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Catch Him to Survive (2016)

Catch Him to Survive poster
Original title
잡아야 산다
Directed by
In-chun Oh
Genre
action film, action comedy film
Country
South Korea
Runtime
1h 36m
Rated
R15+
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 26 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A top CEO and a homicide detective both lose a valuable item to the same gang of rebellious high school students. They each desperately chase the gang through a series of mishaps to get their belongings back.

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What happens

Chasing (Korean: 잡아야 산다; RR: Jabaya sanda; lit. 'Catch Him to Survive') is a 2016 South Korean action comedy film about a top CEO (played by Kim Seung-woo) who has his cellphone stolen by a fearless gang of male high-school students led by the rebellious Han Won-tae (played by Hyuk of VIXX, in his film debut) and homicide detective (played by Kim Jung-tae) who loses his gun to the same gang of high-school students. Both the gun and the cellphone are very valuable to the CEO and detective. Hence, begins a fast-paced pursuit in order to retrieve their items back from the gang. The film was directed by Oh In-chun (the director of Mourning Grave) and released in theaters on January 7, 2016. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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