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Chaser, The (DVD) (Region-ALL)
 
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Audio Format: DTS 5.1, DD 5.1
Video Format: Widescreen 2.35:1 (Anamorphic)
Languages: Korean
Subtitles: English, Korean
Region Code: ALL
Year Made: 2008
Running Time: 125
Release Date: 12/02/2008
The Korean blockbuster film 'The Chaser' (directed by Na Hong-jin, Bidangil Production Company) has attracted more than four million moviegoers since its release on February 14 2008. 'Chaser' has become the second Korean film to attract more than four million moviegoers this year after 'Forever the Moment'. The former exceeded the figure only 34 days after its release while the latter took 39 days to exceed the four million mark. The figure is more significant for 'The Chaser' as it is rated R.
South Korea's surprise hit, "The Chaser", a tensely-paced crime-thriller directed by Na Hong-jin, has had its remake rights picked up by Warner Bros. for an impressive US$1 million. Since its local release Feb.14, the film has climbed to the top of the local box office, grossing about US$25 million thus far.
Asian remake king Roy Lee snapped up rights from international sales house Fine Cut and has set up the project with Warner Bros. Lee is known as a force behind many successful remakes of Asian films including Infernal Affairs (as The Departed), The Grudge (from Japan), The Lake House (Korea's "Il Mare"), and Shutter (Thailand.) With hopes to repeat the success of The Departed, Warner Bros. has slated that film's star, Leonardo DiCaprio for the remake, with writer William Monahan attached to pen the adaptation. "The Chaser" is director NA's debut feature and was made on a relatively small budget with two low-profile lead actors. Along with success at home, the film also did well abroad, selling at Berlin's European Film Market to France, Belgium, Greece, the Netherlands, and Hong Kong. Produced by Bidangil, the film is distributed locally by Showbox and represented internationally by new sales outfit Fine Cut.
While giving the much-exploited genre a novel edge, it's a classic edge-of-the-seat experience with pulsating action, cynical comic relief and elusively gripping characters. Two hours fly by in no time. "The Chaser" marks director Na Hong-jin's feature film debut. He made a name for himself in the international scene for shorts like "A Perfect Red Snapper Dish", and presents an original story that was three years in the making. Here, the cat-and-mouse game is not between the police and criminal: In American parlance, a less-than-average Joe tracks down a serial murderer, while the corrupt police and public prosecutors prove to be rather useless.
Kim Yoon-seok, the award-winning supporting actor from "Tazza: The High Rollers" ("The War Of Flower") and the familiar face from "The Happy Life", nails down his first lead role. Jung-ho is an antihero who gives a bad first impression. He's a former cop who got fired for bribery, and now runs a so-called door-to-door masseuse service, which is really a sordid call girl business.Jung-ho is in a sour mood as one call girl vanishes after another. When Mi-jin (Seo Yeong-hee) disappears he notices that they've gone missing after getting a call from the same client, or cell phone number.He suspects human trafficking and sets out to catch the culprit, grumbling how much money he had paid for the girls. "4885 ? that's you, right? If I catch you, you're dead", he says. Jung-ho does track him down, but it's far from heroic. He accidentally crashes into the guy while driving recklessly."I didn't traffic them… I killed them. But that woman (Mi-jin) is probably alive", killer Ji Myeong-min (Ha Jeong-woo) "casually" mentions to the police. What's more, he can't seem to remember the exact number of his victims, was it 10 or 12 ?
The police have hit the jackpot, as Myeong-min claims to be responsible for a bunch of unsolved serial murders. They try to put a case together in a desperate attempt to save face after a notorious incident that had literally dung-slapped the Seoul mayor.While the cops are busy poking around in all the wrong places to retrieve evidence, Jung-ho, convinced that Mi-jin is still alive, embarks on his own investigation. It's because she is a valuable asset for business, not a sense of social responsibility.But corrupt politics among the police and prosecutors, media play and other mishaps set the killer free. A breathtaking chase ensues.
Ex-cop pimp Jung-ho is irritated because his girls keep disappearing without clearing their debts. One night, he gets a call from a customer and sends Mi-jin. Jung-ho realizes the phone number of the customer matches that of the calls the missing girls got last. As something smells fishy, he searches for her. During his search, Jung-ho dents a car in the alley. When Jung-ho spots blood splattered on the driver’s shirt, he senses the man, Young-min, is the suspect. After an intense chase, Jung-ho catches Young-min. But because of Jung-ho’s pretense as a cop, they are both taken to the police station. At the station, the man bluntly confesses he has killed the missing women, and the last girl, Mi-jin, may still be alive. As the whole police force is obsessed with a random search for corpses, Jung-ho is the only one who believes Mi-jin is still alive. With only 12 hours left to detain the serial killer without a warrant, Jung-ho’s hunt begins, searching for Mi-jin entrapped in a place nobody knows.
Special Features :
- Audio Commentaries
- Glossy Slipcase
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