The Divine Move (2014)

A professional baduk player infiltrates his local underground gambling scene to avenge his brother's death.

Director:

Beom-gu Cho

Writer:

Seong-hyeob Yu (as Sung-Hyub Yu)

Stars:

Kil-kang Ahn, Sung-Ki Ahn, Greg Chun

1 win & 7 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Kil-kang Ahn	...	Heo Mok-soo (as Kil-Kang Ahn)
Sung-Ki Ahn	...	Joo-nim (as Sung-kee Ahn)
Greg Chun	...	Adari (voice)
Marc Diraison	...	Carpenter Heo (voice)
Dorothy Elias-Fahn	...	Open-tail (voice) (as Johanna Luis)
Todd Haberkorn	...	Tricks (voice) (as Todd Stone)
Choi Jin-Hyuk	...	Sun-soo (as Jin-Hyeok Choi)
Hae-Kyun Jung	...	Bullseye
Woo-sung Jung	...	Tae-seok
In-kwon Kim	...	Kkong-soo
William Frederick Knight	...	Drunken Christ (voice) (as William Knight)
Beom-su Lee	...	Sal-soo
Si-young Lee	...	Bae-kkob
Ben Lepley	...	Tae-seok (voice)
Erica Lindbeck	...	Navel (voice)

Storyline

Professional baduk player Tae-seok loses a high-stakes game to infamous underground gambler Sal-soo, and ends up framed for the murder of his own brother and locked up in prison. He vows revenge and trains ferociously. After serving his seven-year sentence, he gets in touch with his brother's former associate "Tricks," hermit and blind master player "The Lord," and skillful junkyard owner Mok-su; together, they begin formulating a plan to get back at Sal-soo and his men. Tae-seok slowly penetrates Sal-soo's inner circle and his gambling joint, and eliminates Sal-soo's men one by one. But Sal-soo discovers Tae-seok's true identity and engages him in one final game that will seal the fates of the two men involved.

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Plot Keywords:

brother | 

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Genres:

Action | Crime

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Connections

Spin-off The Divine Move 2: The Wrathful (2019)

User Reviews

Wanna Play?

This film is based around the game of Go (Baduk). Go is considered to be one of, if not the hardest board game to play. It is also considered the oldest board game having originated in China approximately 2500 years ago. Go is a strategic game which requires great focus and presence of mind to capture your opponent. The game is still extremely popular and in this film it is played with high stakes.

The main character is a professional player and when asked by his brother to help him win a game, things go terribly wrong, his brother is murdered and he ends up in prison. While in prison, he makes fast friends with a mob boss by winning a game against the warden in which the mob boss gets a request granted. He asked the mobster to return him the favor by having his henchmen train him to skillfully fight so that when he leaves prison he can avenge his brother's death. That is the plot of the movie.

I don't really know much about the game of Go but the folks in this film have made the game a building stone of their criminal enterprise. There is a lot of money, talent and blood wrapped up in this game. Some of the characters are like or dislikeable enough but I think that the film could have benefited from more character building. The action sequences were the highlight. They were quick, well shot and fairly brutal keeping you on the edge of your seat.

It is a decent film. Check it out if you are looking for a bit of action.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Website

Country:

South Korea

Language:

Korean Hindi

Release Date:

25 July 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Divine Move

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$49,057, 27 July 2014

Gross USA:

$136,707

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$27,926,871

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

118 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1