The villainess

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Movie
German title The villainess
Original title Angnyeo ( 악녀 / 惡女 )
Country of production South Korea
original language Korean
Publishing year 2017
length 124 minutes
Age rating FSK 18
Rod
Director Jung Byung-gil
script Jung Byung-gil
Jung Byeong-sik
production Moon Young-hwa
music Koo yeah wan
camera Park Jung-hun
cut Heo Sun-mi
occupation

The Villainess (original title: 악녀 Angnyeo ) is an action film by the South Korean director Jung Byung-gil from 2017. The film premiered in May 2017 at the Cannes International Film Festival , where it received a standing ovation .

action

The trained assassin Sook-hee takes revenge on her husband's murderer. She is then arrested by the police. The secret service is impressed with her skills and plans to use her as an agent. To do this, she is anesthetized and subjected to plastic surgery so that she can no longer be recognized. At first, Sook-hee defends himself and tries to break out of the secret service building. But the manager tells her that she is pregnant and will lead a normal life with a monthly salary after 10 years if she carries out the tasks of the secret service. In the training of the secret service she is trained in different areas: In addition to fighting, which she has already mastered, also in acting, cooking, etc. She should later be used as a sleeper and activated on command, but otherwise lead a normal life.

After her first successful job, she is allowed to leave the premises of the secret service with her daughter. She moves into an apartment in Seoul under the new identity of Chae Yeon-soo. There, the secret service agent Hyun-soo tries to establish a relationship with her as a neighbor. But Yeon-soo does not know that he is also a secret agent. He is supposed to marry and supervise Yeon-soo, then he would be promoted. In flashbacks, Yeon-soo remembers her previous life. When she was little, her father was murdered. She has since searched for the killer and was taken under the wing of Lee Joong-sang, an excellent fighter and assassin. She fell in love with him and married him. With him she can also confront her father's murderer. But one day Joong-sang was murdered.

Yeon-soo is getting closer and closer to Hyun-soo. Both want to get married. On the day of their wedding, Yeon-soo receives the next assignment. In doing so, she discovers that the target person is her husband, who was believed to be dead. She misses him on purpose and is shocked. She finishes the wedding with Hyun-soo. Meanwhile, Joong-sang tries to find out who the shots came from and looks at the recordings of the wedding. This looks suspicious because all guests were paid.

Both meet in a restaurant. Yeon-soo learns that Hyun-soo is also an undercover agent. The secret service is taking Yeon-soo into custody. Meanwhile, Joong-sang's gang takes Yeon-soo's apartment under surveillance. There are Hyun-soo and Yeon-soo's daughter Eun-hye. A gang member breaks into the apartment. Hyun-soo wants to protect the child and tells him that it is Joong-sang's daughter. But Joong-sang only offers to kill the child in exchange for his own life. Instead, Hyun-soo fights the gang member, but is defeated and passes out. He is left with Eun-hye and a bomb. At the same time, Joong-sang's gang tries to free Yeon-soo and accuse the secret service. When Yeon-soo reaches the apartment, the bomb goes off. Both Hyun-soo and Eun-hye die in the process. She thinks the secret service is responsible.

She confronts the secret service chief Kwon-sook. However, she has a surveillance tape that proves Joong-sang's guilt. Yeon-soo just wants to get revenge. She tracks down Joong-sang, kills his gang and ultimately him with an ax. Then she is surrounded by the police.

reception

The Villainess opened in South Korean cinemas on June 8, 2017 and reached around 1.2 million viewers.

The film has been compared by some critics to Luc Besson's film noir Nikita (1990). Hollywood Reporter's Deborah Young described The Villainess as a "high tension thriller," in which fighting, shootings, knife fights and killing are only interrupted by a backstory and character development. According to Paul Byrnes of the Sydney Morning Herald , Villainess is an action-packed film full of violence, whose intricate plot is probably not even the authors can explain. The camera work is a real spectacle. Michael Meyns from Filmstarts awarded the film 3.5 out of 5 stars. The Villainess is an original action film. For Shim Sun-ah of Yonhap , the performance of leading actress Kim Ok-vin is remarkable. The film is an action spectacle with exciting first-person scenes.

Awards

Fantasia International Film Festival 2017

  • Awarded the GURU Prize in silver for the best action film

Buil Film Awards 2017

  • Award in the best camera work category for Park Jung-hun

Daejong Film Award 2017

  • Award in the best camera work category for Park Jung-hun
  • Award in the Best Technology category

Blue Dragon Award 2017

  • Award in the category Best Technical Achievement - Stunts

Busan Film Critics Awards 2017

  • Award in the Best Technology category for Park Jung-hun and Kwon Kwi-deok

Chunsa Film Art Awards 2018

  • Award in the Best Actress category for Kim Ok-vin

Web links

Individual evidence

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