Have an elaborate plan?
Find several accomplices to carry out your plan?
Run into obstacles along the way?
Successfully get away with the heist?
If you answered YES to any of these questions, then here are four Korean movies that will run off with your heart and steal your time at the same time.
Which one is your favorite? Let me know in the comments below!
1. Jesters: The Game Changers
What’s It About: Deok-Ho and his gang perform as clowns across the country about King Sejo and the six martyred ministers. Han Myeong-Hoe is the King’s right-hand man. He thinks highly of Deok-Ho’s show and wants to use him to improve the King’s image. The citizens ridicule him for having the six ministers killed for not acknowledging him. He selects five other clowns and orders them to make a show that is favorable for the King.
Starring: Kim Seul-Gi, Kim Min-Seok, Paek Heesoon
Where To Watch: Currently Unavailable For Streaming In U.S.
2. The Grand Heist
What’s It About: During the last years of King Yeongjo’s reign, ice is seen as a valuable commodity, worth more than gold. It is also controlled by the royal family. Lee Deok-Mu is the son of a nobleman, but also the son of a concubine. Due to his status in life, he is unable to get a government position. Deok-Mu sells books in the meantime. Jo Myung-Soo is one of the most powerful nobleman and he wants full control of the ice. He makes a plan to get rid of Deok-Mu’s father and Dong-Soo, the man in charge of the ice warehouse. When the plan goes into action, Deok-Mu comes up with his own plan…to steal all of the ice. He puts together a group of specialized individuals to carry out the heist of their lives.
Starring: Cha Tae-Hyun, Oh Ji-Ho, Sung Dong-Il
Where To Watch: FreeVee, Plex, Tubi
3. The Thieves
What’s It About: Popie, Yenicall, Chewingum, and Zampano are a gang of professional thieves. After the group scores a valuable antique vase, the team is contacted by Macao Park, a former member of the team. He tells the gang of a lucrative new job in Macau. The gang agrees to the job and head off to Hong Kong. What they don’t know is Pepsee, an ex-girlfriend of Macao Park, is freshly released from prison for taking the fall for the gang, is released and she coming with the gang.
Starring: Lee Jung-Jae, Jun Ji-Hyun, Kim Soo-Hyun
Where To Watch: Tubi, Plex, Pluto TV
4. The Big Swindle
What’s It About: Choi Chang-Hyeok finds himself being followed by the cops. He wants to lose them and starts a police chase. When he emerges from a tunnel, he goes over the side of a cliff and is killed in the car wreck. Chang-Hyeok had just left the Bank of Korea, after a huge scam with four of his accomplices that netted them $5 billion won. Three of the accomplices get away while one, Eol-Mae is caught by the police. The money has disappeared and the police try to get him to talk and reveal his scam.
Starring: Yum Jung-Ah, Park Shin-Yang, Park Won-Sang
Where To Watch: Available On DVD On Amazon
