When the attempt to kill a professor goes wrong, a series of violent events are triggered which force a taxi driver to run for his life.When the attempt to kill a professor goes wrong, a series of violent events are triggered which force a taxi driver to run for his life.When the attempt to kill a professor goes wrong, a series of violent events are triggered which force a taxi driver to run for his life.
- Awards
- 8 wins & 21 nominations
Kim Jae-hwa
- Girlfriend of Myeon Jeong Hak
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThe film opened on December 22, 2010 in South Korea and was top of the box office, selling 1.05 million tickets in its first five days of release, according to the Korean Film Council.
- Crazy creditsThe film's story unfolds in chapters.
- Alternate versionsThe US R-Rated version was heavily edited but it's based on the shorter Korean Director's Cut, but apart from some minor story cuts several short cuts typical for the MPAA had to be made due to depiction of action, violence and sex. The Director's Cut runs 4 minutes and 3 seconds longer than the US R-Rated version.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Vdud: Kvataniya (2022)
Featured review
Another bleak offering from Na Hong-Jin
featuring the same trio of director and leading men from the outstanding "The Chaser" Na Hong-Jin gives us a bleak slice of Korean life. All of the characters are unappealing and unsympathetic, but especially the violent loser Gu-Nam, who is sent on a murderous mission to Seoul by people trafficking gangster Myun-Ga. But despite Gu-Nams hopelessness you still root for him to survive and win despite the odds stacked against him. Na has crafted a flawed masterpiece from these broken elements, with plenty of his trademarks from The Chaser, like the outstanding cinematography (apart from some of the later chase scenes which seem to have been shot on a horrible video camera) and unrelenting violence. I would recommend it very highly.
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- mute99
- Jul 2, 2011
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- Also known as
- The Murderer
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- Budget
- $8,170,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $15,789,762
- Runtime2 hours 16 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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