Disney+ is adding another series to its fast-growing Korean drama library, picking up the action spy show The Tyrant.
The series tells the thrilling story of the race to find a bioweapon that is stolen during a secret handover between Korean and US intelligence agencies. The logline reads: “After years of toiling away on a secret project designed to drastically enhance human abilities, the Korean government’s plan is exposed by U.S. intelligence agencies. Furious about being kept in the dark, the U.S. demands all samples be handed over and the project be immediately shut down. But when the covert handover is attacked by an unknown party, agents from both sides will have to work together to avoid the dangerous new formula falling into the wrong hands.”
The series stars Jo Yoon-soo (True Beauty, Juvenile Justice) as skilled infiltrator Chae Jagyeong; Cha Seung-won (Our Blues, A Korean Odyssey...
The series tells the thrilling story of the race to find a bioweapon that is stolen during a secret handover between Korean and US intelligence agencies. The logline reads: “After years of toiling away on a secret project designed to drastically enhance human abilities, the Korean government’s plan is exposed by U.S. intelligence agencies. Furious about being kept in the dark, the U.S. demands all samples be handed over and the project be immediately shut down. But when the covert handover is attacked by an unknown party, agents from both sides will have to work together to avoid the dangerous new formula falling into the wrong hands.”
The series stars Jo Yoon-soo (True Beauty, Juvenile Justice) as skilled infiltrator Chae Jagyeong; Cha Seung-won (Our Blues, A Korean Odyssey...
- 3/6/2024
- by Abid Rahman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Acemaker Movieworks, the young Korean studio behind 2023 hit “Noryang: Deadly Sea” and “A Man of Reason,” is using the Berlin Film Festival’s European Film Market to launch crime drama “Troll Factory,” its next big budget movie.
Film’s plot revolves around an investigative journalist who, while probing a story about the manipulation of public sentiment, uncovers the existence of a so-called “troll factory” and is confronted with an unbelievable truth.
The movie is in post-production and recently set March 27 for its theatrical release in Korea. Acemaker is unveiling first images now.
The movie is directed by Ahn Gooc-jin, whose debut feature, 2015 crime film “Alice in Earnestland,” won the Grand Prize at the leading Korean film festival in Jeonju, the best new talent award at the Hong Kong Asian Film Festival and the Directors’ Cut award at the Director’s Cut Film Festival. It was also invited to the Stockholm film festival.
Film’s plot revolves around an investigative journalist who, while probing a story about the manipulation of public sentiment, uncovers the existence of a so-called “troll factory” and is confronted with an unbelievable truth.
The movie is in post-production and recently set March 27 for its theatrical release in Korea. Acemaker is unveiling first images now.
The movie is directed by Ahn Gooc-jin, whose debut feature, 2015 crime film “Alice in Earnestland,” won the Grand Prize at the leading Korean film festival in Jeonju, the best new talent award at the Hong Kong Asian Film Festival and the Directors’ Cut award at the Director’s Cut Film Festival. It was also invited to the Stockholm film festival.
- 2/15/2024
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Period feature stars Jacky Heung and Andy On.
Well Go USA Entertainment has acquired North America distribution rights to 100 Yards, a period martial arts drama directed by Xu Haofeng and Xu Junfeng.
The deal was negotiated directly with producer Rainbow Fong on behalf of the filmmakers. Well Go plans to release the feature in 2024, following a festival run that began with its world premiere at Shanghai International Film Festival in June.
Hong Kong-based My Way Film Company is handling sales for Asean countries, with Fortissimo Films managing all other international sales excluding North America and Southeast Asia.
Xu Haofeng is director of The Sword Identity,...
Well Go USA Entertainment has acquired North America distribution rights to 100 Yards, a period martial arts drama directed by Xu Haofeng and Xu Junfeng.
The deal was negotiated directly with producer Rainbow Fong on behalf of the filmmakers. Well Go plans to release the feature in 2024, following a festival run that began with its world premiere at Shanghai International Film Festival in June.
Hong Kong-based My Way Film Company is handling sales for Asean countries, with Fortissimo Films managing all other international sales excluding North America and Southeast Asia.
Xu Haofeng is director of The Sword Identity,...
- 8/9/2023
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Stars: Kang Tae-Ju, Kim Seon-Ho, Justin John Harvey, Go Ara, Kang-woo Kim | Written and Directed by Park Hoon-jung
The Childe is the latest film from Korean writer/director Park Hoon-jung which means it comes with some pretty big expectations. Hoon-jung started his career as the writer of I Saw the Devil before going on to write and direct an impressive list of films including The New World, The Witch: Part 1 – The Subversion, and The Witch: Part 2 – The Other One.
The Childe sees him stepping away from the telekinetic madness of The Witch and its sequel and returning to somewhat more realistic subject matter involving Marco (Kang Tae-Ju). Marco is a boxer, fighting in various illegal matches in Manilla and using the money to care for his seriously ill mother. His situation is complicated by the fact he’s what is disparagingly referred to as a Kopino, half Korean, half Filipino,...
The Childe is the latest film from Korean writer/director Park Hoon-jung which means it comes with some pretty big expectations. Hoon-jung started his career as the writer of I Saw the Devil before going on to write and direct an impressive list of films including The New World, The Witch: Part 1 – The Subversion, and The Witch: Part 2 – The Other One.
The Childe sees him stepping away from the telekinetic madness of The Witch and its sequel and returning to somewhat more realistic subject matter involving Marco (Kang Tae-Ju). Marco is a boxer, fighting in various illegal matches in Manilla and using the money to care for his seriously ill mother. His situation is complicated by the fact he’s what is disparagingly referred to as a Kopino, half Korean, half Filipino,...
- 7/6/2023
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
Park Hoon-jung is a name best known for strong, stylised fast-paced thrillers. Starting from his writing credits, which include such greats as “I Saw the Devil” and “The Unjust”, to his directorial debut “The Showdown” and his last work “The Witch Part 2: The Other One”, he is known for his tense writing and direction on thrillers. Over time, these thrillers have also been known to evolve into including fabulously crafted action sequences. His latest work “The Childe” is another such work in a similar vein.
The Childe is available from Wellgo USA
Marco Han is a half-Korean half-Filipino kid, or a Kopino as such individuals are derogatorily called, who lives somewhere in Philippines with his very sick mother, trying to earn money for her medicines and operations by boxing and gambling. In a bid to see if he can get help for her operation, he tries to find his long-absent father,...
The Childe is available from Wellgo USA
Marco Han is a half-Korean half-Filipino kid, or a Kopino as such individuals are derogatorily called, who lives somewhere in Philippines with his very sick mother, trying to earn money for her medicines and operations by boxing and gambling. In a bid to see if he can get help for her operation, he tries to find his long-absent father,...
- 6/28/2023
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
‘The Tyrant’ director Park Hoon-jung is behind ‘The Witch’ films.
South Korea’s Acemaker movieworks has sealed deals on Park Hoon-jung’s upcoming action film The Tyrant (working title) and actor Jung Woo-sung’s directorial debut A Man Of Reason to a slew of territories.
The Tyrant has pre-sold to Germany (Splendid), Taiwan (MovieCloud), Southeast Asia (Purple Plan), Thailand (Neramitnung Film), Cis (Paradise Group) and inflight (Eagle).
