While it took Johnnie To’s critically acclaimed gangster thriller «Drug War» a year and a half to find its way from Chinese cinemas to Germany, it took more than twice as long for its Korean remake. But good things come to those who wait: » Believer » will finally be released in Germany on June 24, 2022!
As early as mid-2018, Hae-Yeong Lee («The Silenced») lured more than five million Koreans to the cinemas with his new film and smashed all expectations with a total gross of over 39.2 million dollars. And with the local home cinema launch next month, one or two euros should still be added: Busch Media Group is not only releasing the film as a commercially available standard edition on DVD and Blu-ray, but also as a limited 3-disc edition (optionally as Blu-ray or 4K Blu-ray) with a very special extra: the Extended Cut of the film, which is eight minutes longer than the theatrical version!
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For everyone who wants to get in the mood for the German home cinema debut of the action-packed revenge thriller, we now have the German trailer for “Believer” exclusively on FILMSTARTS.
This is «Believer»
Based on Johnnie To ‘s gangster highlight Drug War , » Believer» tells the story of a drug detective who is willing to resort to almost any means necessary to bring down a crime boss once and for all.
Won-ho ( Cho Jin-Woong ) wants the gangster «Mr. Lee”, whose true identity is a big secret, and summarily brings a member of his cartel on board for his mission. Because Seo Yeon-rak ( Ryu Jun-Yeol ) has good reason to betray his boss: After all, he has his mother on his conscience.
Together they decide to take on the powerful criminal — and soon they find themselves in a dark world of completely insane crooks, religious fanatic millionaires and a new, dangerous drug…
Star cast of Korean cinema
While director Hae-Yeong Lee himself shouldn’t say much to many die-hard Korean cinema fans (he co-wrote the screenplay for the superhero martial arts fun » Arahan «, among other things), the chances are much better that you will at least see parts of the Acting ensembles familiar.
Main actor Cho Jin-Woong, for example, has been famous beyond Korean borders for many years and has starred in thrillers such as «The Pickpocket», «Assassination» and «A Hard Day». And Ryu Jun-Yeol has already celebrated some successes in his younger years, most recently he was seen in «A Taxi Driver» alongside Thomas Kretschmann and «Parasite» star Song Kang-Ho. Also in attendance are Sung-ryung Kim («The Call»), Dong-Young Kim («The Age Of Shadows») and Kim Ju-Hyeok («Rampant») , who died in 2017 at the age of just 45. in one of his last films.
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