Revenge and rage can take shape in many different way. Some want payback, while others will do whatever is necessary to take down their enemies, even if that means becoming two-faced and playing both sides.
Here are six Korean movies that will have you guessing who is the good guy or…are they the bad guy?!
Which one is your favorite? Let me know in the comments below!
1. The King
What’s It About: Park Tae-Soo was born into a poor family. He learns at a young age that power means everything and decides to become a prosecutor. After entering the most prestigious law school in Korea and graduating, Tae- Soo realizes he no better than a salaryman. He still has the drive to wield absolute power. Enters Han Kang-Sik. Han Kang-Sik part of a powerful clique of prosecutors that have wealth and power. Park Tae-Soo finally gets a taste of life in the higher heirarchy. Will he be able to maintain his newfound status or will he realize it’s lonely at the top?
Starring: Zo In-Sung, Jung Woo-Sung, Ryu Jun-Yeol
Where To Watch: Tubi, The Roku Channel, Rakuten Viki
Watch The Trailer Here:
2. The Merciless
What’s It About: Jae-Ho is a prisoner. He has established his own rules and put his fellow inmates under his control at the penitentiary. Jae-Ho is also the number two guy in a criminal organization outside the prison. Soon Jae-Ho meets the newest inmate, undercover cop Hyun-Soo. He doesn’t follows the rules of the prisons and feels like he has to submit to anyone. Together the two team together to take over a ruthless gang. Loyalties and betrayal face the two as they bond together over their mutual interests.
Starring: Sol Kyung-Gu, Siwan, Jeon Hye-Jin
Where To Watch: Currently Unavailable For Streaming In US
Watch The Trailer Here:
3. Asura: City Of Madness
What’s It About: Han Do-Kyung is a shady detective. He has just learned that his wife has terminal cancer. Han Do-Kyung is determined to do anything for his wife and gets caught in the internal affairs and the city’s corrupt mayor, Park Sung-Bae. Prosecutor Kim Cha-In is ruthless in his pressuring of Han Do-Kyung to cooperate in an investigation against the mayor. As things start to get worse, only the most evil will survive in a dog-eat-dog world.
Starring: Jung Woo-Sung, Hwang Jung-Min, Ju Ji-Hoon
Where To Watch: You Tube, Amazon Prime Video, Google Play Movies & TV
Watch The Trailer Here:
4. The Swindlers
What’s It About: Hwang Ji-Sung is a swindler. But he only swidles fellow conmen. He has a personal vendetta against another swindler named Jang Doo Chil. Doo Chil has just conned a huge sum of money from many victims and now has disappeared and is presumed dead. Prosecutor Park Hee Soo wants to make sure Jang Doo Chil remains “dead” to avoid a corruption scandal. Park Hee Soo recruits Hwang Ji-Sung after realizing they have mutual goals. Together they devise a plan to bait Doo Chil’s right-hand man, but will it work?
Starring: Hyun Bin, Yoo Ji-Tae, Park Sung-Woong
Where To Watch: Rakuten VIki, Pluto TV, Amazon Prime Video
Watch The Trailer Here:
5. Inside Men
What’s It About: Ahn Sang-Goo is a political hoodlum. He has been enlisted by Lee Kang-Hee, an editor of a large influential conservative newspaper. Kang-Hee has just raised the status of Jang Pil-woo, a Presidential candidate by using the power of the press. Two companies are secretly funneling funds to Lee Kang-Hee’s newspaper in order to install Jang Pil-Woo as their political puppet. Ahn Sang-Goo gets caught pocketing the slush fund between Lee and Jang and gets fired. He decides to take revenge on the men that exposed him. Ahn Sang-Goo methodically starts planning his revenge, hell-bent on vengeance.
Starring: Lee Byung-Hun, Cho Seung-Woo, Lee El
Where To Watch: Tubi, Rakuten Viki, Amazon Prime Video
Watch The Trailer Here:
6. Master
What’s It About: Jin Hyun-Pil oversees a large multi-level marketing company called One Network. Kim Jae-Myung is the lead investigator of the intellectual crime investigation team. He is investigating Jin Hyun-Pil’s company for fraud and the deep connections to CEO’s, politicians and bureaucrats. Kim Jae-Myung catches a break when he arrests one of Jae-Myung’s employee, Park Jang-Gun, and threatens him with prison time if he does not cooperate with the investigation. Jang-Gun agrees to help while plotting his own scheme to steal the company’s huge secret fund.
Starring: Kim Woo-Bin, Lee Byung-Hun, Gang Dong-Won
Where To Watch: You Tube, Amazon Prime Video, Google Play Movies & TV
Watch The Trailer Here:
