26 Years (2012)

Original title

26년

Directed by

Cho Geun-hyeon

Genre

action film, thriller film

Country

South Korea

Runtime

2h 15m

Rated

15

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 74 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 2012 South Korea, five ordinary people including a sports shooter and a gangster plot to kill the man who ordered a 1980 massacre in Gwangju. They work together over years to carry out their revenge.

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What happens

26 Years (Korean: 26년; RR: 26 nyeon) is a 2012 South Korean film based on the popular 2006 manhwa serialized online by manhwaga Kang Full. It is the fictional story of five ordinary people (a sports shooter, a gangster, a policeman, a businessman, and head of a private security firm) who band together in order to assassinate the man responsible for the massacre of innocent civilians in Gwangju in May 1980. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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