Busan Movie Market: Acemaker Serves Slate Of Motion And Revenge Titles

Multifaceted Korean movie firm Acemaker Movieworks will unveil 4 titles at this 12 months’s Asian Contents & Movie Market, which operates alongside the Busan Worldwide Movie Pageant. Motion and revenge characteristic prominently as unifying themes.

The COVID pandemic continues to have a delayed influence on the Korean manufacturing and movie releasing scenes. Final 12 months’s extended theatrical drought meant funds for reinvestment had been briefly provide and releases postponed. A lot of Acemaker’s films had been shot in 2020, however are solely now confirming completion and new launch dates.

“Keep in mind” is an motion drama movie starring Lee Sung Min (“The Spy Gone North”) and Nam Joo Hyuk (greatest recognized for TV sequence “Begin-Up” and “Twenty-5 Twenty-One”). Directed by Lee Il Hyung (“A Violent Prosecutor”), the story revolves round a retired soldier affected by dementia, looking for revenge from individuals he believes brought about the loss of life of his household. The movie is a remake of Atom Egoyan’s Nazi drama thriller of the identical title that starred the late Christopher Plummer. “Keep in mind” could have its theatrical launch in Korea on Oct. 26, 2022.

One other motion drama with a revenge theme is “A Man of Motive,” which premiered final month within the Toronto pageant’s Particular Shows part. The story’s protagonist, performed by Jung Woo Sung (“Hunt”), was launched from jail after 10 years. He seeks to steer an extraordinary life, solely to search out out his daughter was kidnapped by his former boss, leaving him no selection however resort to violence for revenge. Kim Nam Gil (“Emergency Declaration”) and Kim Jun Han (“Beasts Clawing At Straws”) additionally star on this directorial debut by Jung. 

Reality-based “Firefighters” is about in a Seoul hearth station and is a story of sacrifice. Directed by Kwak Kyung Taek (“The Labeled File,” “Pal”), the image options Kwak Do-won (“Metal Rain 2: Summit”) and Joo Received (“Carter”).

The corporate can also be serving up against the law noir “Soiled Cash.” It sees two detectives combating their very own wants, succumb to temptation when dealing with a considerable amount of money. The image is the characteristic directing debut of Kim Min Soo and stars Jung Woo (“Scorching Blooded”) and Kim Dae Myeong (“The Drug King”).

Acemaker was based in 2018 by Jung Hyun-joo, Showbox’s former head of movie funding and manufacturing, and immediately spans movie funding, manufacturing and distribution. It has had a mixture of field workplace hits and pageant successes thus far. These embody motion thriller “The Gangster, the Cop, the Satan,” thriller thriller “The Anchor,” crime drama “The Policeman’s Lineage” and romantic comedy “New 12 months Blues.”