The live-action version of the manga of the same name, director Hong-Seung Yoon’s Knuckle Girl, is the story of a promising young boxer named Ran Tachibana, who gets into trouble trying to uncover the mystery behind her sister Yuzuki’s apparent suicide. The film follows the action thriller template and plunges into a world of crime where evil men won’t ever stop and corrupt cops mean they won’t ever be caught. In such a world, good people like Ran have to take up the mantle and decide how to fight them. The film is an immersive experience that tries to bring the manga to life, not only keeping us engaged through its vivid color palette and kickass action sequences but also delving into the philosophy of violence versus crime.
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- 11/4/2023
- by Ayush Awasthi
- Film Fugitives
From producer Jackie Chan and director Hong-Seung Yoon (The Target), the action-packed sci-fi thriller Reset arrives on digital and Blu-ray February 6 from Well Go USA Entertainment. Yang Mi (Brotherhood of Blades II) stars as a scientist trying to save her son from death at the hands of kidnappers by using an experimental universe-hopping/time-travel technology to save him. Reset also stars Wallace Huo (Our Time Will Come), King Shih-Chieh (The Final Master), Liu Chang (“The Kings Woman”) and newcomers Hummer Zhang and Wang Lidan. Reset was nominated as Best Film at the 2017 Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival.
In the near future, scientist Xia Tian (Yang Mi) is on the verge of a major discovery: time travel. After she successfully sends living tissue back in time by 110 minutes, her years of work seem to have paid off, but everything unravels when her young son is kidnapped and held for a hefty ransom – all of her research.
In the near future, scientist Xia Tian (Yang Mi) is on the verge of a major discovery: time travel. After she successfully sends living tissue back in time by 110 minutes, her years of work seem to have paid off, but everything unravels when her young son is kidnapped and held for a hefty ransom – all of her research.
- 1/16/2018
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
"You are not necessary for this experiment." Well Go USA has debuted an official Us trailer for a Chinese action-sci-fi-thriller titled Reset, also going by the name Fatal Countdown: Reset. Executive produced by Jackie Chan, and directed by a filmmaker called "Chang", Reset is about a desperate scientist mother who finishes her experimental time travel machine in order to go back in time and save her son. Starring Yang Mi, Wallace Huo, and King Shih-Chieh. While this doesn't seem like the most inspired time travel plot, I am curious about the cultural differences and unique twists in this film. I'm interested to see what happens once she goes back in time, and what exactly she does to save her son and get rid of the criminals. Have fun. Here's the official Us trailer (+ international poster) for Chang's Reset, direct from YouTube: In the near future, scientist Xia Tian (Yang Mi...
- 6/8/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Throughout his decade-long career, Chang has always pushed genre to its extremes, with the excessive gore in the high-school horror flick Death Bell, the crazed rampage in the policier The Target and the mawkishness in the melodrama Canola. With his latest film, the single-monikered Korean director shows how bombast can transcend borders and cultures. A Chinese-language thriller starring two of China's best-known stars, Reset is a high-concept action pic gone completely haywire — one that is produced by Jackie Chan, no less.
Revolving around a physicist trying to save her son from harm by making repeated trips to the...
Revolving around a physicist trying to save her son from harm by making repeated trips to the...
- 6/8/2017
- by Clarence Tsui
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The official selections for the 67th Cannes Film Festival have been announced with a more mainstream than expected selection this year featuring quite a few films you've probably heard of.
New films are on over from such esteemed directors as David Cronenberg, Jean-Luc Godard, Bennett Miller, Olivier Dahan, David Michod, Zhang Yimou, Atom Egoyan, Xavier Dolan, Ken Loach, Olivier Assayas, Rolf de Heer, Michel Hazanavicius, Mike Leigh, second-timer Tommy Lee Jones and first-timer Ryan Gosling.
Opening Film (Out of Competition):
"Grace of Monaco" – Olivier Dahan
Competition:
"The Captive" – Atom Egoyan
"Clouds of Sils Maria" – Olivier Assayas
"Two Days, One Night" – Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardennes
"Foxcatcher" – Bennett Miller
"Goodbye to Language" – Jean-Luc Godard
"The Homesman" – Tommy Lee Jones
"Jimmy's Hall" – Ken Loach
"Leviathan" – Andrey Zvyagintsev
"Le Meraviglie" – Alice Rohrwacher
"Maps to the Stars" – David Cronenberg
"Mommy" – Xavier Dolan
"Mr. Turner" – Mike Leigh
"Saint Laurent" – Bertrand Bonello
"The Search" – Michel Hazanavicius...
