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Review: DETECTIVE K: SECRET OF THE LIVING DEAD Honors The Living With Love And Laughter

One can certainly comprehend sticking with what works as a creative. With director Kim Sok-Yun’s commitment to mining the work of author Kim Tak-Hwan undoubtedly comes a delightful trio of entries with the Detective K franchise that began in 2011 and clearly it’s done the filmmaker some justice after working in television in the early two thousandsies. Both the first and second films remain wishlist items for me while Well Go USA has since taken it upon themselves to harbor the release of the latest installment, Detective K: Secret Of The Living Dead. Watching this, it became even more intriguing wondering how the first two would play out on a narrative level prior to constructing a threequel considering what unfolds. Lee Nam-Kyu, who had a hand in adapting the screenplay with other writers for the first two films, lends us a solo act this time around with a screenplay that […]

FOR THE EMPEROR Gets An Official Trailer

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Live in South Korea and fancy an Korean-language action-packed, lovesick crime story? Then mark your calendar on June 12 for director Park Sang-Jun‘s new noir thriller, For The Emperor. The official trailer went online this week, in addition to a slate of stills which you can check out now via AsianWiki. SYNOPSIS: Hwan (LEE Min-ki), former professional baseball player. He was involved in fixing games and left the mound after losing everything. Natural born athlete gets recruited by the private loan ring, and the young naïve man gets fascinated by their money and power. He has nothing on him but expands his territory with confidence and malice. Sang-ha (PARK Sung-woong) is the cold-blooded illegal organization’s boss who leads his members with loyalty and trust. He takes Hwan under his wing when is struggling and weak by bringing him into his circle of crime. And with Sang-ha’s trust he climbs up […]

Lee And Park Take A Seat In Two New Posters For Upcoming Crime Pic, FOR THE EMPEROR

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It looks like things are getting heavily underway for director Park Sang-jun and his latest cinematic gangster crime flick, For The Emperor. Stills of the film have already gone viral with recent airing of a photoshoot BTS video and the official first teaser for the film featuring actors Lee Min-Ki and Park Sung-Woong, and actress Lee Tae-Im, in a story about a down-and-out former pro-baseballer and game fixer who gets taken under the wing of an organized crimeboss. The film is set to hit this June with a date still pending, but we now also have a proper synopsis that offers what appears to be a tasty dramatic action thriller that pitting a tough thug against a notorious gangster and his small army. In addition, we now have two new character posters for our male leads, Lee and Park, which you can observe toward the bottom of the page. Check […]

It's A Whole New Ball Game In The New Teaser For Noir Crime Thriller, FOR THE EMPEROR

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Phantom: The Submarine helmer Park Sang-jun is back this year with a brand new noir action crime thriller that was just introduced to the public last month during the Hong Kong FilMart. That film is the new Busan noir crime thriller, For The Emperor, featuring Monster star Lee Min-ki in a story of a former pro-baseball player and game saboteur who gets caught and loses everything before finding salvation under the wing of a local crime boss, and becomes romantically involved with a sexy bar owner. The film also stars New World actor Park Sung-woong and Days Of Wrath co-star, actress Lee Tae-Im, who can now be seen in the latest of two new videos out this week, including a 30-second teaser that’s bound to attain your curiousity if you’re into action films. For The Emperor is set to release this June with a date still pending. Check out both […]

Check Out The Latest Clip For South Korean Killer Thriller, MONSTER

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Thanks to archive site Filmsmash, we now have a new clip this week for the upcoming South Korean release of director Hwang In-Ho‘s new spectacular psychological murder thriller, Monster. Fans of recent film festival hits like Mo Brothers’ Killers could get a stab or two from this latest venture into slasher territory about a young, mentally unstable woman whose younger sister dies at the hands of a killer, initiating a two-way chase between two people thirsty for each other’s blood. Monster stars Lee Min-Ki, Kim Go-Eun and Yoo Jae-Myung, and heads its way to big screens in South Korea on March 13. SYNOPSIS: Bok-Soon (Kim Go-Eun) lives with her younger sibling. She runs a street stand. Bok-Soon is slow, but when people anger her she goes crazy. That’s why she is known as the “crazy woman”. One day, cold-blooded killer Tae-Soo (Lee Min-Ki) appears in front of her. To hide […]