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The Killer: A Girl Who Deserves to Die

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'The Killer: A Girl Who Deserves to Die', also known as 'The Killer' is a 2022 South Korean film directed by Choi Jae-hoon, starring Jang Hyuk as the titular character. It is adapted from a popular novel 'The Kid Deserves to Die' written by Bang Jin-ho.

Plot



Bang Ui-gang is a retired professional killer who has settled down with his wife, Hyeon-soo. One day, Hyeon-soo tells Ui-gang that she is going on a holiday in Jeju together with her best friend, and he is entrusted to take care of 17-year-old Kim Yoon-ji, the stepdaughter of her best friend. Ui-gang at first doesn't like the idea, but eventually gives in.

After sending Hyeon-soo and Yoon-ji's stepmother off in the day, at night Ui-gang fetches Yoon-ji to Hongdae, and then goes home after telling her to stay at her friend's house for a few days. Later at home, he got woken up by Yoon-ji's call and immediately goes to find her, only to realise later that he is fooled by her. Angry, Ui-gang heads home, and he drives away even though he looked back seeing Yoon-ji riding away on a bike, with several others. He decides to turn back to find her, managing to track her eventual location through a tracking device he placed in her wallet earlier. Finding her being threatened by several delinquents, led by Sung-yeon, Ui-gang beats them up and brings Yoon-ji back home.

The next night, Ui-gang and Yoon-ji are on the way back home, passing by the same place where he beat up the delinquents. He is stopped by Detective Lee Young-ho, who tells him that there is a murder case in the venue, and then lets him drive off. The next morning, Detective Lee visits Ui-gang, suspecting him of being a part of the murder, and telling the latter about Yoon-ji's situation. Ui-gang understands her situation, as he recalls a flashback which showed him and a teenage girl who wanted to kill herself; he wanted to know what she wanted and then she asked for a hug from him, which he did, and thereafter she lost consciousness. Sung-yeon calls Yoon-ji, and then Ui-gang intercepts the call and agrees to meet up, as Sung-yeon has the knife that has Ui-gang's fingerprints, which can be trouble for him if it was turned to the police. As Yoon-ji's wallet (with the tracker still inside) is with Sung-yeon, he finds the actual venue, and escapes with the knife after fighting Yuri, a Russian killer and was trained in the Spetsnaz. He returns home, only to find Yoon-ji being kidnapped.

Ui-gang tracked Sung-yeon to an apartment, and mortally wounds her after seeking information from her, about a sex trafficking ring that also involves the Russian mafia, and about someone who has requested for Yoon-ji. He visits a hotel linked to the ring, killed numerous delinquents and escaping from Yuri, who tells him where Yoon-ji would be. Ui-gang and Detective Lee proceeds to where Yoon-ji is, saving her, while telling Detective Lee that he knows the latter is a corrupt cop assisting in the ring.

Ui-gang then gets information from Detective Lee about Park Hyung-joo, who is a part of the ring, and goes to find the latter. He notices an alias "Pig Mama" in Hyung-joo's phone, a woman who is also a part of the ring. After finding out from Hyung-joo about the client who requested for Yoon-ji, Ui-gang kills him. He goes to the mansion where the client lives, killing several bodyguards but gets stopped by Detective Lee, who betrays Ui-gang, and Yuri, then gets turned to the client. The client, Judge Kim, is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Korea. He askes Detective Lee to finish Ui-gang, but the latter breaks free, killing Detective Lee and Yuri. Having killed all the bodyguards, Ui-gang kills Judge Kim after finding out that Pig Mama is Yoon-ji's stepmother, currently on holiday with Hyeon-soo. He heads to Jeju and kills Pig Mama in the outskirts.

The film ends with Ui-gang, together with Yoon-ji, finding Hyeon-soo at a beach in Jeju. It is also revealed that the teenage girl who appeared in Ui-gang's flashback is Hyeon-soo.

Cast



* Jang Hyuk as Bang Ui-gang, a retired professional killer

* Lee Seo-young (Anne from GWSN) as Kim Yoon-ji, a high school girl

* Bruce Khan as Yuri, a Russian killer

* Bang Eun-jung as Sung-yeon, a girl involved in sex trafficking

* Shin Seung-hwan as Park Hyung-joo, a criminal gang member

* Lee Seung-joon as Lee Young-ho, a detective

* Lee Chae-young as Hyeon-soo, Bang Ui-gang's wife

* Choi Ki-sub as Dotwok, a criminal gang member

* Yoo Seo-jin as Yoon-ji's step-mother

* Hong Seo-joon as Judge Kim

* Son Hyun-joo as a gun seller (cameo)

* Cha Tae-hyun as a trauma cleaner (cameo)

Production



Principal photography began on June 25, 2021 and filming wrapped up in October 2021.

Release



The film makes its world premiere at the 24th Udine Far East Film Festival on 23 April 2022. It has been pre-sold to 48 foreign countries and districts, including major countries in Europe and Asia.It held a red carpet premiere at Los Angeles on 20 June 2022, and was released in the theatres simultaneously in North America and South Korea on 13 July 2022.

The film had a special screening at the 21st New York Asian Film Festival on 19 July 2022, as well as the Fantasia International Film Festival on 2 Aug 2022.

It was released in Singapore on 21 July, Taiwan on 22 July, Malaysia on 28 July, Vietnam on 5 August, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Bahrain on 11 August 2022.

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References




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