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The City of Violence (Korean: 짝패; RR: Jjakpae; lit. "Partner" or "Pal") is a 2006 South Korean action thriller film co-written and directed by Ryoo Seung-wan, who stars in the film opposite action director and longtime collaborator Jung Doo-hong. The story re-unites former childhood friends for their friend's funeral, which prompts two of them to find the killer.[2][3][4][5]

For the 1951 Italian drama film distributed as "City of Violence", see Amore e sangue.
The City of Violence
Film poster
Hangul짝패
Revised RomanizationJjakpae
McCune–ReischauerTchakp‘ae
Directed byRyoo Seung-wan
Written byKim Jung-min
Lee Won-jae
Ryoo Seung-wan
Produced byKim Jung-min
Ryoo Seung-wan
StarringRyoo Seung-wan
Jung Doo-hong
Lee Beom-soo
CinematographyKim Yeong-cheol
Edited byNam Na-yeong
Music byBang Jun-seok
Distributed byCJ Entertainment
Release date
  • May 25, 2006 (2006-05-25)
Running time
92 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
BudgetUS$2.7 million
Box officeUS$6.2 million[1]

Plot


Ex-gangster Wang-jae chases a gang of punks into an alley where he's fatally stabbed. His four childhood friends reunite in nearly 20 years at Wang-jae's funeral. Up to then, each person has gone their own way: Tae-su became a Seoul police detective. Pil-ho has taken over his brother-in-law Wang-jae's business. Seok-hwan, who works as a debt collector while his older brother Dong-hwan struggles as a maths professor. After the funeral, Tae-su decides to investigate the murder within a week before he would return to his job in Seoul. Meanwhile, Seok-hwan decides to find and kill Wang-jae's murderers. While investigating, Tae-su is attacked by youth gangs, who use an array of weapons including baseball bats, hip hop, bikes, hockey sticks, and yo-yo's. Tae-su barely escapes with his life after Seok-hwan's unexpected arrival. They decide to work together.

After hunting the gangs, they discover Wang-jae's death isn't a random mindless attack. It was a planned murder. The revelation leads them to Seok-hwan's own brother, who confesses a secret. It's Pil-ho who was behind the plan, which was hatched after Wang-jae disapproved Pil-ho's plans to turn their city into a tourist district. After strangers tried to kill him as part of tying up Pil-ho's loose ends, Wang-jae's young murderer agrees to testify against Pil-ho. A killer douses the young murderer in gasoline and sets him on fire. When Tae-su realizes there's no legal way to take Pil-ho down, he confronts Pil-ho, but he ends up badly beaten. Meanwhile, Seok-hwan, Dong-hwan and their mother are on their way to a restaurant when a truck smashes into their car. After Dong-hwan and his mother's funeral, Seok-hwan and Wang-jae's widow leave the funeral house and sees Tae-su waiting outside.

Tae-su persuades Wang-jae's widow into revealing information on her brother Pil-ho's whereabouts. No longer bound by law, Tae-su and Seok-hwan storm Pil-ho's fortress where they fight their way through swarms of armed cooks and bodyguards until the banquet room. They witness Pil-ho killing a Seoul president, which prompts all guests to leave just Tae-su, Seok-hwan, Pil-ho and his four elite guards alone in the room. The elite guards immediately take Tae-su and Seok-hwan on. Two men, victorious but exhausted, set to take on Pil-ho, but Pil-ho takes them by surprise by attacking Seok-hwan, who loses his fingers. Pil-ho turns and stabs Tae-su's stomach, ignoring Seok-hwan who's binding the katana to his hand with torn table cloth. Tae-su informs Pil-ho that the last man who stands last wins. Before Pil-ho could react, Seok-hwan stabs him through the chest, killing him. As Tae-su bleeds to death, an exhausted Seok-hwan glances around, noting the carnage he and his late friend Tae-su had created, and sighs heavily.


Cast



Awards and nominations


2006 Chunsa Film Art Awards

2006 Busan Film Critics Awards[6]

2006 Blue Dragon Film Awards

2006 Korean Film Awards

2007 Grand Bell Awards


References


  1. "The City of Violence". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
  2. "시사회 - PRESS SCREENING: 짝패 (The City of Violence)". Twitch Film. 10 May 2006. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2014-03-17.
  3. Lee, Hoo-nam; Lee, Min-a (15 May 2006). "Film noir showcases duo's martial arts skills". Korea JoongAng Daily. Retrieved 2014-03-17.
  4. "A Trip Inside The City of Violence: Ryu Seung-Wan and Jung Doo-Hong Talk 짝패". Twitch Film. 27 May 2006. Archived from the original on 17 March 2014. Retrieved 2014-03-17.
  5. Kim, Kyu Hyun (5 February 2008). "City of Violence: Lean and Mean". OhmyNews International. Retrieved 2014-03-17.
  6. "The City of Violence - Awards". Cinemasie. Retrieved 2012-03-04.




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