Actor Jang Hyuk will be banging it up for this month’s installation of the Far East Film Festival with two titles. One is Tomb Of The River. The other is much more important as it’s the latest from the actor along with director Choi Jae-hun for an action-packed look at the official trailer for The Killer.
The hit man’s last mission: Keep the girl safe and sound.
Ui-kang is a retired hit man. While his wife goes on a trip with her friend, she asks him a special favor to take care of her friend’s daughter. He doesn’t want to be bothered by the teenage girl but Yoon-ji gets stuck with juvenile delinquents and Ui-kang unavoidably uses a little bit of violence to protect her. However strangely, the juvenile delinquents are found dead and things start to get serious. Even worse, Yoon-ji is kidnapped by a teenager trafficking unit and Ui-kang is suspected of murder. He cannot fail his wife, he must get Yoon-ji back.
The film is based on a novel by Bang Jin-ho, with a cast led by Hyuk whose preparedness for the action genre has long led him to garner some major buzz over the years, including recently with The Swordsman opposite Joe Taslim.
M-Line Distribution has already sold the film to nearly two-dozen territories between Europe and Asia and I can only hope we’ll hear something stateside. Until then, peep the sales art below and the trailer atop, and get a kick out of Hyuk doing the damn thing with a vengeance! Oof!
