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6.6/10
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A police detective determined to catch the unseen boss of Asia's biggest drug cartel joins hands with a revenge-thirsty member of the gang.A police detective determined to catch the unseen boss of Asia's biggest drug cartel joins hands with a revenge-thirsty member of the gang.A police detective determined to catch the unseen boss of Asia's biggest drug cartel joins hands with a revenge-thirsty member of the gang.
- Awards
- 10 wins & 28 nominations
Ryu Jun-yeol
- Seo Young Rak
- (as Jun-yeol Ryu)
Cho Jin-woong
- Won Ho
- (as Jin-woong Jo)
Halley Kim
- Soo-Jung
- (English version)
- (voice)
Cha Seung-won
- Brian
- (as Seung-Won Cha)
Kim Ju-hyuk
- Jin Ha Rim
- (as Ju-hyuk Kim)
Kang Seung-hyun
- Soyeon
- (as Seung-Hyun Kang)
Jung Ga-ram
- Dong Woo
- (as Ga-ram Jung)
Keum Sae-rok
- Su Jong
- (as Sae-Rok Keum)
Jin Seo-yeon
- Bo Ryung
- (as Seo-Yeon Jin)
Lee Ju-young
- Joo Young (Deaf Twin)
- (as Ju-Young Lee)
Nam Moon-cheol
- Department Head
- (as Moon-cheol Nam)
Jung Joon-won
- Duk-Chun
- (as Joon-Won Jung)
- Director
- Writer
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Did you know
- TriviaOfficial remake of the Chinese-Hong Kong action thriller Drug War (2012) directed by Johnnie To.
- GoofsIn the final scene, Young-Rak tends to a fire in a fireplace. The aerial shot taken at the end of the brief conversation shows no smoke coming out of either chimney.
- Crazy creditsBefore the closing credits, a line "In the memory of Kim Ju-hyuk." is shown.
- Alternate versionsAn extended version of the film has a duration of 131 minutes 32 seconds and is 8 minutes 12 seconds longer than the theatrical cut which had a duration of 123 minutes 20 seconds. Both versions have the similar 15+ rating.
- ConnectionsFollowed by Believer 2 (2023)
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I partly Believe
When a baleful underling survives an assassination plot, and the police accept his help to crack the drug gang's mysterious Mr Big (or Mr Lee) we know we will not be witnessing anything original.
I always try and catch Korean films in a festival, and I'm glad I caught this one. Borrowing heavily from style over substance hits such as Diva, through Usual Suspects and Infernal Affairs, it keeps a Mission Impossible tempo but in the end goes for a mystery ending. The hyper violence isn't quite up to 11 but is fairly unrelenting.
While definitely a great film, with notable sound and cinematography, it doesn't quite hit the heights of some other Korean action films due to some limited character development and imprecise editing. And the editing has filed away a sometimes visible consistent heart.
I always try and catch Korean films in a festival, and I'm glad I caught this one. Borrowing heavily from style over substance hits such as Diva, through Usual Suspects and Infernal Affairs, it keeps a Mission Impossible tempo but in the end goes for a mystery ending. The hyper violence isn't quite up to 11 but is fairly unrelenting.
While definitely a great film, with notable sound and cinematography, it doesn't quite hit the heights of some other Korean action films due to some limited character development and imprecise editing. And the editing has filed away a sometimes visible consistent heart.
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- Oct 16, 2018
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $365,639
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $146,630
- Jun 10, 2018
- Gross worldwide
- $39,047,153
- Runtime2 hours 3 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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