YADANG: THE SNITCH: Kang Ha-Neul Takes Point In The Official Trailer For The New Action Crime Flick
“Squid Game” season two co-star Kang Ha-neul makes way in the new action crime thriller, YADANG: THE SNITCH, next month!
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ESCAPE: Explosive Trailer Revealed For Lee Jong-Pil’s DMZ Survival Thriller
Lee Jong-pil might not be a name familiar to most. A quick look-up notes several of his screen appearances as an actor, namely as a detective in Lee Jeong-beom’s action hit, The Man From Nowhere. It would only be a few more films after until Lee would ascend to the mantle of director for several titles of his own, including his award-winning 2020 flick, Samjin Company English Class. To date, Lee’s work at the helm continues with Escape, starring Lee Je-hoon (Time To Hunt), and Koo Kyo-hwan (Escape From Mogadishu). The first official teaser is now live as of Tuesday after teasing marketeers and audiences with first look stills and posters out of distro outlet Megabox Plus M. The film also stars Hong Xa-bin whose lead role in last year’s Cannes pick, Kim Chang-hoon’s Hopeless, which won the burgeoning star Best Actor at the 44th Blue Dragon Film Awards. Fear […]
12.12: THE DAY Teases A Day Of Infamy In The First Teaser For Kim Sung-Su’s New Thriller
My early Asian cinema fandom wasn’t without my enjoyment of director Kim Sung-su’s work, so it’s great to see him still at the helm. His latest is titled 12.12: The Day (f.k.a. Spring of Seoul) and rejoins him with his Asura: The City Of Madness leading men Hwang Jung-min and his Beat star Jung Woo-sung, along with Cheer Up, Mr. Lee and Emergency Declaration actor Park Hae-joon. On December 1979, Seoul had been enduring a harsh winterbefore the upcoming spring. After the assassination of President Park, martial law has been declared. A coup d’état bursts out by Defense Security Commander CHUN Doo-gwang (HWANG Jung-min) and a private band of officers following him. Capital Defense Commander LEE Tae-shin (JUNG Woo-sung), an obstinate soldier who believes the military should not take political actions, fights against CHUN Doo-gwang to stop him. The conflict between the two grows while military leaders are holding their […]
THE DEVIL’S DEAL Trailer Teases Down And Dirty Underworld Politics
The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil helmer Lee Won-tae is here to meet your needs if you crave another hard-boiled crime thriller to keep you going. Alas, the first official teaser trailer for The Devil’s Deal has arrived along with the poster with Megabox Plus M heading up its TBA March 1 release. The more power he desires, the darker his world becomes… Hae-woong (CHO Jin-woong), an assembly member candidate, is taken out of the running because he became a thorn in the side of a local bigwig, Sun-tae (LEE Sung-min). Hounded by loan sharks, due to defaulting a campaign loan, he decides to get his hands dirty. He steals classified government’s information about an urban development plan and obtains the help of a local gang leader, Pil-do (KIM Moo-yul), by promising hefty real estate profit. Now Hae-woong re-enters the race and tries to take revenge on Sun-tae. Unbeknownst to […]
Yim Soon-Rye’s THE POINT MEN Take Action In The First Trailer
The Whistleblower and Little Forest helmer Yim Soon-rye is now ready to bring forth her latest venture to the big screen with a ripped-from-the-headlines thriller on an international scale with action pic, The Point Men. Megabox Plus M is poised to finally release the film on the big screen on January 18, 2023, and we now have a first teaser trailer to showcase what’s in store. Based on the true events of the Korean hostage crisis in Afghanistan. A group of Korean tourists is taken hostage by an extremist Taliban group in Afghanistan. The Korean government dispatches Jae-ho (HWANG Jung-min), known as one of Korea’s most skilled diplomats, in order to handle the situation. Once he arrives, he asks for the Afghan government’s cooperation and uses every means possible to free the hostages. However, his efforts go in vain. Due to his failure, he’s forced to work with Dae-sik (HYUN […]
HUNT Gets First Look At Lee Jung-Jae’s Directorial Debut
We now have our latest first look this week at actor Lee Jung-jae’s feature directing debut, Hunt. Megabox Plus M is repping world sales on the pic while at Cannes this season as the film leads the Midnight Screenings section and readies for a possible Camera d’Or win. Set in 1980’s, two special agents with the same deadly mission: Find a mole Agents of the Korean National Intelligence Service (KNIS), Pyung-ho (LEE Jung-jae) at Int’l Dept. and Jung-do (JUNG Woo-sung) at Domestic Dept. are both independently hunting a North Korean mole within the agency. During this investigation, they come face to face with an unbearable truth and yet must complete their own missions at all costs. The film comes in the wake Lee’s latest banner success with Netflix thriller series, Squid Game, earning the show itself numerous accolades along with awarding Lee the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance […]
THE POINT MEN: Hwang Jung-Min And Hyun Bin Team Up For Action-Packed Hostage Thriller Based On A True Story
Little Forest director Yim Soon-rye’s new ripped-from-the-headlines hostage thriller, The Point Men, is making waves in the markets lately with investor/distributor Megabox Plus M repping international sales. The film, starring Hwang Jung-min and Hyun Bin, has since sold to 14 terriories in Asia and the Southeast for banners Edko Films, Encore Films, Sahamongkol Film, Viva Networks and The Filmbridge, as reported via Screendaily at EFM. A group of Korean tourists is taken hostage by an extremist Taliban group in Afghanistan. The Korean government dispatches Jae-ho (HWANG Jung-min), known as one of Korea’s most skilled diplomats, in order to handle the situation. Once he arrives, he asks for the Afghan government’s cooperation and uses every means possible to free the hostages. However, his efforts go in vain. Due to his failure, he’s forced to work with Dae-sik (HYUN Bin), a special agent who is an expert on the Middle East. As […]