Director Park is the filmmaker behind hit features The Witch: Part 1 and Part 2 and Venice title Night In Paradise as well as upcoming action feature The Childe, which is in post-production.
The Tyrant...
South Korea’s Acemaker movieworks has sealed deals on Park Hoon-jung’s upcoming action film The Tyrant (working title) and actor Jung Woo-sung’s directorial debut A Man Of Reason to a slew of territories.
The Tyrant has pre-sold to Germany (Splendid), Taiwan (MovieCloud), Southeast Asia (Purple Plan), Thailand (Neramitnung Film), Cis (Paradise Group) and inflight (Eagle).
Director Park is the filmmaker behind hit features The Witch: Part 1 and Part 2 and Venice title Night In Paradise as well as upcoming action feature The Childe, which is in post-production.
The Tyrant...
- 5/20/2023
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
Park Hoon-jung is about to play a big role in Kim Seon-ho's comeback. The actor, who was embroiled in controversy following public allegations from an ex-girlfriend, will be seen in not one but two features by the prolific genre writer/director, the first of which is called “The Childe” and is gearing up for release next month.
Synopsis
“The Childe” will focus on a man born to a Korean father and a Filipino mother who aspires to be a boxer. He travels to the Philippines in the hopes of tracking down his father, and in the process, he gets mixed up with some bad people.
Co-starring with Kim Seon-ho, who looks to be playing the feature's antagonist, are Kang Tae-ju, Kim Kang-woo and Go Ara. The confirmed Korean release date for “The Childe” (previously titled “Sad Tropics”) stands at June 21st, with a wider international release likely to follow.
Synopsis
“The Childe” will focus on a man born to a Korean father and a Filipino mother who aspires to be a boxer. He travels to the Philippines in the hopes of tracking down his father, and in the process, he gets mixed up with some bad people.
Co-starring with Kim Seon-ho, who looks to be playing the feature's antagonist, are Kang Tae-ju, Kim Kang-woo and Go Ara. The confirmed Korean release date for “The Childe” (previously titled “Sad Tropics”) stands at June 21st, with a wider international release likely to follow.
- 5/17/2023
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
Action feature is from the director of ‘The Witch’ films.
Korean sales company Contents Panda have pre-sold action film The Childe, directed by Park Hoon-jung (The Witch: Part 1 & 2), to a slew of territories led by North America (Well Go USA).
Further territories include Taiwan (MovieCloud), Thailand (Sahamongkolfilm International), the Philippines (Laon Company+) and in-flight (Encore Inflight) as well as Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, East Timor, Hong Kong and Macau (Clover Films).
The film stars Kim Seon-ho (TV’s Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha) and Kang Tae-joo. It follows a Kopino (of mixed Filipino and Korean descent) illegal boxer, who goes in search of...
Korean sales company Contents Panda have pre-sold action film The Childe, directed by Park Hoon-jung (The Witch: Part 1 & 2), to a slew of territories led by North America (Well Go USA).
Further territories include Taiwan (MovieCloud), Thailand (Sahamongkolfilm International), the Philippines (Laon Company+) and in-flight (Encore Inflight) as well as Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, East Timor, Hong Kong and Macau (Clover Films).
The film stars Kim Seon-ho (TV’s Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha) and Kang Tae-joo. It follows a Kopino (of mixed Filipino and Korean descent) illegal boxer, who goes in search of...
- 5/17/2023
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
"I Saw The Devil" is one of those movies that changes you after you watch it. While it's a stretch to say that it changes your life forever, it's undeniable that Kim Jee-woon's 2010 thriller shakes you up a bit. I know I certainly denied the help of strangers in public for a little while after I watched it for the first time.
The film is largely considered to be one of the best thrillers of the 2010s, and a good part of this has to do with Kim's stellar direction. This shouldn't be surprising if you have seen his other work, such as "A Tale of Two Sisters" and "The Good, The Bad, and The Weird," but much of the terror in "I Saw The Devil" specifically derives from how cleverly paced the plot and reveals are. It is a steady build of dread and despair, which is why...
The film is largely considered to be one of the best thrillers of the 2010s, and a good part of this has to do with Kim's stellar direction. This shouldn't be surprising if you have seen his other work, such as "A Tale of Two Sisters" and "The Good, The Bad, and The Weird," but much of the terror in "I Saw The Devil" specifically derives from how cleverly paced the plot and reveals are. It is a steady build of dread and despair, which is why...
- 12/6/2022
- by Erin Brady
- Slash Film
Stars: Shin Sia, Park Eun-bin, Seo Eun-soo, Jin Goo, Kim Da-mi | Written and Directed by Park Hoon-jung
I was lucky enough to see The Witch Part 1: The Subversion as part of my coverage for Glasgow Frightfest back in 2019. It was my favourite movie of the festival and was the perfect action horror movie. I can only assume the delay in the sequel was because of the pandemic but in truth, three years isn’t too much of a wait!
A girl is the lone survivor after an attack on a research facility. Covered in blood and left for dead she walks through the woods and into the life of Kyung-hee. She is struggling herself, as, alongside her brother, is trying to keep her farmland away from local gangsters. When these henchman threaten the siblings though, the girl sets out to defend them in a flash of violence. Violence that...
I was lucky enough to see The Witch Part 1: The Subversion as part of my coverage for Glasgow Frightfest back in 2019. It was my favourite movie of the festival and was the perfect action horror movie. I can only assume the delay in the sequel was because of the pandemic but in truth, three years isn’t too much of a wait!
A girl is the lone survivor after an attack on a research facility. Covered in blood and left for dead she walks through the woods and into the life of Kyung-hee. She is struggling herself, as, alongside her brother, is trying to keep her farmland away from local gangsters. When these henchman threaten the siblings though, the girl sets out to defend them in a flash of violence. Violence that...
- 11/25/2022
- by Alain Elliott
- Nerdly
Gory and absorbing sci-fi sequel is part Stranger Things, part Orphan Black and all action, with a ridiculously good-looking and super-cool cast
This expansive but absorbing sequel to the 2018 sci-fi horror feature The Witch: Part 1 presents, as its extra subtitle The Other One, which might suggest a narrative centred on another young “witch”. The first film’s central figure Ja-yoon began to exercise her telekinetic powers only two-thirds of the way into Part 1’s narrative. However, Part 2’s heroine Ark 1 (Shin Sia-ah) is, from the off, able to throw whole cars around and beat people up psychically, having been raised in a secret facility where her superpowers were genetically implanted from birth. But Ark 1 was never socialised like Ja-yoon, the latter having been adopted by kindly if elderly normie farmers at a young age, so a lot of the time is spent watching Ark 1 adapt to regular life after she...
This expansive but absorbing sequel to the 2018 sci-fi horror feature The Witch: Part 1 presents, as its extra subtitle The Other One, which might suggest a narrative centred on another young “witch”. The first film’s central figure Ja-yoon began to exercise her telekinetic powers only two-thirds of the way into Part 1’s narrative. However, Part 2’s heroine Ark 1 (Shin Sia-ah) is, from the off, able to throw whole cars around and beat people up psychically, having been raised in a secret facility where her superpowers were genetically implanted from birth. But Ark 1 was never socialised like Ja-yoon, the latter having been adopted by kindly if elderly normie farmers at a young age, so a lot of the time is spent watching Ark 1 adapt to regular life after she...
