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The Divine Move 2: The Wrathful
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Wikipedia article
'The Divine Move 2: The Wrathful' is a 2019 South Korean crime action film directed by Lee Khan. A prequel spin-off to the 2014 film 'The Divine Move', it stars Kwon Sang-woo, Kim Hee-won, and Kim Sung-kyun. The film premiered in South Korean cinemas on November 7, 2019.
Synopsis
Gwi-soo (Kwon Sang-woo) loses everything due to the game of 'baduk'. With the help of his 'baduk' teacher Heo Il-do (Kim Sung-kyun) and Teacher Ddong (Kim Hee-won), Gwi-soo jumps into the high stakes 'baduk' game. He goes up against masters from all over the country.
Cast
* Kwon Sang-woo as Gwi-soo
** Park Sang-hoon as young Gwi-soo
* Kim Hee-won as Teacher Ddong
* Kim Sung-kyun as Heo Il-do
* Heo Sung-tae as "Busan Weed"
* Woo Do-hwan as "Loner"
* Stephanie Lee as Hwang Sun-hee
* Jung In-gyeom as Hwang Duk-young
* Won Hyun-joon as Shaman Jansung
* Shin Soo-yeon as Soo-yeon
* Kim Jung-pal as Son-hyung
* Go Se-won as Priest (cameo)
* Yoo Sun as Madam Hong (cameo)
* Park Kyung-hye as train station clerk (cameo)
* Lee Byung-joon (cameo)
Production
Filming began on September 15, 2018 and was wrapped up on January 14, 2019.
Reception
Critical response
The film received generally positive reviews from critics.Yoon Min-sik from The Korea Herald wrote, "One-dimensional characters, comic-bookish exaggeration, numerous plot holes and no real twist -- yet the film still manages to be quite fun with adrenaline-pumping action and excitement. Its not a masterpiece, but it manages to create an intriguing, messed-up world."
Box office
On its opening day, the film finished first place at the box office by attracting 176,604 moviegoers, ahead of 'Terminator: Dark Fate' and 'Kim Ji-young: Born 1982'. During its opening weekend, the film topped box office with US$6.74 million gross from 879,000 admissions. The film surpassed 2 million admissions on November 22.As of June 20, 2022, the film attracted 2,159,081 admissions with US$14.3 million gross.
References
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