The Outlaws (Korean: 범죄도시; lit. Crime City) is a 2017 South Korean crime action film, written and directed by Kang Yoon-sung, starring Ma Dong-seok and Yoon Kye-sang.[2] It was released on October 3, 2017.[3][4] Set in 2007, the film revolves around Detective Ma Seok-do, who tries to control the gang-wars between Chinese-Korean gangs while also dealing with a ruthless loan shark named Jang-Chen.

The Outlaws
Theatrical release poster
Hangul	범죄도시
Hanja	犯罪都市
Revised Romanization	Beomjoedosi
McCune–Reischauer	Pŏmchoe tosi
Literally	Crime City
Directed by	Kang Yoon-sung
Written by	Kang Yoon-sung
Produced by	Yoo Yeong-chae
Starring	Ma Dong-seok Yoon Kye-sang Jo Jae-yoon Choi Gwi-hwa Im Hyung-joon Jin Seon-kyu
Cinematography	Ju Sung-lim Kim Yong-seong
Edited by	Kim Sun-min Hwang Eun-ju
Production companies	Hong Film B.A. Entertainment
Distributed by	Megabox Plus M
Release date	October 3, 2017 (2017-10-03) (South Korea)
Running time	121 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Box office	US$52.9 million[1]

The Outlaws is the first film of Crime City series. The first sequel, The Roundup was released in 2022 and the second sequel, The Roundup: No Way Out is in production.

Plot

The Outlaws follows a turf war that grows between a local gang that runs Garibong-dong in Guro District, Seoul and the Heuksapa gang from Yanbian, The police are called in to attempt to bring peace to the neighborhood. Jang Chen is a bloodthirsty leader of the Chinese mainland gang Black Dragon, who works as a loan shark in a seedy Chinatown area of Seoul. He's backed up by his henchmen Wei Sung-Rak and Yang-Tae. Jang Chen is beyond brutal in his methods to collect money. Ma Suk-Do is a detective in the Chinatown area of Seoul, who along with his Captain Jeon Il-man tries to keep the peace, while two Chinese-Korean gangs dubbed Venom Gang headed by and Ahn Sung-Tae and Cobra Gang headed by Jang-I-Soo as they battle over the turf in the neighborhood.

Jang Chen, along with Sung-Rak and Yang-Tae makes their move to take over Chinatown and destroy the Venom Gang and kill Sung-Tae where they take over Jang-I-Soo's casino. Enraged, Jang-I-Soo attacks the casino. Sung-Rak and Yung-Tae fight with Jang-I-Soo and his henchmen, but are interrupted by Ma, who arrest Sung-Rak while Yang-Tae escapes and informs Jang-Chen. Ma and Jeon learn about Jang Chen's crimes where they plan to arrest him. The next day, Jang Chen, along with Yang-Tae attacks Jang-I-soo and his henchmen where he, along with Yang-Tae kill them at Jang-I-Soo's mother's birthday bash. Meanwhile, Jang Chen's location is informed by the hotelier to CEO Hwang (When Jang Chen and his henchmen had killed their men in the hotel), who along with his henchmen arrive and tries to kill Jang Chen, but Jang Chen manages to escape and the hotelier is later killed by Jang Chen and learns Hwang's involvement.

Ma seeks the help of Chinatown colony members for help to catch the Chinese moneylenders. They accept and start taking photos of the moneylenders and the people. Ma and his fellow police officers arrest all of them, including Yang-Tae. One of the police officer named Kang Hong-seok gets caught by Jang Chen and is about to run a car over him, but Ma saves him by crashing into Jang Chen's car. Jang Chen escapes and Ma chases after him but loses sight of him after a while. Jang Chen reaches the airport to fly away to China where he leaves for the restroom. Ma arrives at the restroom and a combat ensues between them. Ma manages to knock down Jang Chen and leaves him handcuffed in the restroom. The gang leaders are arrested and Jeon is congratulated by the commissioner where Ma and his team celebrate for solving the case. Just then, Ma is called by the commissioner to investigate another case.

Cast

Main

• Ma Dong-seok as Ma Seok-do[5]

A police officer in Seoul's Crime Unit who fears nothing. He is given ten days to put an end to Chinese-Korean gang wars in the Garibong district.

• Yoon Kye-sang as Jang Chen[6]

A notorious crime lord, from Harbin, China, leader of Heilungbo (黒龙波, one of chinese mafia）who comes to Garibong to collect debts. He is known for dismembering anyone who puts up a fight.

• Jo Jae-yoon as Boss Hwang Choon-sik
• Choi Gwi-hwa as Captain Jeon Il-man

Supporting

Special appearances

• Cho Jin-woong as Chief of Regional police investigation unit
• Jung In-gi as Chief of police
• Oh Min-ae as Garibong-dong female merchant
• Ye Jung-hwa as Airport head
• Yoon Joo as Kang Hong-seok's fiancée

Production

Filming

Principal photography began on February 27, 2017 and ended on July 19, 2017.[7]

Original soundtrack

Reception

The Outlaws opened in South Korea on October 3, 2017. By October 23, it grossed US$36.3 million from more than 5 million admissions.[9] One month after it was released, the film marked 6.05 million admissions, with US$44.1 million gross. By December 1, the film had reached 6.87 million admissions with a gross of US$51.8 million, making it the 3rd highest-grossing domestic film of the year in South Korea and the third best-selling R-rated Korean film of all time.[10][11][12]

Awards and nominations

Sequels

The Roundup (2022)

A sequel of the film titled as The Roundup directed by Lee Sang-yong was released on May 18, 2022.[23] Ma Dong-seok, Choi Gwi-hwa, Park Ji-hwan, Heo Dong-won, and Ha Jun reprised their roles. The film became the highest-grossing film of the year surpassing 10 million ticket sales on the 25th day since its release.[24] It also became the 3rd highest-grossing film and 9th most viewed film in South Korean cinema history.[25]

The Roundup: No Way Out (2023)

The production of a second sequel under title The Roundup: No Way Out is currently in progress with a target release in 2023.[25]

Remake

The film is remade in Indian Hindi-language version in the name of Radhe directed by Prabhu Deva. It was released on 13 May 2021 to negative reviews.[26][27]

References

External links

• The Outlaws at IMDb
• The Outlaws at HanCinema
• The Outlaws at Naver (in Korean)
• The Outlaws at Daum (in Korean)

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