Jo Pil-ho: The Dawning Rage (2019)
- Original title
- 악질경찰
- Directed by
- Lee Jeong-beom
- Genre
- drama film, action film, crime film, thriller film
- Country
- South Korea
- Runtime
- 2h 07m
- Rated
- 16
- Rating
- 6.1 of 10 from 126 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A disgraced homicide detective is suspected of blowing up a police warehouse. He teams up with a teenage girl to uncover a conspiracy while evading attacks from those involved.
tensegrittyaction-packedbleakcorrupturgentviolentconspiracy-driven
What happens
Jo Pil-ho: The Dawning Rage (Korean: 악질경찰; RR: Akjilgyeongchal; lit. 'Bad Police') is a 2019 South Korean action film written and directed by Lee Jeong-beom. Starring Lee Sun-kyun, Jeon So-nee, and Park Hae-joon in the lead roles, this is director Lee's fourth feature length film as a director and his first since No Tears for the Dead, which was released in 2014. The film follows a corrupt homicide detective whose involvement in a police warehouse explosion is suspected, and seeks the help of a teenage girl to uncover the conspiracy while being chased and attacked by the conspirators. Distributed theatrically by Warner Bros. Pictures, the film was released in South Korea on 20 March 2019 and received mixed reviews from critics. The action scenes and performances were praised but the writing and the implementation of a subplot related to the Sewol Ferry incident were criticized. It became a commercial failure, selling a total of 261,248 tickets before the end of its theatrical run. On 3 May 2019, it was made available to stream via Netflix. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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