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Watch Kim Jee-woon's New Short One Perfect Day for Free!
8 May 2013 11:05 PM, PDT | Twitch | See recent Twitch news »
Earlier this year, Korean director Kim Jee-woon released his English-language debut, the Arnie vehicle The Last Stand. Though the film had decent reviews, it nevertheless tanked at the box office. Kim is now back on home soil and his first project was a short film commissioned for the 40th anniversary of the outdoor clothing manufacturer Kolon. You would think that the cineaste would return to his strong suit, namely hyper-stylized and violent genre films (A Bittersweet Life, I Saw the Devil) but then you'd be surprised to discover that his latest is actually a romcom. Kim's One Perfect Day was recently released on YouTube and is now available to watch for free with English subtitles in the embed below. The film follows a hapless young man...
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Win! A Great Horror DVD Bundle With ‘Bait’
23 April 2013 1:26 PM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
To celebrate the release of Bait on DVD and Blu-ray (2D & 3D) on April 29th, we are offering our readers the chance to win a great horror DVD bundle! The collection includes The Loved Ones, Road Train, I Saw The Devil, Silent House, Chernobyl Diaries and Cockneys Vs Zombies.
In Bait, a tsunami devastates a small Gold Coast town and leaves twelve people trapped in a flooded supermarket. Amidst the horror the group slowly realises that they may not be alone. Trapped with a hungry Great White shark, how many of them will have to die and will rescue ever come? Featuring a stellar ensemble cast including Xavier Samuel (The Twilight Saga; Eclipse), Julian McMahon (Nip/Tuck) Sharni Vinson (Step Up 3D), Phoebe Tonkin (Tomorrow When the War Began), Dan Wyllie (Animal Kingdom) Alex Russell (Wasted on the Young), Martin Sacks (Underbelly), Cariba Heine (The Pacific), Damien Garvey (Daybreakers) and »
- Dan Bullock
South Korean Gangland Thriller New World is Next on the Remake Chopping Block
12 April 2013 8:59 AM, PDT | Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news »
South Korean crime film “New World”, a sort of cross between Hong Kong’s “Infernal Affairs” and Johnnie To’s “Election”, has apparently made quite an impact, with trades reporting that Sony Pictures have acquired remake rights to the film for an American redo. The studio, no doubt, is hoping to land another “The Departed”, the Martin Scorsese film that was a remake of “Infernal Affairs”. Directed by Park Hoon-jong (who wrote “I Saw the Devil”), the film features undercover cops, gangland wars, and if you’ve seen South Korean gang films, then you know unlike American films where it’s all guns and explosions, there’s a lot of fisticuffs involve here. Here the official plot: The head of the Goldmoon crime syndicate is dead, leaving his top two lieutenants. Seizing the opportunity, the police launch an operation with the perfect weapon: Ja-sung, the boss’s right hand man, »
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Sony Pictures Buys Remake Rights To Korean Crime Drama ‘New World’
11 April 2013 11:06 AM, PDT | Deadline New York | See recent Deadline New York news »
Exclusive: Sony Pictures has emerged from a three-studio bidding battle with screen rights to remake the Korean crime film New World. The deal was mid six-figures and the film will be produced by Roy Lee and Dan Lin, with Jon Silk and John Powers Middleton exec producing. The script will be written by Will Fetters, who has been on fire at Warner Bros. He has scripted the Clint Eastwood-directed remake of A Star Is Born, as well as Crazy For The Storm for Sean Penn to direct, and he most recently rewrote the Nicholas Sparks novel The Best Of Me. The original film was written and directed by Park Hoon-jung, who scripted I Saw The Devil and The Unjust. New World has parallels to The Departed, on which Lee was exec producer and Lin was development exec. After a mob boss is gunned down, an outright battle ensues among »
- MIKE FLEMING JR
New World | Review
25 March 2013 1:15 PM, PDT | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »
Operation Rehash: Hoon-jung’s Sophomore Film Glossy Entertainment
Director Park Hoon-jung, perhaps best known for his screenplays for a pair of 2010 titles like The Unjust, and particularly, I Saw the Devil, attempts to tackle the gangster genre with his sophomore directorial effort, New World. While the proceedings are admittedly more exciting than the overtly generic title may imply, and Hoon-jung manages to maintain a complicated number of narrative strands and wide array of characters without resulting in a convoluted hodge podge as evident in some of his previous works, there’s the nagging feeling that there’s nothing innately new and fresh about where he takes the narrative. That said there are a handful of extremely entertaining sequences and more than enough posturing to satisfy hardcore fans looking for a G fix.
