A hitman is thrown into a chaotic cat-and-mouse game, just minutes away from retirement in Hong Won-chan’s action thriller. “You promised to take one last job.” These famous last words are directed at In-nam (Hwang Jung-min), a hitman who’s about ready to throw the towel in and retire to Panama, where people apparently go to … Continue reading Deliver us from Evil
Tag: 2020
Night in Paradise
It’s an eye for an eye, for another eye in Park Hoon-jung’s gangster drama.
Beasts Clawing at Straws
Crime really doesn’t pay in Kim Yong-hoon’s directorial debut.
Pawn
Two enforcers get more than they bargained for when they take a child as collateral in Kang Dae-gyu’s comedy-drama.
A Choo
Nothing really gels together in Kevin Ko and Peter Tsi’s massively overstuffed genre clusterfuck.
15th London Korean Film Festival: November 2020
In an act of mercy, the LKFF returns for a 15th year and is bringing all its friends and family with it.
#Alive
Being trapped indoors doesn’t feel like such a crazy notion in Cho Il-hyung and Matt Naylor’s accidentally prescient zombie film.
Watch List
A young mother struggles against an unmoving system and a one-sided war on drugs in Ben Rehki’s drama.
A Whisker Away
A slow start impedes what is otherwise a fun and inventive family movie.
The Asian Cinema Critic 