The Man from Nowhere

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Movie
German title The Man from Nowhere
Original title Ajeossi ( 아저씨 )
Country of production South Korea
original language Korean
Publishing year 2010
length 119 minutes
Age rating FSK 18
Rod
Director Lee Jeong-beom
script Lee Jeong-beom
production Lee Tae-heon
music Shim Hyun-jung
camera Lee Tae-yoon
cut Kim Sang-bum
occupation

The Man from Nowhere ( korean. : 아저씨 Ajeossi ) is a South Korean action thriller from writer-director Lee Jeong-beom with Won Bin in the lead role. It was South Korea's most successful film in 2010 with 6.2 million admissions and revenues of 47.10 billion won. The film was released in the United States and Canada on October 1, 2010. It is about an excellent former Black Ops soldier who goes on a bloody rampage when the only person who understands him is kidnapped.

action

Cha Tae-sik leads a quiet life as the operator of a pawnshop. His only friend is the little girl next door, So-mi. So-mi’s mother, Hyo-jeong, is addicted to heroin and steals drugs from a dreaded criminal organization . She pawns her camera with Tae-sik, who does not notice that she has hidden the stolen drugs in the photo bag. The drug lord Oh Myung-gyo sends his subordinates, the brothers Man-seok and Jong-seok. Jong-seok and his assistant Ramrowan torture Hyo-jeong to find the hidden drugs, then kidnap her and So-mi. The two gangsters Du-chi and "Bear" go to Tae-sik's pawn shop, but they can easily be overwhelmed by Tae-sik. When he learns that Hyo-jeong and So-mi have been kidnapped, he hands over the photo bag, but Ramrowan kills Bear to incriminate him.

When the gangster brothers realize that Tae-sik would be a suitable drug courier, they force him to make a delivery to Oh Myung-gyu, who is to be lured into the trap. The police arrest Tae-sik and find Hyo-jeong's body, with organs removed, in the trunk of his drug delivery vehicle. Tae-sik is able to escape from police custody and goes in search of So-mi. The police, meanwhile, are amazed by his strength, combat technique and agility. After doing some research, they learn that he was a multiple award-winning black-ops soldier in the Korean government but retired after his pregnant wife was wounded and murdered.

Tae-sik finds Du-chi in a nightclub, beats two of Do-chi's guards, and stabs Do-chi with his own knife. When he inquires about the brothers, Ramrowan suddenly appears and shoots him, but kills Do-chi. The two fights fierce, with Tae-sik being wounded. Tae-sik tries to catch Ramrowan and the brothers, but is too late and can just shake off the arriving police officers. Seriously wounded, Tae-sik seeks out his former partner, who performs an improvised operation on him. Tae-sik gets another weapon from him and sets off again.

Tae-sik finds and frees several child slaves from a drug laboratory, killing the younger of the two brothers, Jong-seok. He also locates the older man, Man-seok, in the gang's house, where a few dozen gangsters and Ramrowan are waiting for him. Man-seok tells him he killed So-mi and shows a container that supposedly contains her eyes as evidence. He demands to know what happened to his younger brother, but Tae-sik in his anger kills the gang members, as well as Ramrowan and Man-seok.

As Tae-sik prepares for suicide in his grief, the terrified and dirty So-mi emerges from the darkness. She was saved by Ramrowan, who felt sorry for her for being kind to him. It turns out that the eyes in the container came from the gangster's surgeon, who was killed off-screen by Ramrowan. After his arrest, the police allow Tae-sik to drive with So-mi in a patrol car. While she sleeps, Tae-sik asks to let her out briefly at a deal. He buys her a school bag and school supplies and tells her that from now on she has to be alone because the police will take him away. Before he leaves, he asks her for a hug and bursts into tears.

publication

Left to right: Director Lee Jeong-beom, Kim Sae-ron and Won Bin .

In South Korea, the film recorded a total of 712,840 visitors on the opening weekend from August 6th to 8th, 2010 and was number 1 on the box office for five weeks. By the end of the screening on November 17, 2010, a total of 6.23 million tickets had been sold for total revenues of $ 42,484,155. On October 1, 2010, CJ Entertainment enabled a limited release in North American theaters, with revenues of $ 35,751 in a single theater on the opening weekend. After expanding the release to 19 theaters, the film brought in revenues of $ 528,175 in the US and Canada.

reception

The Man from Nowhere has received positive reviews from English-speaking critics and holds a 100% review rate on Rotten Tomatoes . By September 2019, six critics rated the film as “fresh”, according to Rotten Tomatoes. One of these critics, Russell Edwards, wrote in Variety : “Brutal violence dominates the dynamic Korean thriller The Man from Nowhere . The star Won Bin ( Mother , Tae Guk Gui ) transforms into an action hero in the blood-soaked flick by writer / director Lee Jeong-beom, about a mysterious man who wants to protect a child and gets caught in the crossfire of a gang war, Luc Besson's Léon - The professional reminiscent. "The film-dienst saw a" tough revenge thriller, which tells the predictable story quite artistically, but after a cautious beginning increases its potential for violence considerably. "

Film music

The Man from Nowhere Original Soundtrack
Music album Template: Infobox music album / maintenance / type undetectedby Mad Soul Child, Mystery

Publication
(s)

4th August 2010

admission

2010

Genre (s)

Film music

chronology
LALALA (2009) The Man from Nowhere Original Soundtrack -

Title List:

  1. The Man From Nowhere
  2. In Tae-Sik's Memory
  3. trash can
  4. Mother in Danger
  5. Chasing Her
  6. Chain of Mystery
  7. Fights In Golf Club
  8. Finding clue
  9. Dark Knight
  10. Somi in Danger
  11. Surviving Today
  12. Agent. Tae - Sik
  13. Dirty Cash - Mystery
  14. His Path Of Life
  15. There's No One But You
  16. Shave Himself
  17. Delivering drug
  18. Jump off
  19. Spit - mystery
  20. The Last Bullet
  21. Ajussi
  22. Dear - Mad Soul Child

Remake

An Indian remake called Rocky Handsome, starring John Abraham , was released in March 2016.

An American remake is also planned, directed by Chad Stahelski . The script is to be written by Derek Kolstad .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for The Man from Nowhere . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , March 2011 (PDF; test number: 126 885 V).
  2. ↑ a b The Best Selling Films of 2010 . In: Korean Film Council via Koreanfilm.org . Retrieved September 1, 2012.
  3. ^ A b South Korea Box Office . In: Box Office Mojo .
  4. ↑ The Man from Nowhere . In: Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved September 2, 2019.
  5. ^ Russell Edwards: Brutal violence dominates the dynamic, glossy Korean thriller The Man from Nowhere . October 26, 2010. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
  6. ↑ The Man From Nowhere. In: filmdienst.de. Retrieved September 2, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Roshmila Bhattacharya: John Abraham plays a killing machine in 'Rocky Handsome' . In: Mumbai Mirror via The Times of India . April 7, 2014. Retrieved April 16, 2014.
  8. ↑ John Abraham's Rocky Handsome to release in February 2015 . In: The Indian Express . April 7, 2014. Retrieved April 16, 2014.
  9. ↑ John Abraham, Shruti Hassan's next 'Rocky Handsome's release date announced. In: DNA India. September 7, 2015, accessed September 2, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Daniel Fabian: From the "John Wick" makers: Korean action hit gets remake. In: Filmstarts.de . August 6, 2020, accessed August 9, 2020 .