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Born to Kill

Original title: Bon too kil
  • 1996
  • 1h 50m
IMDb RATING
5.2/10
192
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Jung Woo-sung and Shim Eun-ha in Born to Kill (1996)
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Kil is a professional hitman, who leads a very lonely life composed of a pack of Marlboro, instant noodle, cash in the freezer, a knife, a motorcycle and Chichi, a pet monkey. But when he bu... Read allKil is a professional hitman, who leads a very lonely life composed of a pack of Marlboro, instant noodle, cash in the freezer, a knife, a motorcycle and Chichi, a pet monkey. But when he bumped into a beautiful call girl Suha, his life could never be the same...Kil is a professional hitman, who leads a very lonely life composed of a pack of Marlboro, instant noodle, cash in the freezer, a knife, a motorcycle and Chichi, a pet monkey. But when he bumped into a beautiful call girl Suha, his life could never be the same...

  • Director
    • Hyeon-su Jang
  • Writers
    • Hyeon-su Jang
    • Mu-yeong Lee
    • Hae-sung Song
  • Stars
    • Jung Woo-sung
    • Shim Eun-ha
    • Jo Kyeong-hwan
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.2/10
    192
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Hyeon-su Jang
    • Writers
      • Hyeon-su Jang
      • Mu-yeong Lee
      • Hae-sung Song
    • Stars
      • Jung Woo-sung
      • Shim Eun-ha
      • Jo Kyeong-hwan
    • 1User review
    • 3Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 10 nominations total

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    Jung Woo-sung
    Jung Woo-sung
    • Kil
    Shim Eun-ha
    Shim Eun-ha
    • Suha
    • (as Eun-ha Shim)
    Jo Kyeong-hwan
    Jo Kyeong-hwan
    • Boss
    • (as Kyeong-hwan Jo)
    Kim Hak-cheol
    • CEO Yeom
    • (as Hak-Cheol Kim)
    Myeong Gye-nam
    Myeong Gye-nam
    • In-hak
    • (as Gye-nam Myeong)
    Jung Doo-hong
    Jung Doo-hong
    • Employee
    Kim Hae-gon
    • Man
    • (as Hae-gon Kim)
    Jun-hyeong Jo
    • Yakuza
    • Director
      • Hyeon-su Jang
    • Writers
      • Hyeon-su Jang
      • Mu-yeong Lee
      • Hae-sung Song
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    5j_eyon

    Action - Average; Shim Eun Ah - Wonderful; Chinese transfer - Poor

    an average sympathetic contract killer story - with moody 1-dimensional Jung Woo Sung bringing little beyond his pretty boy looks and chipmunk cheeks - the director must have told him in the beginning - "just act moody all thru this film"

    the action is pretty mundane - but the romance added a little spice with pretty Shim Eun Ah playing an extremely forward barmaid with singing ambitions - she needs to be cuz our killer is - believe it or not - girl shy

    the romance takes up most of the middle part of the film - with the so-called action taking up Parts 1 and 3

    i must warn you about the Chinese DVD version I saw - distributed by Sky Entertainment - it has a terrible transfer - scenes in the dark were barely discernible - fortunately - those scenes were mostly in Part 1

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    • Release date
      • April 20, 1996 (South Korea)
    • Country of origin
      • South Korea
    • Language
      • Korean
    • Also known as
      • Bon too kil
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      1 hour 50 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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