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Watch: The Trailer for Korean Action Noir ‘The Merciless’ — Intense and Gripping!

Helmed by director Byun Sung-hyun, features seasoned actor (Cold Eyes) and rising star (The Attorney).

Inmate Jae-ho (played by Sul), who lords over his jail, welcomes an intrepid young inmate, Hyun-soo (played by Im) under his wing. Upon their release from jail, they work hand in glove to seize power in Jae-ho’s erstwhile crime syndicate. When the story navigates a series of reveals, suspicions grow and feuds arise between the two.

CJ Entertainment will release the film nationwide next month.

sources: Kobiz, Cine21

About the author

Panos Kotzathanasis

Panagiotis (Panos) Kotzathanasis is a film critic and reviewer, specialized in Asian Cinema. He is the owner and administrator of Asian Movie Pulse, one of the biggest portals dealing with Asian cinema. He is a frequent writer in Hancinema, Taste of Cinema, and his texts can be found in a number of other publications including SIRP in Estonia, Film.sk in Slovakia, Asian Dialogue in the UK, Cinefil in Japan and Filmbuff in India.

Since 2019, he cooperates with Thessaloniki Cinematheque in Greece, curating various tributes to Asian cinema. He has participated, with video recordings and text, on a number of Asian movie releases, for Spectrum, Dekanalog and Error 4444. He has taken part as an expert on the Erasmus+ program, “Asian Cinema Education”, on the Asian Cinema Education International Journalism and Film Criticism Course.

Apart from a member of FIPRESCI and the Greek Cinema Critics Association, he is also a member of NETPAC, the Hellenic Film Academy and the Online Film Critics Association.

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