- 11/23/2022
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Guardian - Film News
The final two months of every year are a great time to catch up on horror movies that were released throughout the year, as there typically aren’t all that many new releases coming along at this point in time. Halloween is now behind us and things are slowing down a bit on the horror front for the holidays, but each new week still brings new releases along with it.
This week, 5 brand new horror movies will be available at home…
Here’s all the new horror releasing November 8, 2022 – November 13, 2022!
First up, the Bloody Disgusting-powered Screambox streaming service is serving up another slice of gross-out indie horror this week with All Jacked Up and Full of Worms.
Alex Phillips’s psychedelic freak-out is now streaming on Screambox!
In the film, “Working at a seedy motel, maintenance man Roscoe (Phillip Andre Botello) is always searching for his latest fix. When he...
This week, 5 brand new horror movies will be available at home…
Here’s all the new horror releasing November 8, 2022 – November 13, 2022!
First up, the Bloody Disgusting-powered Screambox streaming service is serving up another slice of gross-out indie horror this week with All Jacked Up and Full of Worms.
Alex Phillips’s psychedelic freak-out is now streaming on Screambox!
In the film, “Working at a seedy motel, maintenance man Roscoe (Phillip Andre Botello) is always searching for his latest fix. When he...
- 11/8/2022
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
"Why is that witch going on a witch hunt?" Well Go USA has revealed an official US trailer for a Korean mystery thriller sequel titled The Witch 2 - The Other One, also known as The Witch: Part 2 - The Other One, from director Park Hoon-jung. Arriving on VOD in the US this November after first opening in Korea. A girl wakes up in a gigantic secret laboratory. When the girl escapes from a laboratory, she stumbles upon Kyung Hee, who is trying to protect her house from criminal gangs. When the girl comes face to face with a criminal organization approaching Kyung Hee's house, the girl overpowers them with overwhelming power, and in the meantime, they start chasing her in the secret laboratory. Who is this mysterious girl and why is she being chased? A follow-up to The Witch: Part 1 - Subversion - which is available to watch now.
- 9/28/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Park Hoon-jung‘s The Witch Part 1: The Subversion might just be one of the best movies you haven’t seen yet. For those who witnessed the action-horror in all of its glory, the sequel The Witch: Part 2 – The Other One made its way to the U.S. this summer with a Digital, Blu-ray, and DVD release set for November 8, via Well Go USA Entertainment.
Bloody has an exclusive look at the home video trailer that’s got big guns and knives, and leaves a ton of dead bodies in its wake.
In this sequel to the popular Korean sci-fi action thriller, the story moves away from a confined secret lab and out into the real world. After a mysterious girl emerges as the sole survivor of a bloody raid on the research facility behind the top-secret Witch Program, she is rescued by a pair of civilians who soon...
Bloody has an exclusive look at the home video trailer that’s got big guns and knives, and leaves a ton of dead bodies in its wake.
In this sequel to the popular Korean sci-fi action thriller, the story moves away from a confined secret lab and out into the real world. After a mysterious girl emerges as the sole survivor of a bloody raid on the research facility behind the top-secret Witch Program, she is rescued by a pair of civilians who soon...
- 9/28/2022
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
London East Asia Film Festival (Leaff) is back with a diverse programme from East and Southeast Asia, including international and UK premieres. Seven strands runs throughout the festival: Official Selection, Competition, Documentary Competition, Actor Focus: Lee Jung-Jae, Filmmaker Focus: Cinematographer Mark Lee, Classics Restored and Halloween Horror Special.
The festival screenings and events will take place at five venues around London. Following the Opening Gala at the Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on 19th October, Leaff will continue for 11 days at Odeon Luxe West End, the Cinema at Selfridges, Chiswick Cinema and the Cinema Museum in London! Squid Game star, Lee Jung-Jae will be attending Leaff for the Opening Gala screening of “Hunt”.
Leaff aims to champion the growing collaboration in East Asian filmmaking with a philosophy that marks a shift in the cinematic landscape of East Asia, and moves away from cultural and cinematic borders. The Festival vision is to bring a much wider,...
The festival screenings and events will take place at five venues around London. Following the Opening Gala at the Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on 19th October, Leaff will continue for 11 days at Odeon Luxe West End, the Cinema at Selfridges, Chiswick Cinema and the Cinema Museum in London! Squid Game star, Lee Jung-Jae will be attending Leaff for the Opening Gala screening of “Hunt”.
Leaff aims to champion the growing collaboration in East Asian filmmaking with a philosophy that marks a shift in the cinematic landscape of East Asia, and moves away from cultural and cinematic borders. The Festival vision is to bring a much wider,...
- 9/25/2022
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Stars: Shin Sia, Park Eun-bin, Seo Eun-soo, Jin Goo, Kim Da-mi | Written and Directed by Park Hoon-jung
I was lucky enough to see The Witch Part 1: The Subversion as part of my coverage for Glasgow Frightfest in 2019. It was my favourite movie of the festival and was the perfect action horror movie. I can only assume they delay in the sequel was because of the pandemic but in truth, three years isn’t too much of a wait. As soon as I heard Part 2 was part of Fantasia, I knew I had to see it immediately!
A girl is the lone survivor after an attack on a research facility. Covered in blood and left for dead she walks through the woods and into the life of Kyung-hee. She is struggling herself, as, alongside her brother, is trying to keep her farmland away from local gangsters. When these henchman threaten the siblings though,...
I was lucky enough to see The Witch Part 1: The Subversion as part of my coverage for Glasgow Frightfest in 2019. It was my favourite movie of the festival and was the perfect action horror movie. I can only assume they delay in the sequel was because of the pandemic but in truth, three years isn’t too much of a wait. As soon as I heard Part 2 was part of Fantasia, I knew I had to see it immediately!
A girl is the lone survivor after an attack on a research facility. Covered in blood and left for dead she walks through the woods and into the life of Kyung-hee. She is struggling herself, as, alongside her brother, is trying to keep her farmland away from local gangsters. When these henchman threaten the siblings though,...
- 8/1/2022
- by Alain Elliott
- Nerdly
Fantasia International Film Festival is my absolute favourite film festival each and every year. It not only has the best movies based on quality but it has such a fantastic mix of genres and brilliant originality from the filmmakers that is unlike any other film festival. From big Hollywood movies to debut low-budget affairs and everything in between. This year’s festival is the 25th edition and my only issue in writing a preview piece is that unless I wrote about every single movie, then I know I’m going to miss mentioning something I’d love.
With that said, here are 15 movies I will be checking out this year…
Polaris – The opening movie at this year’s festival and a World Premiere. Set in 2144, this snow-covered post-apocalyptic movie looks like no action film you have ever seen before. Following a human child, Sumi, raised by Mama Polar Bear ( a real polar bear stars!
With that said, here are 15 movies I will be checking out this year…
Polaris – The opening movie at this year’s festival and a World Premiere. Set in 2144, this snow-covered post-apocalyptic movie looks like no action film you have ever seen before. Following a human child, Sumi, raised by Mama Polar Bear ( a real polar bear stars!
