It was back in 2016 that Warner Bros. Korea would be ramping up its production slate and it’s doled out quite a few treats since then, save for Kim Jee-woon’s Ilang adaptation which I still enjoy. This year, the banner will look to rectify things with its latest offering, Bad Police, opening March 21 and starring Take Point actor Lee Sun-kyun with a logline that cites “A story about a bad cop standing up to an even worse society.”.
That’s not much to go on while there’s little to suggest there’s some shared basis with Abel Ferrera’s memorable 1992 Harvey Keitel crime opus, Bad Lieutenant, but I can definitely see the basis for some inspiration. Best of all on top of the casting of Lee who puts on in amazing show in my first viewing of his work with 2014 pic, A Hard Day, is the credit to director Lee Jeong-beom who tapped into the zeitgeist heralding awesome action cinema with The Man From Nowhere in 2010 before following through with No Tears For The Dead.
It’s also worth noting that this film is clearly not going to be for the Korean family filmgoing crowd as our star is clearly gonna be doin’ some serious potty-mouthing. The teaser above stipulates so and as it stands, this makes me quite giddy.
