A would-be assassin becomes a desperate man on the run in this latest from Korean genre ace Na Hong-jin (The Chaser). “One of the smartest and most inventive action films this year.” — The Playlist
This gritty box-office smash is jam-packed with nerve-wracking action, including a spectacularly destructive car chase through the streets of Busan.
Screened as part of NZIFF 2011
The Yellow Sea 2010
Hwanghae
Director Na Hong-jin reunites with the stars of his cult hit The Chaser (NZIFF09) for another ferocious white-knuckle thrill ride.
“A desperate would-be assassin from a little-known Korean-Chinese community becomes the unlikely moral center of The Yellow Sea, a breathtakingly brutal man-on-the-run thriller with a trenchant basis in gutter-level reality. Gushing more blood and possessing more stamina than any number of Hollywood hack-’em-ups, Na Hong-jin’s pulse-pounding, mordantly funny genre piece is… full-bodied enough to achieve a genuinely tragic dimension.” — Justin Chang, Variety
“An electric, epic crime thriller that should launch the director into top tier of South Korean film directors alongside Bong Joon-ho and Park Chan-wook… One of the smartest and most inventive action films this year… with a darkly funny, demented and memorable baddie, crackling tension and exciting, unpredictable action.” — Kevin Jagernauth, The Playlist