- 7/12/2022
- by Alain Elliott
- Nerdly
When Park Hoon-jung released a film about a young girl escaping an experimental facility with superpowers and taking revenge years later and ambitiously added a “Part 1” in the title, little did he or his fans know that there would be a time when his follow up to “The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion” would be stuck in limbo with a strong possibility of not coming to fruition at all. However, the ceasing of all activities by Warner Bros. in Korea, the production house that Park called home for a couple features, merely delayed the release of the second part, as the prolific director soon found new patronage at Next Entertainment World, who immediately greenlit the sequel, making it the first product of their collaboration with the director.
Escaping from one of the Facilities that Koo Ja-yoon has destroyed as she promised, a bruised and bloodied unnamed Girl runs into Kyeong-hee, who...
Escaping from one of the Facilities that Koo Ja-yoon has destroyed as she promised, a bruised and bloodied unnamed Girl runs into Kyeong-hee, who...
- 7/2/2022
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
’Top Gun: Maverick’ to cross 900m worldwide in next day or two.
Jurassic World: Dominion grossed a confirmed 136.3m at the global box office as Universal-Amblin’s adventure kept Top Gun: Maverick and new arrival Lightyear at bay to reign supreme as the weekend champion.
After several weeks in release Colin Trevorrow’s latest entry in the Jurassic franchise which began 29 years ago stands at 623.6m worldwide. Seventy-three international territories brought in a further 77.3m after a 54 drop for a 373.5m running total. The North American tally is 250.1m after two weekends and the film ranks number one there too.
Jurassic World: Dominion grossed a confirmed 136.3m at the global box office as Universal-Amblin’s adventure kept Top Gun: Maverick and new arrival Lightyear at bay to reign supreme as the weekend champion.
After several weeks in release Colin Trevorrow’s latest entry in the Jurassic franchise which began 29 years ago stands at 623.6m worldwide. Seventy-three international territories brought in a further 77.3m after a 54 drop for a 373.5m running total. The North American tally is 250.1m after two weekends and the film ranks number one there too.
- 6/20/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The theatrical debut of much-anticipated local horror-action film “The Witch: Part 2. The Other One” dominated the Korean box office chart over the latest weekend and overshadowed the simultaneous release of Pixar title “Lightyear.”
Distributed by Next Entertainment World, “The Witch: Part 2” conjured up an 8.21 million opening weekend from just shy of 1,800 screens nationwide. That gave it a market share of 48. Including Wednesday and Thursday figures, the film enjoyed an 11.7 million five-day debut, earned from 1.46 million ticket sales.
The film is a sequel to 2018 title “The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion” which was made on a budget of less than 6 million and grossed more than 24 million. Both films were written and directed by Park Hoon-jung.
The strong start for “The Witch: Part 2” lifted nationwide aggregate gross receipts to 17 million over the weekend, up from 14.7 million previously. In a further sign of normality being restored, the top two titles were Korean-made.
Distributed by Next Entertainment World, “The Witch: Part 2” conjured up an 8.21 million opening weekend from just shy of 1,800 screens nationwide. That gave it a market share of 48. Including Wednesday and Thursday figures, the film enjoyed an 11.7 million five-day debut, earned from 1.46 million ticket sales.
The film is a sequel to 2018 title “The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion” which was made on a budget of less than 6 million and grossed more than 24 million. Both films were written and directed by Park Hoon-jung.
The strong start for “The Witch: Part 2” lifted nationwide aggregate gross receipts to 17 million over the weekend, up from 14.7 million previously. In a further sign of normality being restored, the top two titles were Korean-made.
- 6/20/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Park Hoon-jung’s sci-fi action-horror The Witch: Part 1: The Subversion, or The Witch: Subversion, introduced a hyper-violent world of superpowered youth. It followed Ja-yoon (Da-mi Kim), an amnesiac teen who’d once fled a lab as a child and unlocked painful memories and supernatural abilities when the lab’s enforcers came to retrieve her. Part 1 ended in a bloodbath and […]
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- 6/15/2022
- by Meagan Navarro
- bloody-disgusting.com
The action sequel is set for a co-ordinated release in 12 countries across North America and Asia.
South Korea’s Contents Panda has sold action sequel The Witch: Part 2. The Other One to 124 countries including to Spendid Film for Germany, Benelux and Poland.
Director Park Hoon-jung’s follow-up to his 2018 Warner Bros-backed sci-fi action mystery The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion, the sequel stars Shin Sia as another girl with unnamed powers who escapes from a top-secret laboratory, pursued by multiple violent groups.
The film has also sold to China (Pumpkin Film), Japan (Twin), Cis and the Baltics (Volgafilm), Latin America...
South Korea’s Contents Panda has sold action sequel The Witch: Part 2. The Other One to 124 countries including to Spendid Film for Germany, Benelux and Poland.
Director Park Hoon-jung’s follow-up to his 2018 Warner Bros-backed sci-fi action mystery The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion, the sequel stars Shin Sia as another girl with unnamed powers who escapes from a top-secret laboratory, pursued by multiple violent groups.
The film has also sold to China (Pumpkin Film), Japan (Twin), Cis and the Baltics (Volgafilm), Latin America...
- 6/13/2022
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
Let’s address the obvious first: it’s a terrible title. One can only hope that it sounds better in Korean. it is, however, a title which will excite fans of director Park Hoon-jung, who have been eagerly anticipating this sequel since 2018. Will their expectations be met? Perhaps not in all ways, but certainly in some.
Even if you have seen The Witch: Part 1, The Subversion, the chances are that you will spend the first 15 minutes or so of this film wondering what on Earth is going on, as assorted groups of people run around shouting, exchanging urgent messages and gunfire. It settles down when a teenage girl in a bloodstained smock (Cynthia) emerges onto a lonely, tree-lined road. If you have seen the first film you will figure out that she’s an escapee from a facility called The Ark, where a mysterious organisation experiments on children in an.
Even if you have seen The Witch: Part 1, The Subversion, the chances are that you will spend the first 15 minutes or so of this film wondering what on Earth is going on, as assorted groups of people run around shouting, exchanging urgent messages and gunfire. It settles down when a teenage girl in a bloodstained smock (Cynthia) emerges onto a lonely, tree-lined road. If you have seen the first film you will figure out that she’s an escapee from a facility called The Ark, where a mysterious organisation experiments on children in an.
- 6/11/2022
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Well Go USA Entertainment, a popular indie distribution company, has picked up rights to Korean horror-thriller "The Witch 2: The Other One." The film is a sequel to the 2018 movie "The Witch: Subversion," which grossed just under 25 million in South Korea during its release.
The multi-regional rights cover both theatrical and digital in North America, the U.K., Australia, and New Zealand, which are major play markets for motion pictures.
The movie is written and directed by Park Hoon-jung, known for his work on the first film "The Witch: Subversion" and "New World." New actor Si-ah stars as, according to The...
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The multi-regional rights cover both theatrical and digital in North America, the U.K., Australia, and New Zealand, which are major play markets for motion pictures.
The movie is written and directed by Park Hoon-jung, known for his work on the first film "The Witch: Subversion" and "New World." New actor Si-ah stars as, according to The...
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- 6/7/2022
- by Lex Briscuso
- Slash Film
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Indie distributor Well Go USA Entertainment has picked up multi-territory rights to Korean horror-thriller The Witch 2: The Other One, the sequel to The Witch: Subversion, which grossed just under 25 million in South Korea in 2018.
