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The Killer: A Girl Who Deserves to Die, also known as The Killer (Korean: 더 킬러: 죽어도 되는 아이) is a 2022 South Korean action 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.[3]

The Killer: A Girl Who Deserves to Die
Hangul더 킬러: 죽어도 되는 아이
Directed byChoi Jae-hoon
Written byShin Dong-chul, Nam Ji-woong
Based onThe Kid Deserves to Die
by Bang Jin-ho
Produced byNam Ji-woong, Mark W. Shaw
StarringJang Hyuk
CinematographyLee Yong-gab
Edited byKim Man-geun
Music byJung Hyun-soo
Production
company
Ascendio
Distributed byiHQ, M-line distribution
Release dates
  • April 23, 2022 (2022-04-23) (Far East Film Festival)
  • July 13, 2022 (2022-07-13) (South Korea)
  • July 13,  2022 (2022-07-13) (USA)
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Running time
95 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean

Plot


Bang Ui-gang is a retired assassin 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 is entrusted to take care of 17-year-old Kim Yoon-ji, the stepdaughter of her best friend. Though reluctant at first, Ui-gang eventually gives in. After sending Hyeon-soo and Yoon-ji's stepmother off in the day, Ui-gang fetches Yoon-ji to Hongdae at night, and goes home after telling her to stay at her friend's house for a few days. Later at home, he gets awaken by Yoon-ji's call and immediately goes to find her, only to realise later that he is fooled by her.

Enraged, Ui-gang heads home and drives away even though he looked back seeing Yoon-ji riding away on a bike, with several others. Ui-gang decides to turn back to find her, managing to track her eventual location through a tracking device, which 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. Sung-yeon calls Yoon-ji and Ui-gang intercepts the call, where he 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 cops. 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 a Russian killer named Yuri, who is also 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 human 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 the place where Yoon-ji is. After saving her, Ui-gang reveals that he has the knowledge Detective Lee being 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, who is actually Judge Kim, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Korea, who 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. Together with Yoon-ji, Ui-gang finds Hyeon-soo at a beach in Jeju, where it is revealed that the teenage girl in Ui-gang's flashback is assumed to be Hyeon-soo.


Cast



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.[8][9] It has been pre-sold to 48 foreign countries and districts, including major countries in Europe and Asia.[10]It held a red carpet premiere at Los Angeles on 20 June 2022,[11] and was released in the theatres simultaneously in North America and South Korea on 13 July 2022. [12]

The film had a special screening at the 21st New York Asian Film Festival on 19 July 2022,[13] as well as the Fantasia International Film Festival on 2 Aug 2022.[14] It was also released in Singapore on 21 July, Taiwan on 22 July, Malaysia on 28 July, Vietnam on 5 August, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Bahrain on 11 August 2022.


Awards and nominations


Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Ref(s)
21st New York Asian Film Festival 19 July 2022 Daniel A. Craft Award for Excellence in Action Cinema Jang Hyuk Won [15]

References


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  5. Jo Ji-young (July 4, 2022). "[SC현장] "배우이기 전 무술 사랑하는 무도인"…'더 킬러' 장혁, 액션에 쏟은 피땀눈물(종합)" [[SC on-site] “Before being an actor, a martial artist who loves martial arts”… 'The Killer' Jang Hyuk, blood sweat and tears in action (comprehensive)] (in Korean). Sports Chosun. Archived from the original on July 5, 2022. Retrieved July 4, 2022 – via Naver.
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  8. "아센디오, 제작 영화 '더 킬러: 죽어도 되는 아이' 이탈리아 우디네 극동영화제 공식 초청". 28 March 2022. Archived from the original on 28 March 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
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  10. "장혁 '더 킬러' 티저 포스터 공개…살기 어린 눈빛". 7 June 2022. Archived from the original on 25 June 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
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  12. "M-Line Distribution scores deals on 'The Killer' (exclusive)". 19 May 2022. Archived from the original on 19 May 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
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  14. "Fantasia Film Festival schedule". 19 Jul 2022. Archived from the original on 17 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
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