This week’s movie is The Man from Nowhere (2010).
The Korean action thriller is
about Cha Tae-sik, a quiet pawnshop keeper with a violent past. When his only
friend, the ignored child of a tenant in the building, is kidnapped by a
trafficking ring, Cha Tae-sik finds himself reverting back to his violent ways
to find her and bring her home safely. The film is written and directed by
great up and coming Korean filmmaker Jeong-beom Lee and stars Bin Won (who is also in the very
good films Tae Guk Gi: The
Brotherhood of War and Mother).
While the story is really nothing new, the execution of the narrative is great,
and the action is very well done and visually striking (though very violent and
brutal). Korean cinema has become a powerful force in Asia creating many of the
best films of the region in the last decade – films like: this, Oldboy, I Saw the Devil, The Host, Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and
Spring, Lady Vengeance, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, 3-Iron, Tae Guk Gi: The
Brotherhood of War, My Sassy
Girl, Memories of Murder,
Thirst, The Chaser, The Good, the Bad, the Weird, A Bittersweet Life, J.S.A.: Joint Security Area,
and Mother to name a few. The Man from Nowhere is worth checking out for fans
of Korean cinema and action films, as this is one of the better recent action
thrillers. Check out the trailer.
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