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An investigator (Gang Dong-won) pursues the president (Lee Byung-hun) of a Korean company that's involved in fraud and corruption.

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Brian Tallerico RogerEbert.com 01/06/2017
2.5/4
The performances are solid to great throughout, and Cho does build to a remarkably satisfying final twenty minutes, but it takes two hours to get there. Go to Full Review Ben Kenigsberg New York Times 01/05/2017
"Master" is a routine South Korean crime thriller whose bloat magnifies its generic qualities. Go to Full Review Chuck Bowen Slant Magazine 01/05/2017
2.5/4
The film is seemingly terrified of boring us, offering one elaborate montage of catch and release (or of survey and flee) after another. Go to Full Review James Mudge easternKicks.com 10/24/2020
3.5/5
Master is entertaining, and though flawed it's a solid piece of commercial cinema, and fans of the cast and anti-establishment thrillers should find plenty to enjoy Go to Full Review Panos Kotzathanasis HanCinema 03/07/2019
"Master" is an impressive film that will satisfy all fans of action thrillers, and a clear indication of the path commercial Korean cinema is taking at the moment, which is quite similar to the one of Hollywood blockbusters Go to Full Review Rachel Chan The New Paper (Singapore) 09/19/2017
4/5
It is no wonder the movie was such a hit when it premiered in South Korea. Also, props to the screen direction and commendable CGI. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Amalia I 01/16/2024 One of my favourite action movies. See more Dick C 09/12/2022 It's an excellent movie co-written by Kim Hyun-duk and Cho Ui-seok who directs also... Lee Byung-hun portrays the Villain great... Kim Woo-bin is good...and later in leading role in Alienoid, 2022... See more 12/02/2021 The best Korean movie. See more 07/31/2017 The extremely convoluted plot really lowered the film's quality despite a very solid cast (especially Lee Byung-hun who outshone his fellow actors by miles). See more 03/24/2017 Never cared for the actors in the movie but pretty well made. See more 01/08/2017 Kind of like a reverse Catch Me If You Can, Master is a korean crime thriller about an agent who turns a system manager into taking down a con artist and his fake company. The movie has lots of twists, nice performances, and is very thrilling. Its worth a viewing for something different, but also a bit familiar. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Jo Ui-seok

Director

Lee Byung-hun

President Jin

Gang Dong-won

Kim Jae-myung

Kim Woo-bin

Park Jang-goon

Uhm Ji-won

Shin Gemma

Oh Dal-su

Hwang Myung-joon

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Movie Info

Synopsis An investigator (Gang Dong-won) pursues the president (Lee Byung-hun) of a Korean company that's involved in fraud and corruption.
Director
Jo Ui-seok
Distributor
CJ Entertainment
Genre
Action, Crime, Drama
Original Language
Korean
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 6, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 19, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$595.6K
Runtime
2h 23m
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