Well Go has taken theatrical and digital rights for North America, the U.K., Australia and New Zealand. The company will release the film in theaters in North America on June 17.
Directed by Park Hoon-jung (New World, The Witch: Subversion), The Witch 2 stars newcomer Si-ah as a mysterious girl who emerges as the sole survivor of a bloody raid on the top-secret research facility behind the clandestine Witch Program. She is quickly rescued by a couple who understands the level of threat the girl now faces. However, as the assassins tasked with locating and silencing the girl move closer, the lives of all three are in grave danger.
Indie distributor Well Go USA Entertainment has picked up multi-territory rights to Korean horror-thriller The Witch 2: The Other One, the sequel to The Witch: Subversion, which grossed just under 25 million in South Korea in 2018.
Well Go has taken theatrical and digital rights for North America, the U.K., Australia and New Zealand. The company will release the film in theaters in North America on June 17.
Directed by Park Hoon-jung (New World, The Witch: Subversion), The Witch 2 stars newcomer Si-ah as a mysterious girl who emerges as the sole survivor of a bloody raid on the top-secret research facility behind the clandestine Witch Program. She is quickly rescued by a couple who understands the level of threat the girl now faces. However, as the assassins tasked with locating and silencing the girl move closer, the lives of all three are in grave danger.
- 6/6/2022
- by Patrick Brzeski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Park Hoon-jung‘s The Witch Part 1: The Subversion might just be one of the best movies you haven’t seen yet. For those who witnessed the action-horror in all of its glory, a sequel is already making its way to the U.S. this summer, thanks to Next Entertainment World. New now shares a second trailer for The Witch: […]
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- 5/25/2022
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Park Hoon-jung‘s The Witch Part 1: The Subversion might just be one of the best movies you haven’t seen yet. For those who witnessed the action-horror in all of its glory, a sequel is already making its way to the U.S. this summer, thanks to Next Entertainment World. New now shares the trailer for The Witch: Part […]
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- 5/12/2022
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Park Hoon-jung’s sequel to his 2018 smash hit ”The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion” is finally upon us! A project that looked like it might not materialise for a while, after parent production company Warner Bros withdrew all operations from Korea, Park found a new home with New, one of the biggest production houses and distributors in the country and fasttracked the feature, which is now ready for release, to much elation and anticipation from fans of Park and the first film.
Synopsis
Somewhere, a girl wakes up in a huge secret laboratory. The girl accidentally meets Kyeong-hee who is trying to protect their house from the gang who harasses her. When the gang bumps into the girl, they are overpowered by an unexpected power of her. In the meantime, the secret laboratory starts to find the missing girl. Who is this mysterious girl and why is she being chased?
Unlike the first part,...
Synopsis
Somewhere, a girl wakes up in a huge secret laboratory. The girl accidentally meets Kyeong-hee who is trying to protect their house from the gang who harasses her. When the gang bumps into the girl, they are overpowered by an unexpected power of her. In the meantime, the secret laboratory starts to find the missing girl. Who is this mysterious girl and why is she being chased?
Unlike the first part,...
- 5/12/2022
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
We are launching a brand new segment on our YouTube Channel called Amp News. With this segment, we’ll try to bring all the latest film news, be it about new projects, production updates or release details, physical media news and film festivals related news on a regular basis to our channel in video format.
For the first video, Rhythm Zaveri talks about the two big release schedule updates and trailer and poster reveals for two hotly anticipated films: Choi Dong-hoon’s “Alien: Part 1” and Park Hoon-jung’s “The Witch: Part 2. The Other One.”
Watch the full video here:...
For the first video, Rhythm Zaveri talks about the two big release schedule updates and trailer and poster reveals for two hotly anticipated films: Choi Dong-hoon’s “Alien: Part 1” and Park Hoon-jung’s “The Witch: Part 2. The Other One.”
Watch the full video here:...
- 5/6/2022
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
Park Hoon-jung‘s The Witch Part 1: The Subversion is getting a sequel and it's coming out this summer from Next Entertainment World.
Called The Witch: Part 2 – The Other One, the film will be on VOD platforms on June 15, 2022.
Synopsis:
Somewhere, a girl wakes up in a huge secret laboratory. The girl accidentally meets Kyung-hee who is trying to protect their house from the gang who harasses her.
When the gang bumps into the girl, they are overpowered by an unexpected power of her. In the meantime, the secret laboratory starts to find the missing girl. Who is this mysterious girl and why is she being chased.
Watch the trailer for The Witch part 1:...
Called The Witch: Part 2 – The Other One, the film will be on VOD platforms on June 15, 2022.
Synopsis:
Somewhere, a girl wakes up in a huge secret laboratory. The girl accidentally meets Kyung-hee who is trying to protect their house from the gang who harasses her.
When the gang bumps into the girl, they are overpowered by an unexpected power of her. In the meantime, the secret laboratory starts to find the missing girl. Who is this mysterious girl and why is she being chased.
Watch the trailer for The Witch part 1:...
- 5/4/2022
- QuietEarth.us
Park Hoon-jung‘s The Witch Part 1: The Subversion might just be one of the best movies you haven’t seen yet. For those who witnessed the action-horror in all of its glory, a sequel is already making its way to the U.S. this summer, thanks to Next Entertainment World. New shares the poster art for The […]
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- 5/3/2022
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
Let’s be honest: 2021 was one of the worst years Korean cinema had in recent times. One would’ve hoped that they would have built upon the brilliant couple years that 2019 ad 2020 were but sadly that wasn’t to be. The pandemic situation did not help, with many production houses deciding to pull scheduled releases, halting production or waiting on things to calm down before releasing some projects that have big money riding on them. Even on the indie cinema front, which actually thrived in 2021 due to the lack of mainstream releases, did not manage to impress with what little out there was.
Things however do seem to be on the up with this year, as a few postponed releases are finally getting rescheduled and seeing theatrical releases. New releases are also being talked about and promotional material for some long gestating projects is also being circulated. Without further ado,...
Things however do seem to be on the up with this year, as a few postponed releases are finally getting rescheduled and seeing theatrical releases. New releases are also being talked about and promotional material for some long gestating projects is also being circulated. Without further ado,...
- 2/19/2022
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
Tradition is just an empty word in the world of gangsters, and the same could be said also for the world of film distribution. One might expect that a genre fare with an elite festival premiere should end up on the regular repertoire in movie theatres, regionally if not worldwide, but Park Hoon-jung’s “Night in Paradise” landed on Netflix instead earlier this year. We might blame it on the pandemic, but the fact is that the streaming services are expanding regardless of it.
As a screenwriter, Park is best known for his work with Kim Jee-won on the iconic serial killer flick “I Saw the Devil” (2010), but as a director, his most breakthrough work would be his second feature, “New World” (2013). The latter was a crime drama with a dash of action and gangster epic, so it is somewhat expected for the filmmaker to go back to the familiar...
As a screenwriter, Park is best known for his work with Kim Jee-won on the iconic serial killer flick “I Saw the Devil” (2010), but as a director, his most breakthrough work would be his second feature, “New World” (2013). The latter was a crime drama with a dash of action and gangster epic, so it is somewhat expected for the filmmaker to go back to the familiar...
