Public Enemy Returns
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Directed by | Kang Woo-suk |
Produced by | Kim Joo-sung Jeong Seon-yeong |
Written by | Jang Jin |
Starring | Sol Kyung-gu Jung Jae-young |
Music by | Jo Yeong-wook |
Cinematography | Kim Sung-bok |
Edited by | Ko Im-pyo |
Distributed by | CJ Entertainment |
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Running time
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127 minutes |
Country | South Korea |
Language | Korean |
Box office | US$27.2 million[1] |
Public Enemy Returns is a 2008 South Korean film directed by Kang Woo-suk. It is the sequel to Public Enemy (2002) and Another Public Enemy (2005), also directed by Kang.[2]
2007 was a poor year for South Korean cinema, largely due to the reduced screen quota from 146 to 73 days as part of the 2007 free trade agreement between the US and South Korea. This resulted in production costs rising, a series of box office failures, and the number of Korean films sold overseas dropping. During May 2008, only 7.8% of films shown in South Korea were Korean, the lowest level since records began in 2000.[3] It was hoped that the Korean film industry might rally behind Public Enemy Returns.[4][5] The film sold 4,337,983 tickets nationwide and was the 4th most attended film of 2008.[6][7]
Plot
In debt and out of money, Kang Chul-joong is tired of being a cop and looking to retire. But his boss gives him one last case, an investigation of the president of Geo Seong Enterprises, Lee Won-sool, and some recent murders.
Cast
- Sol Kyung-gu ... Kang Chul-joong
- Jung Jae-young ... Lee Won-sool
- Kang Shin-il ... Squad chief Uhm
- Lee Moon-sik ... An-soo
- Yoo Hae-jin ... Yong-man
- Kim Jeong-hak ... Detective Kim
- Kim Nam-gil (credited as Lee Han) ... Mun-su
- Moon Sung-keun ... Tae-san
- Lee Min-ho ... Jung Ha-yeon
Awards and nominations
- Nomination - Best Actor - Sol Kyung-gu
- Nomination - Best New Actor - Kim Nam-gil
- 2008 Korean Film Awards
- Nomination - Best Supporting Actor - Kang Shin-il
- Grand Prize for Film - Kang Woo-suk
- Nomination - Best Director - Kang Woo-suk
- Nomination - Best Actor - Sol Kyung-gu
- Nomination - Best Screenplay - Jang Jin
References
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External links
- Official website (Korean)
- Public Enemy Returns at the Korean Movie Database
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Public Enemy Returns at IMDb
- Public Enemy Returns at HanCinema
- ↑ "Box office by Country: Public Enemy Returns". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
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- ↑ Mark Russell (9 June 2008). "Korean boxoffice numbers still sliding". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2008-07-06.
- ↑ Peter Martin (18 June 2008). "Asian Cinema Scene: Will Public Enemy Save Korea?". Cinematical. Retrieved 2008-07-06.
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- ↑ "The Best Selling Films of 2008". Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
- ↑ "Kang Cheol-Jung : Public Enemy 1-1 - Awards". Cinemasie. Retrieved 2013-09-13.
- Pages with reference errors
- 2008 films
- Korean-language films
- Official website not in Wikidata
- Articles with Korean-language external links
- Films directed by Kang Woo-suk
- South Korean films
- 2000s action thriller films
- Police detective films
- South Korean action comedy films
- South Korean crime films
- Films about organized crime in Korea
- CJ Entertainment films