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Ajeossi (2010)

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A quiet pawnshop keeper with a violent past takes on a drug-and-organ trafficking ring in hope of saving the child who is his only friend.

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Hee-won Kim ...
Seong-oh Kim ...
Jong-seok
Jong-pil Lee ...
Detective No
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Hyo-seo Kim ...
Hyo-jeong
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Old Woman (as Soo-ryeon Baek)
Kyeong-eup Nam ...
Section Chief
Do-won Jeong ...
Detective Park (as Jeong Do-won)
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Detective Kim
Seok-hyeon Jo ...
Moon Dal-seo
Sang-Kyeong Son ...
Bear
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Storyline

An ex-special agent CHA Tae-shik's only connection to the rest of the world is a little girl, So-mi, who lives nearby. Her mother, Hyo-jeong smuggles drugs from a drug trafficking organization and entrusts Tae-shik with the product, without letting him know. The traffickers find out about her smuggling and kidnap both Hyo-jeong and So-mi. The gang promises to release them if Tae-shik makes a delivery for them, however it actually is a larger plot to eliminate a rival drug ring leader. When Hyo-jeon's disemboweled body is discovered, Tae-shik realizes that So-mi's life may also be in danger. Tae-shik becomes enraged at the prospect that So-mi may already be dead and prepares for a battle, putting his own life at risk. Written by Anonymous

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Action | Crime | Thriller

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Rated R for strong bloody violence, pervasive language, drug content and brief nudity | See all certifications »

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5 August 2010 (South Korea)  »

Also Known As:

The Man from Nowhere  »

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Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$35,751, 1 October 2010, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$6,460, 17 February 2017

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$43,059,790, 18 November 2010
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2.35 : 1
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Trivia

The phone Cha Tae-Sik uses is a Samsung A900M. See more »

Quotes

Tae-Sik Cha: You live only for tomorrow.
Man-seok: What?
Tae-Sik Cha: The ones that live for tomorrow, get fucked by the ones living for today.
Man-seok: What are you babbling about?
Tae-Sik Cha: I only live for today. I'll show you just how fucked up that can be.
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Remade as Rocky Handsome (2016) See more »

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Dear
by Mad Soul Child
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Wow
15 March 2011 | by – See all my reviews

Simply wow.

A lot of people are put off by foreign language films and I hope those people don't let that stop them from watching this.

It has all the panache of a typical Hollywood film and I have to disagree with some comments that the back-story aspect is lacking compared with the action; my exact thoughts when watching this film were along the lines of "I cannot believe how genuine the character development is". The bond between the two main characters is extremely believable (huge props to the actress who played the young kid). I thought the fact that the film wasn't edited down to the hour-and-half standard probably gave them more room to develop and for an action film, there was much more intelligence than I was expecting to the story.

One of the best films I have seen in a long time.

9/10


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