This Korean parental revenge thriller is going to be released over the weekend and supposed to be a remake of the Japanese movie from a few years back called THE HOVERING BLADE directed by Shoichi Masahiko. Both are based on the novel of the same name by best selling Japanese writer, Keigo Higashino. I never got the chance to see THE HOVERING BLADE but I might seek it out now.
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BROKEN - Dir. Lee Jeong-ho (2014)
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Originally posted by sukebanboy View PostEither way, I dont think that this movie will add anything to the revenge genre that hasnt been done before..... so I think I will pass on this one....
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Originally posted by 47lab View PostI agree but if there's one genre the Koreans seem to churn out with regularity, it's the revenge thriller & I'm a sucker for these movies. I'm going to watch the original Japanese version before I see this just for comparison's sake and I have my fingers crossed this doesn't end up another AZOOMA.
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And the official synopsis does NOT instill hope that this movie will be any different!
Sang-Hyun (Jung Jae-Young) is a factory worker. He lost his wife to cancer and lives with his teenage daughter Soo-Jin (Lee Soo-Bin). One raining evening, Sang-Hyun comes home and finds that his daughter is not at home and she isn't answering her phone. Believing she is at a friends house, his regular life continues until he receives a phone call from the police. He's brought to a morgue to identify his daughter. Soo-Jin was raped and murdered. Since that day, Sang-Hyun goes to the police station everyday hoping to hear that his daughter's killers are brought to justice. Detective Eok-Gwan (Lee Sung-Min) can only tell Sang-Hyun to go home and that there is nothing he can do at the station.
Sang-Hyun then receives a text message which identifies two boys who killed his daughter and also gives the address of one of those boys. Sang-Hyun goes to the address without informing the police. Soon, Sang-Hyun becomes a fugitive from the law while he attempts to administer his own form of justice on the boys responsible for his daughter's death. Detective Eok-Gwan tracks Sang-Hyun in the background.
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