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The City of Violence (2006)

The City of Violence poster
Original title
짝패
Directed by
Ryoo Seung-wan
Genre
action film, buddy film, martial arts film, thriller film
Country
South Korea
Runtime
1h 32m
Rated
19
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 151 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A detective returns to his hometown for a friend's funeral and reunites with old pals. Together they uncover a web of corruption and violence threatening their community.

intensegrittyexplosivebroodingnostalgicrawfast-pacedvisceral

What happens

The City of Violence (Korean: 짝패; RR: Jjakpae; lit. 'Partner; Pal') is a 2006 South Korean action film directed by Ryoo Seung-wan, who stars in the film, alongside Jung Doo-hong and Lee Beom-soo. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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