The Target (film)
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Director Yoon Hong-Seung Music director Park In-young Duration Language Korean | 6.4/10 IMDb Genre Action, Thriller Screenplay Yoon Hong-Seung Country South Korea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date April 30, 2014 (2014-04-30) (South Korea)
May 22, 2014 (2014-05-22) (Cannes) Writer Cheol-Hong Jeon (screenplay), Seong-Geol Jo (screenplay) Initial release April 30, 2014 (South Korea) Cast Ryoo Seung-Ryong (Yeo-Hoon), Lee Jin-Wook (Tae-Joon), Yu Jun-Sang (Chief Detective Song), Kim Sung-Ryung (Detective Young-Joo), Jo Yeo-Jeong (Hee-Joo), Jo Eun-Ji (Park Soo-jin)Similar movies Ryu Seung-ryong movies, Movies about South Korea, Action movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Target (Hangul: 표적; RR: Pyojeok) is a 2014 South Korean action-thriller film starring Ryu Seung-ryong, Lee Jin-wook, Yoo Jun-sang and Kim Sung-ryung, and directed by Yoon Hong-seung (who also goes by the pseudonym Chang). It is a remake of the 2010 French film Point Blank.
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Released on April 30, 2014 in South Korea, the film was also shown out of competition in the Midnight Screenings section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.
Plot
Ex-mercenary killer Yeo-hoon has reformed and is leading a normal life. That is, until he winds up framed for the death of a prominent CEO. He escapes, takes a bullet and winds up in a hospital bed. A doctor at the hospital, medical resident Tae-joon, helps him to escape his pursuers. When Tae-joon's pregnant wife is kidnapped, the two men embark on a dangerous 36-hour chase.
Box office
The Target was released on April 30, 2014. It had a solid opening despite placing third at the box office, behind The Fatal Encounter (another Korean film released on the same day) and The Amazing Spider-Man 2. With a market share of 21.5%, it attracted 1.35 million admissions and ₩6.63 billion (US$6.46 million) in its first week.
On its second week, the film rose to second place at the box office, for a total of more than 2 million admissions from 716 screens nationwide.
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