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Master

Original title: Ma-seu-teo
  • 20162016
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 2h 23m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
2.4K
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Lee Byung-hun, Dong-won Gang, and Woo-bin Kim in Master (2016)
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  • Action
  • Crime
South Korea's financial crime unit launches a manhunt for a con man involved in a nationwide financial fraud after he absconds with the money and takes on a new identity.South Korea's financial crime unit launches a manhunt for a con man involved in a nationwide financial fraud after he absconds with the money and takes on a new identity.South Korea's financial crime unit launches a manhunt for a con man involved in a nationwide financial fraud after he absconds with the money and takes on a new identity.
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
2.4K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Ui-seok Jo
  • Stars
    • Lee Byung-hun
    • Dong-won Gang
    • Woo-bin Kim
Top credits
  • Director
    • Ui-seok Jo
  • Stars
    • Lee Byung-hun
    • Dong-won Gang
    • Woo-bin Kim
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 6User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews
    • 53Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 nominations

    Videos2

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    Film Short 0:53
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    Trailer 0:54
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    Photos110

    Woo-bin Kim in Master (2016)
    Dong-won Gang and Woo-bin Kim in Master (2016)
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    Dong-won Gang in Master (2016)
    Lee Byung-hun in Master (2016)
    Lee Byung-hun in Master (2016)
    Woo-bin Kim in Master (2016)

    Top cast

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    Lee Byung-hun
    Lee Byung-hun
    • President Jinas President Jin
    Dong-won Gang
    Dong-won Gang
    • Kim Jae-Myungas Kim Jae-Myung
    • (as Gang Dong Won)
    Woo-bin Kim
    Woo-bin Kim
    • Park Jang-Goonas Park Jang-Goon
    Ji-won Uhm
    Ji-won Uhm
    • Shin Gemmaas Shin Gemma
    Dal-su Oh
    Dal-su Oh
    • Hwang Myung-Joonas Hwang Myung-Joon
    Jin Kyung
    Jin Kyung
    • Kim Eom-Maas Kim Eom-Ma
    Won-joong Jung
    • Chief of National Police Agencyas Chief of National Police Agency
    Tommy Arciniega
    Tommy Arciniega
    • Ahn Kyung-Namas Ahn Kyung-Nam
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    • (as Tom Bauer)
    Lei Arellano
    Lei Arellano
    • Bodyguardas Bodyguard
    Lee Do-guk
    Lee Do-guk
    • One network employeeas One network employee
    Woo Do-Hwan
    Woo Do-Hwan
    • An with baseball cap backwardsas An with baseball cap backwards
    Chris Hackney
    Chris Hackney
    • Park Jang-Goonas Park Jang-Goon
    • (English version)
    • (voice)
    Woo-Yeol Han
    • Onenetwork Employee #4as Onenetwork Employee #4
    Ian Ignacio
    Ian Ignacio
    • Bodyguardas Bodyguard
    Yull Jang
    • One Network employeeas One Network employee
    Bernard Laxa
    • Bodyguardas Bodyguard
    Don Rivera
    • Bodyguardas Bodyguard
    Chang Ryul
    • Won Network male employee #3as Won Network male employee #3
    • Director
      • Ui-seok Jo
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Quotes

      Kim Jae-Myung: We'll nail down this case and end him for good.

    • Alternate versions
      The NC16 rated version in Singapore has been edited to get a PG rating.

    User reviews6

    Review
    Top review
    6/10
    Made with class but has a few flaws that hold it back
    'Master' is a very cleanly made film. It looks good and it flows well. The story is tightly written, and while a little too stretched out, it has more than enough going for it to keep the viewer attentive and enjoying them self. It can be hard with foreign language films to judge the acting skills, but from what I could tell the actors did a fine job for the most part. You can tell a lot of time and care has gone into the making of this film.

    As previously mentioned, the story couldn't really justify a near 2 and half hour run time. 30 minutes of that could easily have been shaved off. Also a lack of action scenes for the a large portion of the movie can try your patience a little. There is also very little humour and when they do try some it mostly falls flat.

    The thing that held me back from really enjoying this though was the characters. Every single character seemed to be deplorable and that left no one to root for. The film tries to give certain characters a heart at different stages, but it falls short in achieving this. The villains in the film were excellent characters and very well written, the only problem being that that was almost every character in some way. Otherwise though it's a pretty harmless, if somewhat forgettable, little action film.
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    • Jan 7, 2017

    Details

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    • Release date
      • January 6, 2017 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • South Korea
    • Official sites
      • Official Distributor Website
      • Official site
    • Language
      • Korean
    • Also known as
      • Ông Trùm
    • Production company
      • Zip Cinema
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $597,251
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $72,821
      • Jan 1, 2017
    • Gross worldwide
      • $51,636,415
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 23 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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