Chairman Seok, the head of the notorious Goldmoon crime syndicate, dies in a fatal car accident before the »
- Nicholas Bell
Exclusive Clip And Poster: Lee Jung-Jae Bleeds For Justice In This Clip From New World
21 March 2013 12:45 PM, PDT | Twitch | See recent Twitch news »
Ah, the drama is thick in this one. New World is the gangster thriller from director Park Hoon-Jung (2011's The Showdown, he also wrote I Saw the Devil), starring Lee Jung-Jae and Oldboy star Choi Min-Sik as an undercover cop and his handler attempting to bust open a vulnerable crime syndicate. We've got a clip below of Lee in action as well as this exclusive character poster from the film. Here's the official synopsis: The head of the Goldmoon crime syndicate is dead, leaving his top two lieutenants. Seizing the opportunity, the police launch an operation called "New World," with the perfect weapon. The boss' right hand man, Ja-sung (Lee Jung-jae, The Thieves), has been a deep-cover operative for 8 years, closely watched by handler...
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‘G.I. Joe: Retaliation’ Featurette On Storm Shadow
6 March 2013 11:30 AM, PST | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
G.I. Joe: Retaliation will finally be knocking down our doors with manliness come the end of March. In order to prepare us for the brilliance of it all, we have a new feature looking at surprise survivor Storm Shadow, portrayed by Korean sensation Lee Byung Hun, famous for his roles in I Saw The Devil, A Bittersweet Life, Jsa, and The Good The Bad The Weird. Despite apparently being dead at the end of the last chapter, Storm Shadow is back and ready to fight against his old friend Snake Eyes (Ray Park). Their big fight looks fantastic, and it’s clear a lot of thought has gone into the progression of this character.
G.I. Joe: Retaliation is set for release 29th March 2013. It stars Dwayne Johnson, Bruce Willis, Channing Tatum, Ray Park, Adrianne Palicki, RZA, Jonathan Pryce, Lee Byung Hun, and Ray Stevenson.
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- Luke Ryan Baldock
Nato And Remy’s Last Stand: First Ever Horror Oscars…I Mean…Igor Awards!
28 February 2013 6:56 PM, PST | We Got This Covered | See recent We Got This Covered news »
Another year, another Oscar season where I’m helplessly forced to watch my beloved horror genre be pushed to the wayside by snoody Hollywood A-listers who ignore a genre which gave some of them an early shot. So many young aspiring actors with names like George Clooney and Tom Hanks started out with bit parts in horror movies, but now that they’re hot-shots, all the fun of horror is ignored? C’mon, I’ll give the Best Makeup Oscar winners my respect, but really Les Misérables? Sure, you use some rosy-red rouge or grimy filth to put your characters in perspective, but what about the makeup artists who bring the dead to life, or make us believe someone has just been decapitated!? Where is their award!
God bless Spike TV for trying to bring a yearly horror awards show to the fans, introducing the Sci-Fi and Horror themed Scream Awards, »
- Matt Donato
Lead Actors: The Overlooked and Underrated
27 February 2013 2:18 PM, PST | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
This article is dedicated to Andrew Copp: filmmaker, film writer, artist and close friend who passed away on January 19, 2013. You are loved and missed, brother.
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Looking at the Best Actor Academy Award nominations for the film year 2012, the one miss that clearly cries out for more attention is Liam Neeson’s powerful performance in Joe Carnahan’s excellent survival film The Grey, easily one of the best roles of Neeson’s career.
In Neeson’s case, his lack of a nomination was a case of neglect similar to the Albert Brooks snub in the Best Supporting Actor category for the film year 2011 for Drive(Nicolas Winding Refn, USA).
