Hostage: Missing Celebrity (2021)

Original title

인질

Directed by

Pil Gam-seong

Genre

action film

Country

South Korea

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

15

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 40 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A top South Korean film star is kidnapped and realizes his captors are serious when they demand a large ransom. He must find a way to survive and escape within 24 hours.

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What happens

Hostage: Missing Celebrity (Korean: 인질; RR: Injil) is a 2021 South Korean action thriller film, written and directed by Pil Gam-sung in his directional debut. It is based on the 2015 Chinese film Saving Mr. Wu. Starring Hwang Jung-min, the film follows the kidnapping of Korean top film star Hwang Jung-min, who initially believes it's a prank until he realizes the kidnappers are demanding a huge ransom within 24 hours. The film was scheduled for release in 2020 but it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Hostage: Missing Celebrity was theatrically released on August 18, 2021. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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