Gun-woo (Lee Soo-hyuk) is the heir of an oil refining conglomerate who devises a heist that could earn him even more money. He plans to siphon off oil from a major pipeline that runs between Honam and the Seoul to Busan highway. Pindol (Seo In-guk), a gifted young drilling technician, agrees to help Gun-woo for a large fee. But to meet the deadline, Pindol has to recruit and work with a ragtag team of misfits including an expert welder, an excavation specialist, an operations professional, a geographer and a tech specialist. Racing against time and with their lives at stake, they must overcome their self-interests to complete this ultimate team play. However, a street-smart detective Man-sik (Bae Yoo-ram) is onto them and tries to shut the operation down.
This non-traditional caper film with a fresh idea of oil theft is directed by Yoo Ha, who is known as one of the pioneers of the “gangster” genre in Korean cinema with films such as A Dirty Carnival and Gangnam Blues. It is also the third collaboration between lead actors Seo In-guk and Lee Soo-hyuk, including their tvN dramas High School King of Savvy in 2014 and Doom at Your Service earlier this year.
Pipeline was released in South Korea on May 26, 2021 and topped the domestic box office for Korean films in its first week of release. It had its theatrical release in Japan on February 4, 2022.
KlockWorx will release the Blu-ray and DVD combo on August 3, 2022 with a simultaneous rental DVD release.
For further details: https://klockworx-asia.com/pipeline/
For the official trailer with English subtitles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTLisO0zGuI
