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- The Point Men (2023) Amidst a brewing international conflict, a group of evangelists from a South Korean Presbyterian church lands in Afghanistan - ignoring the government's protocol - to bring the Afghan people into the fold of Christianity.
- Alienoid 1 (2022) In an intriguing tale, the realms of time intertwine, connecting a swordfighter from the Goryeo Dynasty - who strives to seize the fabled divine sword - and relentless pursuers hot on the trail of an extraterrestrial fugitive trapped within a human's body in the year 2022.
- The Roundup (2022) Detective Ma Seok Do (Ma Dong Seok) and Captain Jeon Il Man (Choi Gwi Hwa) come together four years after the Garibong district incident to embark on a new mission to capture a notorious criminal in Vietnam.
- Yaksha: Ruthless Operations (2022) Ji Kang In, a.k.a "Yaksha" (Sol Kyung Gu), leads a secret operation team of the National Intelligence Service (NIS) stationed in Shenyang, China.
- The Man from Nowhere. Won Bin, Kim Sae-ron, Young-chang Song. 887 votes. The Man from Nowhere delivers a poignant tale of vengeance, wrapped in jaw-dropping fight scenes and breath-taking cinematography.
- Train to Busan. Gong Yoo, Jung Yu-mi, Ma Dong-seok. 758 votes. Train to Busan is a masterfully crafted zombie thriller that keeps viewers on the edge of their seats from start to finish.
- I Saw the Devil. Lee Byung-hun, Choi Min-sik, Jeon Gook-hwan. 372 votes. I Saw the Devil is a visceral, unflinching tale of revenge that pushes boundaries in its depiction of violence and psychological warfare.
- The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil. Ma Dong-seok, Kim Mu-yeol, Kim Sung-kyu. 383 votes. In The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil, director Lee Won-tae presents an electrifying story involving an unlikely alliance between a cop (Kim Mu-yeol) and gangster (Ma Dong-seok), who team up to catch a sadistic serial killer (Kim Sung-kyu).
South Koreans have pretty good action movies! In most cases, they are not as good or innovative as their thrillers or romances, but they are good enough to enjoy. I put here some SF/action movies (Snowpiercer, Space Sweepers, Natural City), superhero movies (Woochi) and disaster films (Flu, The Tower, Tidal Wave). My other lists:
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- 'Oldboy' Park Chan-wook's brutal action thriller is a must-watch for anyone getting into Korean cinema. Choi Min-sik plays Oh Dae-su, a businessman who finally escapes from a clandestine prison after 15 years of torture.
- 'The Roundup' This is the second movie from a series of beloved comedy thrillers, all starring Ma Dong-seok (a.k.a. Don Lee) as renegade detective Ma Seok-do.
- 'Kill Bok-soon' This stylish, female-led thriller takes place in an underworld of Seoul where assassins are contracted out by killing agencies that keep each their agents in check through a stringent set of rules.
- 'The Man from Nowhere' Is there any better setup for an action thriller than an ex-intelligence agent who comes out of retirement when his only friend is threatened?
- The Man from Nowhere
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- Revenger
The Man from Nowhereis a gritty Korean modern urban-hell flick, and a sharp contrast to Korea’s many action comedies. A reclusive pawn broker, Cha Tae-sik (Won Bin), gets left with a bag of stolen opium when the movie starts. And as it turns out, he is really a broken ex-special forces operative (aren’t they all?) who retired after his pregnant wif...
An upstart detective named Seo Do-cheol (Hwang Jung-min) busts a car thieving ring, but then gets involved with the suspicious “suicide” of a blue collar truck driver in a union. Seo takes it all the way to the top where a rich entitled psychopathic brat of tycoon’s son named Joo Tae-oh (Yoo Ah-in) lies in wait. It’s the villain that makes this wor...
It’s the first lead role for Bruce Khan, a real life Hapkido champion, stuntman, and expert in a variety of Korean martial arts. Khan wrote this tour de force to show off what amounts to a sanguineous gratuitous gritty extravaganza of ultraviolence with excellent fight choreography all the way through. Set on a tropical island prison where gangs hu...
1. Memories of Murder (2003) Not Rated | 132 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery. 8.1. Rate. 82 Metascore. In a small Korean province in 1986, two detectives struggle with the case of multiple young women being found raped and murdered by an unknown culprit. Director: Bong Joon Ho | Stars: Song Kang-ho, Kim Sang-kyung, Kim Roe-ha, Song Jae-ho.
Mar 27, 2024 · The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil. Image: Kiwi Media Group. Where to watch: Peacock, Hi-Yah!, Viki, free with a library card on Kanopy, and free with ads on FreeVee, Pluto TV, and Plex. Where to...
