The Killer

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The Killer

2022

1h 34m

Action

Crime

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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Ui-gang is a hit man who has decided to retire. He has a nice house and all the money he needs, but one day his girlfriend takes a trip to Jeju Island and leaves him with a request. Her companion on the trip has a 17-year old daughter Yoon-ji who will be left alone during their three week vacation. Ui-gang reluctantly agrees to look after Yoon-ji and make sure she doesn't get into trouble.

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Leslie Felperin

Guardian

04/25/2023

3/5

If the plot is a little sketchy, the action, conversely, is drum tight.

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Robert Daniels

New York Times

07/13/2022

While the tightly choreographed action scenes in “The Killer” take their cue from “John Wick” and “The Man From Nowhere,” the film lacks heart.

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Fran Hoepfner

TheWrap

07/12/2022

Jang is famous for choreographing his own fight scenes, and indeed, with any other star at the helm, “The Killer” would feel rote, if not far less lively.

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Martin Unsworth

Starburst

04/25/2023

4/5

Boasting superbly choreographed fight scenes, The Killer is John Wick on steroids. Slickly filmed, it motors along at a breakneck pace and oozes cool like only Asian cinema can.

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Chris Ward

Flickering Myth

03/29/2023

4/5

The Killer is brilliant, no-nonsense entertainment from start to finish, the pace never lagging as bullets fly and faces explode, right up to the equally fat-free final scene, the movie ending exactly as it should.

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Panos Kotzathanasis

HanCinema

01/04/2023

7.5

"The Killer: A Girl Who Deserves To Die" is one of the best action movies of the year and a return to a cinematic past of Korean movies that I feel many have missed significantly.

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Janice W

07/28/2022

The movie is fast paced, action packed in the way of a John Wick film with subtitles. The lead mercernary is assigned to babysit a neighbor's daughter and spends most of movie protecting her from harm. Loved it.

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Raul E

07/22/2022

Great movie. Action is amazing.

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Annette Z

07/22/2022

Action pack from beginning to the end, must see. Jang Hyuk is such an amazing actor, cant wait to see him again on the big screen

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Chance

07/22/2022

Korean John Wick with hints of the Man from Nowhere. Not to take anything from the film by comparison however the stunts were too crisp suggesting choreography. Other then that it was great

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Marshall

07/21/2022

This was a fantastic movie! This was wonderfully directed, Jang Hyuk knocks it out of the park. If you are a fan of John Wick and Taken then youll love this movie. A+

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Norm V

07/19/2022

Too bloody but action is good

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Choi Jae-hun

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Jang Hyuk

Bang Ui Gang

Bang Eun-jung

Sung Yeon

Lee Seung-joon

Detective Lee

Shin Seung-hwan

Park Hyung-ju

Lee Chae-yeong

Hyun-Soo

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Synopsis

Ui-gang is a hit man who has decided to retire. He has a nice house and all the money he needs, but one day his girlfriend takes a trip to Jeju Island and leaves him with a request. Her companion on the trip has a 17-year old daughter Yoon-ji who will be left alone during their three week vacation. Ui-gang reluctantly agrees to look after Yoon-ji and make sure she doesn't get into trouble.

Director: Choi Jae-hun
Producer: Shin Dong-chul, Nam Ji-woong, Mark W. Shaw
Screenwriter: Nam Ji-woong
Distributor: Wide Lens Pictures
Production Co: ASCENDIO., CO. LTD
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: Korean
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 13, 2022, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 13, 2022
Runtime: 1h 34m