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5 days ago · Share. In “Escape,” the latest South Korean thriller directed by Lee Jong-pil, a soldier named Im Kyu-Nam (Lee Je-Hoon) fights to escape North Korea and build a better life for himself across ...
Escape (Korean: 탈주; RR: Talju) is a 2024 South Korean action thriller film, directed by Lee Jong-pil and starring Lee Je-hoon, Koo Kyo-hwan and Hong Xa-bin. This film depicts the life-threatening defection and chase of Lim Gyu-nam, a North Korean soldier who dreams of a life with a tomorrow on the other side of the barbed-wire fence, and Hyeon-sang, a North Korean State Security officer ...
4 days ago · Escape: Directed by Lee Jong-pil. With Shin Dong Hyeon, Lee Je-hoon, Song Kang, Koo Kyo-hwan. Follows the struggles of a North Korean sergeant who is chased by a ruthless major after he defects.
- Jong-pil Lee
- 2024-07-05
- Action
- 94
4 days ago · Tweet. The high-concept South Korean army thriller “Escape” clocks in at a swift 94 minutes long. It could have easily gone on longer. There’s simultaneously too much and not enough action in this intriguing, but underdeveloped story about a North Korean defector who, after ten years of military service, flees to South Korea.
Jul 2, 2024 · It is 1 hour and 36 minutes long. In Escape, Lee Je-Hoon plays one of the lead roles of a North Korean sergeant, Lim Kyu Nam. Koo Kyo-Hwan portrays another central character in the movie, Officer ...
Jun 11, 2024 · This year’s list has 30 movies (up from 15 last year) out of the 60 total queer films I’ve watched. Of these, there is sadly only one non-English language movie on the list, but I plan on trying to watch more for 2025’s list.
Aug 9, 2022 · Spoiler alert: they escape, but the movie isn’t over yet. Instead, The Retreat becomes a queer revenge thrill ride that gives our requisite “final girls” the opportunity to have the last slash.