New films are on over from such esteemed directors as David Cronenberg, Jean-Luc Godard, Bennett Miller, Olivier Dahan, David Michod, Zhang Yimou, Atom Egoyan, Xavier Dolan, Ken Loach, Olivier Assayas, Rolf de Heer, Michel Hazanavicius, Mike Leigh, second-timer Tommy Lee Jones and first-timer Ryan Gosling.
Opening Film (Out of Competition):
"Grace of Monaco" – Olivier Dahan
Competition:
"The Captive" – Atom Egoyan
"Clouds of Sils Maria" – Olivier Assayas
"Two Days, One Night" – Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardennes
"Foxcatcher" – Bennett Miller
"Goodbye to Language" – Jean-Luc Godard
"The Homesman" – Tommy Lee Jones
"Jimmy's Hall" – Ken Loach
"Leviathan" – Andrey Zvyagintsev
"Le Meraviglie" – Alice Rohrwacher
"Maps to the Stars" – David Cronenberg
"Mommy" – Xavier Dolan
"Mr. Turner" – Mike Leigh
"Saint Laurent" – Bertrand Bonello
"The Search" – Michel Hazanavicius...
- 4/17/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
How sweat it is for Canadian film. There’ll be a maple syruppy touch to the Cannes Film Festival presence to the 67th Cannes Film Festival with a trio of Canuck films among today’s 17 Main Competition (we expect the number to possibly increase by at least one before the fest breaks). We have David Cronenberg, Atom Egoyan and while there is no Denys Arcand this year, the baton has been passed over to Xavier Dolan, who we believe becomes the youngest ever filmmaker to be included in the section. The influx of Canadian helmers means a depletion of U.S fare, with only the opener, Tommy Lee Jones and Bennett Miller breaking into the group.
Of the line-up, the key surprises Damian Szifron’s Wild Tales (which sees Pedro Almodovar as one of the producers) and is baiscally a series of comic sketches and Alice Rohrwacher with only her...
Of the line-up, the key surprises Damian Szifron’s Wild Tales (which sees Pedro Almodovar as one of the producers) and is baiscally a series of comic sketches and Alice Rohrwacher with only her...
- 4/17/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
This morning Cannes director Thierry Fremaux announced the films which will make up the 67th Cannes Film Festival lineup.
The announcement confirmed that the opening film, Olivier Dahan’s much-anticipated Grace of Monaco, is the only cut of the film, clearing up previous confusion on the matter. It is a strong opener, and the premiere screening of How to Train Your Dragon 2 to celebrate twenty years of Dreamworks Animation is a crowd-pleasing move certainly however it is the new films from Atom Egoyan, Jean-Luc Godard, Mike Leigh and David Cronenberg which have been warmly welcomed.
Tommy Lee Jones’ second feature film, The Homesman, plays in Compettion, up against the new Dardenne Brothers film, Ken Loach’s Jimmy’s Hall and many more. Every year the lineup is incredibly enticing, there is so much to explore, to anticipate (not least Ryan Gosling’s directorial debut Lost River – wisely retitled from...
The announcement confirmed that the opening film, Olivier Dahan’s much-anticipated Grace of Monaco, is the only cut of the film, clearing up previous confusion on the matter. It is a strong opener, and the premiere screening of How to Train Your Dragon 2 to celebrate twenty years of Dreamworks Animation is a crowd-pleasing move certainly however it is the new films from Atom Egoyan, Jean-Luc Godard, Mike Leigh and David Cronenberg which have been warmly welcomed.
Tommy Lee Jones’ second feature film, The Homesman, plays in Compettion, up against the new Dardenne Brothers film, Ken Loach’s Jimmy’s Hall and many more. Every year the lineup is incredibly enticing, there is so much to explore, to anticipate (not least Ryan Gosling’s directorial debut Lost River – wisely retitled from...
