Streaming Sleepers: In BRAVE CITIZEN, Shin Hae-Sun Takes Bullies To School!
This was a fun one a few years back!
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Fantasia XXVIII Review: In BRAVE CITIZEN, Shin Hae-Sun Takes Bullies To School!
6 min. read It’s been a while since I had my eyes on films like Only The Strong, any of The Substitute films, or 80s romps like 3 O’Clock High and Lean On Me. Those are precisely the kinds of films you watch if you’re into stories of protagonists tackling insurmountable circumstances on school campus involving students, teen bullies and other criminal elements, and even films like Donnie Yen’s Big Brother and Ryoo Seung-wan’s Veteran measure up here. Suffice it to say, this is where director Park Jin-pyo gets to test the waters with Brave Citizen, adapted for the screen and based on Kim Jung-hyun’s 2014 webtoon. The setting is at Moonyung High, billed as “an exemplary anti-bullying school” where the environment is as positive and forthright as the student body… well, at least to the unknowing public and foolhearty staff. Deep in the trenches is a version of the […]
BRAVE CITIZEN Masks Up For Justice In The Official Trailer!
Park Jin-pyo’s newest action comedy, Brave Citizen, is currently sweeping up deals out of Busan’s market as of last week and you can read more about it at Variety. In the meantime, Mindmark is releasing the flick in South Korea on October 25 and below are two of the latest official promotional trailers making the rounds as of the past month. An expelled boxing champion, who now is a high-school teacher, witnesses intolerable violence and throws her first punch to build justice against it, while putting on a mask. Brave Citizen is based on Kim Jung-hyun’s 2014 webtoon publication via Comico and Naver and adapted for the screen by Yeo Ji-na and Hyun Chung-yeol. The film stars Shin Hae-sun and Lee Jun-young, and is produced by Naver’s StudioN, the production label behind hit shows like “Bloodhounds” and “Sweet Home”, and features action sequences by Heo Myeong-hoeng whose credits include Park […]
BRAVE CITIZEN: Get A Kick Out Of The New South Korean Webtoon Adaption Coming In 2023
Variety’s Patrick Frater has a look at Brave Citizen, the latest film from director Park Jin-pyo (Voice Of A Murderer, You Are My Sunshine). Finecut is launching worldwide sales on the sidelines of this year’s film festivities at Busan, with OTT streaming service Content Wavve presenting the film ahead of its 2023 theatrical release. Starring Shin Hye-sun (Collectors) and Lee Jun-young (Love And Leashes), Brave Citizen centers on a former prospective boxer who has since set her sights on being a tenured high school teacher, ignoring troubling situations as often as possible. The logline continues as follows according to Frater: “Having witnessed intolerable violence, she dons a mask and throws her first punch for justice.” Brave Citizen is based on Kim Jung-hyun’s 2014 webtoon publication via Comico and Naver and adapted for the screen by Yeo Ji-na and Hyun Chung-yeol. The film is produced by StudioN with music by Dalpalan […]