Along with negligence, other factors commonly prevent outstanding lead acting performances from getting the kind of critical attention they deserve. Sometimes it’s that the performance is in a film not considered “Oscar material” or even worthy of any substantial critical attention. »
- Terek Puckett
Well Go picks up New World
16 February 2013 10:59 PM, PST | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
Park Hoon-jung's New World starring Lee Jung-jae lands at Well Go for U.S. distribution Well Go USA have picked up N. American right to New World which is set to open in theaters in 15 markets on March 22nd (Chicago, Toronto, New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Las Vegas, Seattle, San Diego, Honolulu, Dallas, Houston, Washington D.C., Philadelphia, Detroit, Toronto and Vancouver) Directed by Park Hoon-jung (I Saw the Devil), New World stars Lee Jung-jae of The Housemaid, Oldboy's Choi Min-sik and Jung-min Hwang of Shiri. The story tells of a detective (played by Lee) who, after infiltrating a gang, ends up caught between a police officer (Choi) and the the second in command (Hwang). »
Well Go picks up New World
16 February 2013 10:59 PM, PST | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
Park Hoon-jung's New World starring Lee Jung-jae lands at Well Go for U.S. distribution Well Go USA have picked up N. American right to New World which is set to open in theaters in 15 markets on March 22nd (Chicago, Toronto, New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Las Vegas, Seattle, San Diego, Honolulu, Dallas, Houston, Washington D.C., Philadelphia, Detroit, Toronto and Vancouver) Directed by Park Hoon-jung (I Saw the Devil), New World stars Lee Jung-jae of The Housemaid, Oldboy's Choi Min-sik and Jung-min Hwang of Shiri. The story tells of a detective (played by Lee) who, after infiltrating a gang, ends up caught between a police officer (Choi) and the the second in command (Hwang). »
Well Go to Show North America a New World on March 22
15 February 2013 7:41 AM, PST | Twitch | See recent Twitch news »
Well Go USA has just picked up the Korean gangland saga New World for North American distribution during the European Film Market. Choi Min-sik (Oldboy, Nameless Gangster) stars as a gruff police captain who sends an agent (Lee Jeong-jae, The Thieves) undercover into the country's biggest crime syndicate. However, he soon finds himself with split loyalties when the gang's number two (Hwang Jeong-min, A Bittersweet Life) takes a shine to him.New World is directed by Park Hoon-jeong, who is signing his second feature following the period wartime chamber piece The Showdown. However, Park is better known as the writer behind Ryoo Seung-wan's The Unjust and Kim Jee-woon's I Saw the Devil. While The Showdown was not an excellent feature, it nonetheless evidenced a strong director's touch, something we...
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Well Go USA Picks Up Korean Thriller 'New World' Out of Berlin
14 February 2013 2:27 PM, PST | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
Well Go USA Entertainment has picked up all North American rights (including theatrical, non-theatrical, home video, TV and digital/electronic) for the Korean action thriller "New World" out of Berlin. The film will open theatrically in 15 markets on March 22, 2013, including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit, Toronto, Vancouver, Washington DC, Philadelphia, Seattle, Las Vegas, Atlanta, Houston, Dallas, San Diego and Honolulu. Directed by Park Hoon-jung (writer of "I Saw the Devil") and starring Lee Jung-jae ("The Housemaid"), Choi Min-sik ("Oldboy") and Jung-min Hwang ("Shiri"), "New World" follows a detective (Lee) who goes infiltrates a gang, only to find himself caught between the second in command (Hwang) and a police officer (Choi). "'New World' is one of those rare gangster movies that keep you pinned to your seat," according to Well Go's president Doris »
- Alison Willmore
The Last Stand Review: A Solid, Undemanding Comeback For Arnie
24 January 2013 3:51 PM, PST | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
After a decade away from the big screen, chipping away at the political arena and teasing us with several enthusiastic cameo appearances, it appears that Arnold Schwarzenegger is back for good. His first starring role since Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines sees the beloved action star at arguably his most self-aware, a savvy move which allows skilled South Korean director Kim Ji-woon (A Bittersweet Life, The Good, The Bad and the Weird, I Saw the Devil) to stage several kinetic firefights around the actor without causing him to stand out as some of his old-school contemporaries tend to in films such as this.
Primarily geared towards those old enough to have been reared on a healthy diet of the actor’s golden run of action movies during the 1980s and 90s, The Last Stand might not do much for younger audiences, but for those prepared to give in to nostalgia, »
- Shaun Munro
Kim Jee-Woon (part one)
23 January 2013 11:22 AM, PST | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
There is no greater time to kick this article into life for 2013 than with the release of the year’s first English language debut from a Korean director. That director is Kim Jee Woon and that film in question is the Last Stand, his English language debut and even more inexplicably Arnie’s return to action cinema (ignore the inert expendables 2). As part of our look at Kim Jee Woon, we shall be breaking his catalogue into three parts. This is the first part in which I will be covering his two breakout films, action thriller a bittersweet life, and the vastly superior (to its genre kin) a tale of two sisters. After that, it’s the stabby violence of I saw a devil and the western cool of the good, the bad and the weird. After which we close out with the quiet family (later ‘remade’ by Takashi Miike »
- Rob Simpson
The Last Stand Review
21 January 2013 4:01 PM, PST | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
Towards the end of The Last Stand, Ray Owens (Arnold Schwarzenegger) struggles to his feet and is asked ‘How are you, sheriff?’ ‘Old’, Owens replies, in a decidedly un-American accent. ‘Ah, you got a ways to go yet’, the local reassures, mercifully stopping short of winking at the camera, given the carnage we’ve just witnessed.
