A violent prosecutor

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Movie
German title A violent prosecutor
Original title Geomsaoejeon ( 검사 외전 )
Country of production South Korea
original language Korean
Publishing year 2016
length 126 minutes
Rod
Director Lee Il-hyung
script Lee Il-hyung
music Hwang Sang-jun
camera Choe Chan-min
cut Kim Sang-bum,
Kim Jae-beom
occupation

A Violent Prosecutor (Original title: Geomsaoejeon ) is a 2016 film by the South Korean director Lee Il-hyung .

action

There are riots during demonstrations against the buildings in a bird sanctuary. As a result, public opinion swings in favor of the company. Prosecutor Byun Jae-wook is convinced that the company hired gangsters who dressed as protesters and eventually attacked the police in order to cast a bad light on the protesters. Jae-wook uses brutal methods. There are complaints with his supervisor Jong-gil, who then withdraws the case from him. But Jae-wook continues and interrogates a witness who dies in custody overnight. Jae-wook is charged with murder and sentenced to 15 years in prison.

Jae-wook is having a tough time in prison at first as some of the inmates were convicted on his cases. But over time, Jae-wook's knowledge as a successful public prosecutor can make friends among the police officers and inmates and expand his network through favors. He would like to reopen the case and plead innocent. The interrogated died of shortness of breath due to asthma . But Jae-wook is certain that he had the asthma spray in the interrogation room. But the reprocessing is rejected.

The new inmate Chi-won arrives at the prison. During a television report about migratory birds in the canteen, he recited the same text that the interrogated person told Jae-wook at the time. Jae-wook is curious and wants to know where he got this text from. But Chi-won declines, he says he is interested in birds. Jae-wook offers to help with Chi-won's case and can give his lawyer a valuable tip, whereupon Chi-won will be acquitted at the next court hearing. He helps Jae-wook gather evidence that Woo Jong-gil is behind it all.

reception

A Violent Prosecutor was released in South Korean cinemas on February 3, 2016 and reached over 9.7 million viewers. For Clarence Tsui from the Hollywood Reporter , the film is an energetic action spectacle, with some logic errors by the young director Lee Il-hyung , which is again due to the chemistry between the two protagonists Hwang and Gang and the editing by Kim Sang-bum and Kim Jae-beom made up for.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A Violent Prosecutor (2016). In: Korean Film Biz Zone. KOFIC, accessed June 25, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Clarence Tsui: 'A Violent Prosecutor' ('Geom-sa-we-jeon'): Film Review. In: The Hollywood Reporter . August 23, 2016, accessed June 25, 2019 .