The place Korean cinema now holds in the international film circuit owes much to this particular category, since it was the films back in the beginning of the century that kickstarted the new Golden Era of the country’s movie industry,. Titles like “Old Boy“, “Memories of Murder“, “The Chaser“, “I Saw the Devil” and a plethora of others are still mentioned frequently in Best oF lists of movies from the country or the category, and actually remain the most renowned among western viewers, along, of course, “Parasite“. Evidently, the industry rode this wave a bit too far during the 2010s, with crime thrillers coming out from every side, to the point that a number of them seem like they were produced on an “assembly line” due to how similar they look like and function. However, even in this maze of mediocrity, there are still a number that stand out,...
- 10/7/2020
- by AMP Group
- AsianMoviePulse
“A Company Man” is the impressive debut of Lim Sang-yoon as a director. The film addresses the ever-popular theme of a lonely, silent, first-class contract killer who goes berserk and seeks revenge from the company he works and dedicated a huge part of his life serving.
The story revolves around Ji Hyeong-do (So Ji-Sub) who is a white-collar worker at a company named New Continent Metals. However, this company is not a typical one. On the outside, it is a metal trading business, but in reality, is a contract-killing one. Ji Hyeong-do is a stylish hitman of few words and is among the most skillful contract killers in the syndicate. For one of the jobs, Ji Hyeong-do suggests that a temporary employee should do the job, meaning that Ji Hyeong-do has to kill the temporary employee after he fulfills the job. This employee is Ra-hoon (Kim Dong-jun...
The story revolves around Ji Hyeong-do (So Ji-Sub) who is a white-collar worker at a company named New Continent Metals. However, this company is not a typical one. On the outside, it is a metal trading business, but in reality, is a contract-killing one. Ji Hyeong-do is a stylish hitman of few words and is among the most skillful contract killers in the syndicate. For one of the jobs, Ji Hyeong-do suggests that a temporary employee should do the job, meaning that Ji Hyeong-do has to kill the temporary employee after he fulfills the job. This employee is Ra-hoon (Kim Dong-jun...
- 9/6/2020
- by Maria Georgiou
- AsianMoviePulse
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