- 7/1/2021
- by Marko Stojiljković
- AsianMoviePulse
Korean-American star Don Lee (aka Ma Dong-seok), star of the upcoming Marvel film “The Eternals” will produce and star in “The Club,” an action series derived from South Korean scripted format “The Trap.”
The production brings together Gorilla 8 Productions, a company owned by Don Lee and B&c Content’s Chris S. Lee, and U.S.-based Starlings Television. No broadcaster or streaming partner has been announced.
Starlings Television president Chris Philip and Starlings Entertainment CEO Karine Martin, who set up the project and take executive producer credits, have attached Jack LoGiudice as showrunner.
The series pitches Lee as a veteran detective investigating a mysterious group of hunters who have attacked a famous news anchor and his family while on a camping trip. The detective, who lost his own son in a hit-and-run, finds himself mired in a twisted mystery orchestrated by an elite and powerful group with disturbing appetites.
The production brings together Gorilla 8 Productions, a company owned by Don Lee and B&c Content’s Chris S. Lee, and U.S.-based Starlings Television. No broadcaster or streaming partner has been announced.
Starlings Television president Chris Philip and Starlings Entertainment CEO Karine Martin, who set up the project and take executive producer credits, have attached Jack LoGiudice as showrunner.
The series pitches Lee as a veteran detective investigating a mysterious group of hunters who have attacked a famous news anchor and his family while on a camping trip. The detective, who lost his own son in a hit-and-run, finds himself mired in a twisted mystery orchestrated by an elite and powerful group with disturbing appetites.
- 4/20/2021
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
After the abysmal year for cinema that 2020 was, one can only hope that 2021 proves to be a lot better for films the world over. While the coronavirus situation ebbs and flows in various places, film releases are getting more and more frequent. Even if studios are still slightly hesitant to release some tentpole films, audiences are slowly finding their way back into the theatres.
Due to the delay in production and release on several projects last year, films that would otherwise have released back them are only now beginning to find their way into theatres or on Ott platforms, while some studios have even decided to indefinitely postpone production on some major titles. As a result, our list of Most Anticipated Korean Films of 2020 (which has been updated with the status of each project to the best of our knowledge) still remains valid and can be checked out to see...
Due to the delay in production and release on several projects last year, films that would otherwise have released back them are only now beginning to find their way into theatres or on Ott platforms, while some studios have even decided to indefinitely postpone production on some major titles. As a result, our list of Most Anticipated Korean Films of 2020 (which has been updated with the status of each project to the best of our knowledge) still remains valid and can be checked out to see...
- 4/8/2021
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
This blood-splattered gangster flick with a romantic subplot follows Tae-Gu as he hides out from his enemies
This gleefully blood-splattered Korean gangster film with an unlikely romantic subplot looks for most of its running time like the sort of cult-friendly genre discovery one could watch and then crow over before an inevitable Hollywood remake comes out. That said, the ending is so relentlessly bleak that a faithful remake would be unlikely – while an unfaithful one with a happier conclusion would be absurd given the ruthless logic of writer-director Park Hoon-jung’s plotting.
The initiating setup is that after something really bad happens, moody pretty-boy gangster Tae-Gu (Eom Tae-goo) must hide out on a resort island in off-season before he is ultimately resettled in Vladivostok, Russia. En route he stays with a grumpy arms dealer, a former gangster himself, and that man’s troubled, taciturn niece Jae-Yeon (Jeon Yeo-been). But it...
This gleefully blood-splattered Korean gangster film with an unlikely romantic subplot looks for most of its running time like the sort of cult-friendly genre discovery one could watch and then crow over before an inevitable Hollywood remake comes out. That said, the ending is so relentlessly bleak that a faithful remake would be unlikely – while an unfaithful one with a happier conclusion would be absurd given the ruthless logic of writer-director Park Hoon-jung’s plotting.
The initiating setup is that after something really bad happens, moody pretty-boy gangster Tae-Gu (Eom Tae-goo) must hide out on a resort island in off-season before he is ultimately resettled in Vladivostok, Russia. En route he stays with a grumpy arms dealer, a former gangster himself, and that man’s troubled, taciturn niece Jae-Yeon (Jeon Yeo-been). But it...
- 4/8/2021
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Guardian - Film News
While the coronavirus pandemic has canceled major festivals such as Cannes and Telluride, the 2020 Venice Film Festival is moving ahead as planned and will be the world’s first major film festival since Sundance and Berlin at the start of the year. Venice 2020’s main selection will be split into three sections: Venezia 77 (aka the main competition), Out of Competition, and Horizons. The titles selected for the main competition will compete for the Golden Lion, which was awarded last year to Todd Phillips’ “Joker.”
As previously announced, Daniele Luchetti’s drama “Lacci” will open the 77th Venice Film Festival on September 2. The movie is the first Italian title to open Venice in 11 years. The last Italian opener was Giuseppe Tornatore’s “Baarìa” at the 2009 festival. “Lacci” is included in this year’s Out of Competition section. Chloe Zhao’s “The Rider” follow-up “Nomadland” was also confirmed for a world premiere...
As previously announced, Daniele Luchetti’s drama “Lacci” will open the 77th Venice Film Festival on September 2. The movie is the first Italian title to open Venice in 11 years. The last Italian opener was Giuseppe Tornatore’s “Baarìa” at the 2009 festival. “Lacci” is included in this year’s Out of Competition section. Chloe Zhao’s “The Rider” follow-up “Nomadland” was also confirmed for a world premiere...
- 7/28/2020
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Our friends at Texas-based film distributor Well Go USA have just announced a North American home video release date of March 10th for one of my favorite films of 2018, director Hoon-jung Park's super-violent science fiction action thriller, The Witch: Subversion . The first of a planned trilogy - the other chapters to which I am still anxiously awaiting, The Witch: Subversion is described by Well Go as: 10 years ago, Ja-yoon escaped from a secret government facility in the midst of an inexplicable incident. An old couple finds her alone near death in the woods and takes her in even though she has no memory of who she is or how she got there. She grows up...
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- 2/7/2020
- Screen Anarchy
Arrow Video FrightFest returns to the Glasgow Film Festival at the end of February and they have just announced their lineup. Festvial circuit hot ticket Lords of Chaos will open their program. It is such a hot ticket with the film's limited run on the international circuit this year, be sure not to miss it! Also in the lineup is Hoon-jung Park's action flick The Witch: Part 1 - The Subversion. The Koreans are doing really exciting things in action cinema these days and by all accounts Park's film is also a not to miss film. In an act of patriotism I would be remiss to not point out that there are three Canadian flicks in the mix this year. Danishka Esterhazy's Level...
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- 1/10/2019
- Screen Anarchy
The Himalayas
Director: Lee Seok-Hoon / Distributor: Cj Entertainment
Based on the true story of legendary mountaineer Um Hong-Gil, played by Hwang Jung-Min (Veteran and Ode To My Father). Starring alongside Hwang is actor Jung Woo (C’est Si Bon and Wish) who plays Park Moo-Taek, a young mountaineer and member of the Daemyung University alpinists who perishes in Mt. Everest’s notorious “death zone” above 26,000 ft. Hong-Gil reassembles his expedition team in an attempt to retrieve Moo-Taek’s body.
