Underplayed Gems

Rough Cut (2008)

Rough Cut poster
Original title
영화는 영화다
Directed by
So Ji-sub, Jang Hoon, Kim Ki-duk
Genre
action film, crime film
Country
South Korea
Runtime
1h 53m
Rated
19
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 93 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A famous actor wants real violence for his role in a gangster film. He meets a real gangster and they trade places blurring the line between movie violence and real life.

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What happens

Rough Cut (Korean: 영화는 영화다; lit. 'A Movie is a Movie') is a 2008 South Korean action film. It is the debut feature of director Jang Hoon and based on an original story by Kim Ki-duk. The film had a total of 1,307,688 admissions nationwide. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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