun. For this, we get a new teaser sampling our cast for director John H. Lee’s new Korean War epic, Operation Chromite, which focuses on the secret 24-hour X-ray mission during the Korean War in 1950. SYNOPSIS: South Korean Navy Special Forces, Captain Jang Hak-soo and his 7 members disguise themselves as a North Korean inspection unit. Their mission directives from Gen. MacArthur are: 1. infiltrate the North Korean army command center in Incheon and secure the mine chart, 2. kidnap ‘Ryu Jang-choon’, the second highest ranking North Korean officer, and 3. on D-Day, light the Palmido light house as a signal to the main UN forces. Despite growing suspicion from the clever tactician Commander Lim Gye-jin of […]