Director Lee last helmed The Pirates (2014), and previously worked with Hwang on Dancing Queen (2012).
The Tiger: An Old Hunter’s Tale
Director: Park Hoon-Jung / Distributor: Next Entertainment World
Set in 1920s Korea, when the country was under Japanese colonial rule.
The story revolves around the unfinished relationship between the era’s best hunter, Chun Man-Duk, played by Choi Min-Sik, the infamous tiger of the Korean peninsula and the Japanese army...
Director: Lee Seok-Hoon / Distributor: Cj Entertainment
Based on the true story of legendary mountaineer Um Hong-Gil, played by Hwang Jung-Min (Veteran and Ode To My Father). Starring alongside Hwang is actor Jung Woo (C’est Si Bon and Wish) who plays Park Moo-Taek, a young mountaineer and member of the Daemyung University alpinists who perishes in Mt. Everest’s notorious “death zone” above 26,000 ft. Hong-Gil reassembles his expedition team in an attempt to retrieve Moo-Taek’s body.
Director Lee last helmed The Pirates (2014), and previously worked with Hwang on Dancing Queen (2012).
The Tiger: An Old Hunter’s Tale
Director: Park Hoon-Jung / Distributor: Next Entertainment World
Set in 1920s Korea, when the country was under Japanese colonial rule.
The story revolves around the unfinished relationship between the era’s best hunter, Chun Man-Duk, played by Choi Min-Sik, the infamous tiger of the Korean peninsula and the Japanese army...
- 1/11/2016
- by Lady Jane
- AsianMoviePulse
Overview
This month more than 18 million people attended the Korean Cinemas, sales reach over $124 million dollars. Korean Films gather most of the public again with 64% of the market and reaching sales of $79 million. As far as foreign films they were watched by 6.6 million people and sales reach $45 million.
If we compared the data from the same month but from last year we can observe that the total admissions descent 12.6%. Korean film admissions only descent 4% but the biggest variation is in the foreign film admissions as they show a decline of 24%. Something we weren’t expecting due the release of the highly awaited “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”. This month sales reach $124 million dollars, that’s $30 million less than in 2014.
Movie Release
The Himalayas – The Tiger – Pororo3 : Cyber Space Adventure
This month the most watched Korean Films were: “The Himalayas” (Cj) by Lee Seok-hoon with 5.1 million spectators, “The Tigers” (Contents...
This month more than 18 million people attended the Korean Cinemas, sales reach over $124 million dollars. Korean Films gather most of the public again with 64% of the market and reaching sales of $79 million. As far as foreign films they were watched by 6.6 million people and sales reach $45 million.
If we compared the data from the same month but from last year we can observe that the total admissions descent 12.6%. Korean film admissions only descent 4% but the biggest variation is in the foreign film admissions as they show a decline of 24%. Something we weren’t expecting due the release of the highly awaited “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”. This month sales reach $124 million dollars, that’s $30 million less than in 2014.
Movie Release
The Himalayas – The Tiger – Pororo3 : Cyber Space Adventure
This month the most watched Korean Films were: “The Himalayas” (Cj) by Lee Seok-hoon with 5.1 million spectators, “The Tigers” (Contents...
- 1/7/2016
- by Sebastian Nadilo
- AsianMoviePulse
On the page, the set up for Park Hoon Jeong’s “New World” is almost a cliché, the story pivoting around a cop caught in deep cover in the midst of a crime syndicate, looking for a way to the end assignment, only for forces on both sides of the law to squeeze him to a breaking point. In Hollywood, both “Donnie Brasco” and “The Departed” popularized the concept in the recent years, with the latter a remake of “Infernal Affairs,” which itself spawned a trilogy. So the question for “New World” is: does it bring anything new to the equation? Nope. Does it do this formula well? Yep.An opening “Law & Order”-esque cautionary title card warns, “the events, characters and institutions portrayed in the film are entirely fictitious,” immediately establishing a ripped-from-headlines tone for picture, and just like the famed network procedural, by the end of the first...
- 3/21/2013
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
The first behind-the-scenes photo of Josh Brolin filming Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, and stills from Jack the Giant Slayer, Dead Man Down, and concept art from Pacific Rim.
Posters for Mud, Fast and Furious 6, Dark Skies, Toy's House, Passion, 6 Souls, Breathe In, Night Train to Lisbon, The Company You Keep, If I Were You, The Frankenstein Theory, Jigsaw Puzzle, The Last Road, The Numbers Station.
"New release dates include: "Spring Breakers" and "The Kill Hole" on March 15th, "Antiviral" on April 12th, "Sightseers" on May 10th, "The East" on May 31st, and in 2014 we'll see "Vampire Academy: Blood Sisters" on February 14th…" (full details)
"Walt Disney Home Entertainment has confirmed a May 21st release for new Blu-ray editions of Studio Ghibli classics 'My Neighbor Totoro' and 'Howl's Moving Castle'…" (full details)
"With Brad Pitt agreeing and then turning it down, Channing Tatum has...
Posters for Mud, Fast and Furious 6, Dark Skies, Toy's House, Passion, 6 Souls, Breathe In, Night Train to Lisbon, The Company You Keep, If I Were You, The Frankenstein Theory, Jigsaw Puzzle, The Last Road, The Numbers Station.
"New release dates include: "Spring Breakers" and "The Kill Hole" on March 15th, "Antiviral" on April 12th, "Sightseers" on May 10th, "The East" on May 31st, and in 2014 we'll see "Vampire Academy: Blood Sisters" on February 14th…" (full details)
"Walt Disney Home Entertainment has confirmed a May 21st release for new Blu-ray editions of Studio Ghibli classics 'My Neighbor Totoro' and 'Howl's Moving Castle'…" (full details)
"With Brad Pitt agreeing and then turning it down, Channing Tatum has...
- 2/18/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Well Go USA has acquired North American rights to Hoon-jung Park's action thriller, "New World," the company announced on Thursday. The distributor plans to open the movie in theaters in March in 15 North American markets, including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Las Vegas. Park's film stars Jung-jae Lee as a detective who goes undercover to infiltrate a massive Korean gang but becomes close with a member of the organization. He must decide between his boss and his new associate. "New World is one of those rare gangster movies that keep you...
- 2/15/2013
- by Lucas Shaw
- The Wrap
Director: Jee-woon Kim.
Writer: Hoon-jung Park (screenplay).
Cast: Byung-hun Lee, Min-sik Choi and Gook-hwan Jeon.
This reviewer is not an expert on Asian cinema by any means. A brief experiment in the genre a few years back introduced this reviewer to Gozu, Ju-on and Ringu to some unsettling affect. Now, a few years later, this film fan found an opportunity to watch Korea's I Saw the Devil. Essentially, this is a revenge thriller that puts a security agent on the trail of a serial killer. He catches him, then releases him only to catch him again. This causes pain for both characters.
Byung-hun Lee (The Good, The Bad and The Weird) plays the secret agent, Kim Soo-hyeon. He loses his fiancee to Kyung-chul (Min-sik Choi), a sexual predator and opportunitist. The next two hours are spent focusing on Lee as he tracks down Chul again and again. The robbers,...
Writer: Hoon-jung Park (screenplay).
Cast: Byung-hun Lee, Min-sik Choi and Gook-hwan Jeon.
