Award winning director of The Chaser NA HONG-JIN now brings us
the enthralling action packed thriller THE YELLOW SEA .
SYNOPSIS: Gu-nam is a desperate gambler and debt-ridden taxi
driver in Yanji City in a region that has adjoining borders to
North Korea, China and Russia. His wife fled to South Korea six
months earlier and he hasn t heard from her since. In order to
repay his debts and find his wife this mild unassuming man
accepts a contract killing from hit man Myun-ga.
Crossing the dangerous Yellow Sea to Seoul he seeks out both his
target and wife, but soon finds himself in the middle of a
dangerous conspiracy of lies and betrayal. Before he can fulfil
the contract, he witnesses others murder his target. Fleeing the
scene, he is not only being pursued by the police, but those
responsible.
THE YELLOW SEA is the first Korean film to ever receive
investment from a major Hollywood studio (Fox International
Productions).
REVIEWS: A gripping existentialist thriller, where jealousy,
greed and desperation lead inexorably to a chaos of carnage, and
where exile and death cross borders to merge into an
emotionally-charged sequence of final images. (4.5 stars) -
Film 4
Writer-director Na Hong-Jin achieves a vibe of urban desolation
right off the bat, and deepens the mayhem with acutely observed
and charged details about illegal-immigrant life. (4.5 stars)
Village Voice
Fast and tense with twists that keep you on the edge of your
seat. (4.5 stars) Electric Sheep Magazine
EXTRAS:
* 8 behind the scenes featurettes
* 4 Trailers
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The Yellow Sea (Hwanghae) (AKA The Murderer) (2010) (Blu-ray)