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THE BAD GUYS: REIGN OF CHAOS Reigns In Select U.S. Theaters September 11

CJ Entertainment is proudly signaling moviegoers with a release date for September 11 for Son Yong-Ho’s feature crime thriller, The Bad Guys: Reign Of Chaos. The film takes its cues from the 2014 and 2016 OCN drama series with the return of actors Kim Sang-Joong and Marvel Phase Four addition Don Lee to their respective roles from the first series. While transporting dangerous high-profile prisoners, a prisoner transport vehicle turns over. These prisoners escape and make a run for it. To catch these escaped prisoners, the police decide to regroup a special crime investigation team, which consists of prisoners like Park Woong-Cheol (DON LEE) known to take out 30 people by himself; Kwak No-Soon (KIM A-JOONG) who is a skilled con artist; Ko Yoo-Sung (JANG KI-YONG) a former detective, and the legendary detective Oh Goo-Tak (KIM SANG-JOONG). I’d known of the original OCN drama and wasn’t keen on it right […]

THE BAD GUYS: REIGN OF CHAOS Scores A New Official Trailer With Its Fitting Title

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Son Yong-Ho’s second feature release since The Deal is making head way next month with The Bad Guys: Reign Of Chaos. That’s the new international title for the film outside South Korea where CJ Entertainment retains its dominion for a September 11 theatrical release as its North American branch plots a date to be later announced. The Bad Guys: Reign Of Chaos is a spin-off of the popular OCN crime procedural from 2014 and 2016. Actors Don Lee and Kim Sang-Joong rejoin the franchise five years since the series for the story of a ragtag team of badasses assembled to deliver their brand of unorthodox justice when a prison transport escape leads to the emergence of a new powerful crime figure. Also starring are Kim A-Joong and Chang Ki-Yong. Peep the trailer above as well as international key art, character one sheets and official stills below!

BAD GUYS: THE MOVIE: Don’t Miss The First Teaser For The Big Screen Adaptation Of The Hit OCN Drama

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It hasn’t been too long since Chloé Zhao’s upcoming Phase IV entry with Marvel’s The Eternals added to any and all filmgoing fervor between now and November 2020. It’s especially given South Korean cinema powerhouse, actor Don Lee, a greater international spotlight which no less looks to cash in with local audiences now looking toward his big screen return in September. Enter Bad Guys: The Movie, Lee’s latest South Korean feat based on the original OCN television drama from which the film follows through on; That series tells of a world-weary, albeit vengeful detective whose off-the-books grouping of criminals specially chosen to help foil crimes and catch larger-than-life criminals stands only as part of a greater scheme of things. A second series spun-off a few years later with an entirely new cast. The Deal helmer Son Yong-ho directs from a script by Han Jung-Joon who also wrote the 2014 series, […]