This reviewer is not an expert on Asian cinema by any means. A brief experiment in the genre a few years back introduced this reviewer to Gozu, Ju-on and Ringu to some unsettling affect. Now, a few years later, this film fan found an opportunity to watch Korea's I Saw the Devil. Essentially, this is a revenge thriller that puts a security agent on the trail of a serial killer. He catches him, then releases him only to catch him again. This causes pain for both characters.
Byung-hun Lee (The Good, The Bad and The Weird) plays the secret agent, Kim Soo-hyeon. He loses his fiancee to Kyung-chul (Min-sik Choi), a sexual predator and opportunitist. The next two hours are spent focusing on Lee as he tracks down Chul again and again. The robbers,...
- 2/16/2012
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Since I’m heading down to Austin for Fantastic Fest in less than a week, I thought I would write up a post with some of my recommendations from last year’s festival. Bonus-Fantastic Fest announced over the weekend that it has opened up an official shop on iTunes, making it even easier to access some of the best offerings from past festivals. The new shop features selections from 2005-2010, and you can rent or buy the titles. Film offerings include Sin City, Wolf Creek, Bug, The Host, Pan’s Labyrinth, There Will Be Blood, Trick ‘R Treat, The Human Centipede, 13 Assassins, Monsters and many more. Visit the Fantastic Fest iTunes page to browse the full selection. Many of the films from last year’s festival are also now available via Netflix or DVD, so you can watch them now. Keep in mind that most of these are very low budget,...
- 9/19/2011
- by Shannon
- FilmJunk
Visit the official Fantasia Film Fest website
Well we are officially through the first week of the Fantasia Film Festival, so I figured we should do a quick look back at all the articles and reviews we have posted so far. In seven days our crew has managed to post over twenty reviews, ten articles and we recorded two podcasts. Keep coming back to the site in the next two weeks for more coverage. We should be recording three more shows this weekend.
UK Cinema
Attack The Block
Scary but not too scary, funny but with respect for its characters, specific to its cultural geography but universal in its ideas, rapidly paced but always clearly staged. Beholden to any number of spiritual forbears (from The Warriors to the unproduced John Sayles script Night Skies, hailed by Cornish in promotional materials), Attack nevertheless emerges as very much its own movie – one fiercer,...
Well we are officially through the first week of the Fantasia Film Festival, so I figured we should do a quick look back at all the articles and reviews we have posted so far. In seven days our crew has managed to post over twenty reviews, ten articles and we recorded two podcasts. Keep coming back to the site in the next two weeks for more coverage. We should be recording three more shows this weekend.
UK Cinema
Attack The Block
Scary but not too scary, funny but with respect for its characters, specific to its cultural geography but universal in its ideas, rapidly paced but always clearly staged. Beholden to any number of spiritual forbears (from The Warriors to the unproduced John Sayles script Night Skies, hailed by Cornish in promotional materials), Attack nevertheless emerges as very much its own movie – one fiercer,...
- 7/22/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
The Unjust (Bu-dang-geo-rae)
Written by Hoon-jung Park
Directed by Seung-wan Ryoo
South Korea, 2010
“That you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.” -Matthew 5:45
There is a sequence in Hergé’s Tintin adventure Flight 714 when Captain Haddock has a problem with a piece of sticking plaster and when he finally gets rid of it, the band-aid makes it way from stewardess to passenger to crew to pilot and back again to Haddock, until everyone in the plane has had some kind of run-in with the sticky thing. While that slapstick sequence is played for laughs and The Unjust is one of the grimmest, darkest crime dramas ever made, like the passengers of Flight 714, the passengers of The Unjust are stuck, not with a band-aid, but with...
Written by Hoon-jung Park
Directed by Seung-wan Ryoo
South Korea, 2010
“That you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.” -Matthew 5:45
There is a sequence in Hergé’s Tintin adventure Flight 714 when Captain Haddock has a problem with a piece of sticking plaster and when he finally gets rid of it, the band-aid makes it way from stewardess to passenger to crew to pilot and back again to Haddock, until everyone in the plane has had some kind of run-in with the sticky thing. While that slapstick sequence is played for laughs and The Unjust is one of the grimmest, darkest crime dramas ever made, like the passengers of Flight 714, the passengers of The Unjust are stuck, not with a band-aid, but with...
- 7/18/2011
- by Michael Ryan
- SoundOnSight
South Korean director Seung-wan Ryoo‘s The Unjust is an entertaining, unwieldy crime thriller, throwing flawed cops, power-hungry prosecutors and vicious mobsters into a pressure cooker of steely action and way too many plot twists.
A serial killer has been preying on the schoolchildren of Seoul. The President of South Korea demands results, and a plausible suspect is cornered, shot and killed. Case closed – but not everyone is satisfied. Enter Captain Choi Cheol-gi, (Hwang Jung-min), who is charged with making a media spectacle of the case. In return, he’ll get the fat promotion he’s been repeatedly denied. Having made it a mission of his to crack down on corrupt businessmen and landowners, Choi now has to turn to Jang Seok-gu (Yoo Hae-jin,who plays the role like a snarling hyena), a mobster who bought his way into the upper echelons of respectable property tycoons. Jang provides Choi with more suspects,...
A serial killer has been preying on the schoolchildren of Seoul. The President of South Korea demands results, and a plausible suspect is cornered, shot and killed. Case closed – but not everyone is satisfied. Enter Captain Choi Cheol-gi, (Hwang Jung-min), who is charged with making a media spectacle of the case. In return, he’ll get the fat promotion he’s been repeatedly denied. Having made it a mission of his to crack down on corrupt businessmen and landowners, Choi now has to turn to Jang Seok-gu (Yoo Hae-jin,who plays the role like a snarling hyena), a mobster who bought his way into the upper echelons of respectable property tycoons. Jang provides Choi with more suspects,...
- 7/14/2011
- by Anthony Vieira
- The Film Stage
An eye for an eye is just the beginning…
Not only are we experiencing the emergence of the Korean cinema like never before, we.re also fortunately experiencing this rise in a time when foreign film is increasingly more accessible to American audiences. Sure, foreign film fare is still far from mainstream in the United States, but I hope films such as I Saw The Devil — primarily a genre film for the sake of introduction, but is really much more . encourages adventurous viewers to seek out other gems.
One of the most fascinating things about the theatre-going experience here in the U.S. is that we have relatively relaxed censorship. I Saw The Devil was cut-down and censored into a shorter version in its home of Korea, but here we get to enjoy the full, uncut 141-minute version. The cuts were clearly due to the film.s graphic nature, but...
Not only are we experiencing the emergence of the Korean cinema like never before, we.re also fortunately experiencing this rise in a time when foreign film is increasingly more accessible to American audiences. Sure, foreign film fare is still far from mainstream in the United States, but I hope films such as I Saw The Devil — primarily a genre film for the sake of introduction, but is really much more . encourages adventurous viewers to seek out other gems.
One of the most fascinating things about the theatre-going experience here in the U.S. is that we have relatively relaxed censorship. I Saw The Devil was cut-down and censored into a shorter version in its home of Korea, but here we get to enjoy the full, uncut 141-minute version. The cuts were clearly due to the film.s graphic nature, but...
- 3/25/2011
- by Travis Keune
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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