Open City - hunters and the hunted

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Movie
German title Open City - hunters and the hunted
Original title Mubanngbi Dosi ( 무방비 도시 )
Country of production South Korea
original language Korean
Publishing year 2008
length 112 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Lee Sang-ki
script Lee Sang-ki
production Jeun Ho-jin
music Lee Uk-hyeon
camera Seo Jeong-min
Shin Ok-hyun
cut Sin Min-gyeong
occupation

Open City is a South Korean thriller that premiered on January 10, 2008.

The film is a co-production by Sovik Venture Capital DCG Plus and Ssamzie Entertainment , through the subsidiary Samzzi IVision . International distribution was taken over by CJ Entertainment .

action

There are differences between his new boss Oh and Jo about how to deal with female law breakers. In a flashback, the treatment of Kang Man-ok is shown. It is also worked out that Kang is Jo's mother, who has not taken care of her children for twenty years.

Baek Jang-mi is a handbag thief who wants to gain power over all handpockets. Her opponents include the twin pair Hong Ki-taek and Hong Yong-taek. Hong Ki-taek is still in prison. When Baek Jang-mi is roaming around his area, Hong Yong-Taek, with the help of his gang, catches her and beats her. When policeman Jo Dae-yeong sees this, he steps in. He wants to interview her in a café, but when he gets the coffee for both of them, she suddenly disappears. Later, during his investigation, Jo discovers that she is a thief known to the police. He drives a colleague to her tattoo studio and questions her. She gives him useful hints about the machinations of other gangs, but protests her innocence. In this way she gets her opponents out of the way with the help of the police.

technology

The film was filmed on 35 mm film in widescreen format , with an aspect ratio of 1.85: 1 (16.65: 9). The sound effects and music are in 5.1 Dolby Digital - audio format recorded.

Publications

In the first four weeks after the premiere, 1,575,688 cinema-goers saw the film. The international distribution, with the exception of the Netherlands , is organized by the company CJ Entertainment . Splendid Film is responsible for sales in the Netherlands .

The German-language version of the film was available for rental from September 26, 2008, and the German-language DVD has been available for purchase since October 31, 2008 .

criticism

" [...]" Open City "is far from being bad, but it is not much more than elegantly packaged trash. Even the action comes unmotivated, the best example at the beginning when the cops beat up the occupants of a car and this only serves the purpose of providing some oomph. Later there are several opportunities for brawls, a little better integrated into the story, but still forced. The best keyword for the whole film: forced. The script crunches, the tricks are too obvious. The director tries too tense to wrap the audience around his finger. And fails. Nearly. Nonetheless, the supercooled film ran properly in [South] Korean cinemas and should therefore be expanded into a series. Somehow it fits: I could well imagine the material as a thriller soap opera. [...] "

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for Open City - hunters and hunted . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , August 2008 (PDF; test number: 115 116 V / DVD / UMD).
  2. ↑ a b IMDb (ed.): Open city . ( HTML [accessed October 8, 2011]).
  3. ↑ HanCinema (Ed.): Open City (Movie - 2007) . ( HTML [accessed October 8, 2011]).
  4. ↑ Darcy Paquet (Ed.): Korean Film List 2008 . Theatrical Releases in 2008. ( HTML [accessed October 8, 2011]).
  5. ^ Society for film and media criticism eV (Hrsg.): Open City . ( HTML [accessed October 8, 2011]).
  6. ↑ molodezhnaja.ch (Ed.): Open City (South Korea, 2008) . May 8, 2008 ( HTML [accessed October 9, 2011]).