Usually in this paragraph, I mention the importance of a particular upcoming project and why it should be on the audience's radar. For this one, I'm just going to mention three names: director Ryoo Seung-wan and actors Kim Yoon-seek and Jo In-sung. This is the real-life action drama “Escape from Mogadishu”!
Synopsis
“Escape from Mogadishu” deals with a real-life defection incident between the two Korean embassies in Somalia back in the nineties that purports to explore the relevant motives behind the event. Han Shin-sung works as an ambassador at the South Korean Embassy in Mogadishu, Somalia. A civil war breaks out in the country. Han Shin-sung, his wife, and embassy officials are trapped in the embassy building. Meanwhile, Kang Dae-jin works as a councilor at the North Korean Embassy in Mogadishu. The North Korean Embassy experiences the same threat of violence as the South Korean Embassy. Han Shin-sung and Kang Dae-jin work together to get people from both embassies out of Somalia.
After working with Hwang Jung-min on both his last projects “Veteran” and “The Battleship Island“, this will be Ryoo's first film with either actors and his second based-on-a-true-story production after “The Battleship Island”. Joining the two superstars are terrific supporting actors Heo Joon-ho (“Silmido“), Kim So-jin (who worked with Kim Yoon-seek on his directorial debut “Another Child“) and Jung Man-sik (“The Tiger: An Old Hunter's Tale”). “Escape from Mogadishu” is scheduled for a Summer 2021 release in South Korean, with a wider international release anticipated shortly after.
