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The Man from Nowhere (Korean: 아저씨; RR: Ajeossi; lit. Mister) is a 2010 South Korean action thriller film starring Won Bin and written and directed by Lee Jeong-beom. It was South Korea's highest-grossing film in 2010 and had 6.2 million admissions.[2] The film follows the story of a mysterious and shady man who embarks on a bloody rampage when the only person who seems to understand him is kidnapped.

The Man from Nowhere
Original Korean poster
Hangul	아저씨
Revised Romanization	Ajeossi
McCune–Reischauer	Ajŏssi
Directed by	Lee Jeong-beom
Written by	Lee Jeong-beom
Produced by	Lee Tae-heon
Starring	Won Bin Kim Sae-ron
Cinematography	Lee Tae-yoon
Edited by	Kim Sang-bum
Music by	Shim Hyun-jung
Distributed by	CJ Entertainment
Release date	August 4, 2010 (2010-08-04)
Running time	119 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Box office	US$43 million[1]

The film was released in the United States and Canada on October 1, 2010.[3][4] Rocky Handsome, an Indian remake starring John Abraham, was released in 2016.[5]

Plot

Cha Tae-sik is a quiet man running a pawnshop. His only friend is a little girl, So-mi, who lives in the same neighborhood. So-mi's mother, Hyo-jeong, is a go-go dancer and opium addict. Instructed by her lover, Hyo-jeong steals a large pack of opium being sold at the bar where she works and hides it in a camera bag, which she pawns to Tae-sik for safe keeping. Hyo-jeong's action attracts the attention of crime lord Oh Myung-gyu, who tasks his subordinates, brothers Man-seok and Jong-seok, to retrieve the opium. Jong-seok locates Hyo-jeong, tortures her in front of So-mi, and forces her to reveal where the drugs are. His lackeys, Du-chi and Bear, go to Tae-sik's place to intimidate him, but he easily overpowers them.

Realizing Tae-sik has a soft spot for So-mi, Jong-seok kidnaps her and forces him to deliver opium to Oh Myung-gyu. Man-seok informs the police, leading to them swarming Myung-gyu's property. Myung-gyu escapes, while Tae-sik is arrested and discovers Hyo-jeong's body, with her organs harvested, in the back of the car he used to make the delivery. Tae-sik escapes from the police station, alarming them with his display of combat skills. Upon further investigation, the police officers discover he was a former covert operative for the South Korean Army Intelligence, with numerous commendations, but retired after he was wounded and his pregnant wife was killed by a hitman.

Following the lead from the burner phone he received from Jong-seok, Tae-sik tracks Du-chi to a nightclub. As he asks where the brothers are, Ramrowan walks in and shoots at Tae-sik, killing Du-chi in the crossfire. The two fight to a standstill and Tae-sik gets shot. Bleeding out, Tae-sik finds his former partner, who performs emergency surgery to remove the bullet. Tae-sik recovers, asks his partner to help him acquire a gun, then goes back to the city. Tae-sik finds and frees several child slaves in a drug manufacturing plant, in the process killing off Jong-seok. He tracks down the elder brother, Man-seok, at the gang's condo, where a dozen gang members and Ramrowan are also waiting. Man-seok says that he has had So-mi killed and shows Tae-sik a container that has what he says are her eyes. He demands to know what happened to his younger brother.

Enraged, Tae-sik kills the gang members, including Ramrowan and Man-seok. As Tae-sik prepares to commit suicide out of grief a scared, dirty, but unscathed So-mi emerges from the darkness; she'd been saved by Ramrowan, who took pity on her because she had been kind to him - the eyes in the container belonged to the gangsters' surgeon, who had been killed off-camera by Ramrowan. The police allow Tae-sik and So-mi to ride together after Tae-sik's arrest, While she sleeps. Tae-sik asks them to drop at a small convenience store where he buys a backpack along with other school supplies. He tells So-mi that she's going to be on her own, as the police have to take him away. Before he goes, he asks her for a hug and breaks down in tears as they embrace.

Cast

Release

During its August 6–8 opening weekend, the film recorded 712,840 admissions, taking the number 1 spot on the box office charts for five weeks straight. It had sold a total of 6,228,300 tickets when it finished its theatrical run on November 17, 2010.[2] The film grossed a total of US$42,484,155 in South Korea.[6] On October 1, 2010 CJ Entertainment gave the film a limited theatrical release to North American theaters where it grossed US$35,751 in 1 theater its opening weekend. After widening the release up to 19 theaters, the film grossed US$528,175 in the U.S. and Canada.[1]

Reception

As of August 2013, six of six critics gave positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes.[7] One of those critics, Russell Edwards of Variety, wrote, "Brutal violence dominates the dynamic Korean thriller The Man From Nowhere. Local heartthrob Won Bin (Mother, Tae Guk Gui) transforms himself into an action hero in writer-helmer Lee Jeong-beom’s swift and blood-soaked yarn, about a mystery man who gets caught up in a gang war while trying to protect a child, recalling Luc Besson's The Professional."[8]

Awards

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Soundtrack

The Man from Nowhere Original Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by Mad Soul Child, Mystery
Released	August 4, 2010 (2010-08-04)
Recorded	2010
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	3:59
Mad Soul Child, Mystery chronology
LALALA (2009) The Man from Nowhere Original Soundtrack (2010)

Soundtrack list:

Remake

In March 2012, Dimension Films acquired the rights to do an English-language remake of The Man From Nowhere; plans are to have Shawn Christensen, who wrote and directed the 2012 short film Curfew, write the adaptation.[17][18] On August 5, 2020, it was reported that the remake will be produced by John Wick director Chad Stahelski and Jason Spitz with a script provided by Derek Kolstad for New Line Cinema.[19]

An Indian remake titled Rocky Handsome, directed by Nishikant Kamat and starring John Abraham was released in March 2016.[20][21] [22]

References

External links

• Official website (in Korean)
• The Man from Nowhere at IMDb
• The Man from Nowhere at the Korean Movie Database
• The Man from Nowhere at HanCinema
• The Man from Nowhere at AllMovie
• The Man from Nowhere at Naver (in Korean)

На других языках

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[de] The Man from Nowhere

The Man from Nowhere (korean.: 아저씨 Ajeossi) ist ein südkoreanischer Actionthriller von Drehbuchautor und Regisseur Lee Jeong-beom mit Won Bin in der Hauptrolle. Er war Südkoreas erfolgreichster Film im Jahr 2010 mit 6,2 Millionen Kinobesuchern und einem Ertrag von 47,10 Milliarden Won.[2] Der Film erschien in den Vereinigten Staaten und Kanada am 1. Oktober 2010. Er handelt von einem ausgezeichneten ehemaligen Black-Ops-Soldaten, der zu einem blutigen Amoklauf aufbricht, als die einzige Person, die ihn versteht, entführt wird.

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- [en] The Man from Nowhere (2010 film)

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[ru] Человек из ниоткуда (фильм, 2010)

«Человек из ниоткуда» (кор. 아저씨, Аджосси, англ. The Man from Nowhere) — южнокорейский фильм режиссёра Ли Чон Бома, в главной роли в котором снялся известный корейский актёр Вон Бин. Фильм-рекордсмен 2010 года по сборам в Южной Корее. 1 октября 2010 года был выпущен в прокат в США и Канаде. Английское название «Человек из ниоткуда» (англ. The Man from Nowhere). Официально на экраны в России фильм не выходил.

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