Tongue-in-cheek dialogue aside, it’s a neat précis of the pros and cons of Schwarzenegger’s first leading role since 2003’s Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. The Last Stand is tonally schizophrenic, formulaic to the point of parody and lacking any real sense of place or logic.
Conversely, it’s knowing, fun, and packed with so many fights and quips that Lionsgate could have conceivably have plastered ‘He’s still got it, honest’ on the posters (perhaps in the place of Johnny Knoxville, whose minor role certainly doesn’t merit equal billing with »
- Lewis Bazley
Stoker Teases With Disturbing New Trailer As Film Plays Sundance
21 January 2013 9:51 AM, PST | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
Over the weekend, celebrated South Korean director Kim Jee-woon transitioned to the States for the Hollywood genre thriller The Last Stand with Arnold Schwarzenegger after earning a cult following with I Saw the Devil and The Good, the Bad and the Weird. The movie tanked. Now our eyes are turning to Park Chan-wook, director of Oldboy and Thirst who is dipping his toe into the U.S. pool with Stoker, and early reviews are off-the-charts good. Stoker recently screened at the Sundance Film Festival. Katey teased it in her latest Sundance video blog (and if you aren.t watching these missives, catch up now). And Variety gave the movie a rave, while also acknowledging that it has more power as a future cult movie instead of a crossover, mainstream hit. As we get ready for the film.s March release, here's a short, international trailer that disturbs with its deliberate »
‘The Last Stand’ and ‘The Good, The Bad, The Weird’ – Sordid Cinema Podcast #49
21 January 2013 12:43 AM, PST | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
South Korea’s Kim Jee-Woon has been a Sound on Sight favorite for some time, having created diverse, sprawling, and beautifully realized genre pieces like I Saw the Devil and A Tale of Two Sisters. He now makes his American debut with, of all things, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s comeback vehicle The Last Stand. Ricky, Edgar and Simon see if Jee-Woon’s style translates, while also taking a look back at the director’s epic western/martial-arts/comedy hybrid The Good, The Bad, The Weird.
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Review: The Last Stand
19 January 2013 11:30 AM, PST | Slackerwood | See recent Slackerwood news »
The Expendables 2 was only a mild teaser of the legendary Arnold Schwarzenegger's return to making action films. What we've really been waiting for is his own action vehicle, and it finally hits theaters this week in The Last Stand. There's an added element to this movie that makes it special and ramps up the anticipation, at least for a few movie fans.
The Last Stand marks Korean director Jee-woon Kim's first American film. He's directed some amazing films, among them I Saw the Devil, The Good, the Bad, the Weird and A Tale of Two Sisters. He's proven to be a director who can handle violence with ease, and is able to get great performances out of some memorable villains. The quality of The Last Stand isn't quite up to par with the level of quality in his earlier Korean films, but some of his signature elements »
- J.C. De Leon
Weekend Movie Reviews: 'The Last Stand,' 'Broken City' And 'Mama' Hit Theaters (Photos)
18 January 2013 10:14 AM, PST | Moviefone | See recent Moviefone news »
For one of the better box office weekends in January, three -- (count 'em three!) -- films will be released this Friday. Arnold Schwarzenegger gets back in the leading man saddle with "The Last Stand." The action flick from Kim Jee-Woon ("I Saw the Devil") imagines Ah-nuld as a border patrol sheriff charged with making sure a drug lord doesn't escape to Mexico. If you'd like your action a little more hard-boiled, Mark Wahlberg's turn in the noir-esque "Broken City" should be right up your alley. Here, Wahlberg plays a cop-turned-private-eye who is hired by New York's mayor (Russel Crowe) and winds up smack dab in the middle of a life-or-death scandal. But if it's horror you're hankering for this weekend, check out the Jessica Chastain-led "Mama." The Golden Globe-winning actress stars in Guillermo del Toro's supernatural thriller, which follows two young girls -- believed to be »
- Jessie Heyman
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