- 4/17/2014
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Director: Chang. Review: Adam Wing. Stop me if you’ve heard this one, what do you get if you cross Whispering Corridors with the Saw franchise and Battle Royale? The debut feature of music video director Yoon Hong-Seung (aka Chang), that’s what. Ok so I admit, the punchline needs some work, but there’s a reason why Chang has been compared to Michel Gondry and Spike Jonze. Death Bell has already been blessed with a sequel back home, so there’s never been a better time to catch up with this 2008 South Korean hit. Starring Lee Beom-soo in his first horror movie role, and K-pop singer Nam Gyu-ri in her acting debut, Death Bell takes a familiar Asian ghost story concept and smothers it in blood, chaos and cruelty. Set in a Korean high school, the films native title refers to gosa, the important midterm exams that all students are required to sit.
- 10/12/2011
- 24framespersecond.net
Director: Chang. Review: Adam Wing. Stop me if you’ve heard this one, what do you get if you cross Whispering Corridors with the Saw franchise and Battle Royale? The debut feature of music video director Yoon Hong-Seung (aka Chang), that’s what. Ok so I admit, the punchline needs some work, but there’s a reason why Chang has been compared to Michel Gondry and Spike Jonze. Death Bell has already been blessed with a sequel back home, so there’s never been a better time to catch up with this 2008 South Korean hit. Starring Lee Beom-soo in his first horror movie role, and K-pop singer Nam Gyu-ri in her acting debut, Death Bell takes a familiar Asian ghost story concept and smothers it in blood, chaos and cruelty. Set in a Korean high school, the films native title refers to gosa, the important midterm exams that all students are required to sit.
- 10/12/2011
- 24framespersecond.net
Best news today for Brit fans of Asian horror. The hugely enjoyable Korean gorefest Death Bell (aka Gosa) is to get a U.K bow on DVD, through the newly created sub label of Terra distribution...aka Terror cotta. Death Bell was the 2008 feature debut of music video director ‘Chang’ and thankfully broke the mould on that somewhat tired - being light on long haired ghosts - formula and instead heads hell for leather into the splattery world of slash horror. Death Bell arrives on DVD October 10. Go check it out! Synopsis: Students at an elite high school, preparing for mid-term exams, are held captive and forced into a series of sadistic games. The students find themselves plunged into a deadly test where they are picked off one by one and held in impenetrable traps where they must rely on the amazing intellects of their classmates to be released, every...
- 9/30/2011
- 24framespersecond.net
I haven’t had an opportunity to see Yoon Hong-Seung’s 2008 creepfest “Death Bell” yet, though judging from the trailer for its sequel, I need to correct this issue as soon as humanly possible. “Death Bell 2: Bloody Camp” might sound like a obnoxiously stupid horror flick, but the trailer embedded below tells a different story altogether. And while the trailer didn’t overwhelm my senses with several metric tons of unchecked terror, it certainly has ensnared my brutally fickle attention. That has to account for something, right? Once again, a synopsis courtesy of 24 Frames per Second: Find the answer to survive! The killing game begins again. Se-hee is haunted by her step sister Tae-yeon who used to be a promising swimmer, but suddenly she killed herself in a swimming pool 2 years ago. During the summer vacation, she joins the study camp at school for upcoming college entrance exam. On the first night,...
- 7/7/2010
- by Todd Rigney
- Beyond Hollywood
IFC Films has announced that it has acquired the British horror/comedy Tormented, and will debut it via its on-demand service this month. The film had originally been picked up for U.S. release by Paramount Vantage before that banner got shuttered earlier this year.
Directed by Jon Wright from a script by Stephen Prentice, Tormented centers on a popular clique of high-schoolers whose bullying leads fellow student Darren (Calvin Dean) to hang himself. While Justine (Tuppence Middleton), a member of the uncool crowd, is seduced into the group by Alexis (Dimitri Leonidas), Darren comes back from the dead to take revenge on his tormentors. The cast also includes Alex Pettyfer (soon to be seen in the title role of Beastly) and April Pearson (pictured) and Larissa Wilson of the hit BBC series Skins, with special makeup by UK FX star Paul Hyett. Tormented will be available on-demand Oct. 21-January...
Directed by Jon Wright from a script by Stephen Prentice, Tormented centers on a popular clique of high-schoolers whose bullying leads fellow student Darren (Calvin Dean) to hang himself. While Justine (Tuppence Middleton), a member of the uncool crowd, is seduced into the group by Alexis (Dimitri Leonidas), Darren comes back from the dead to take revenge on his tormentors. The cast also includes Alex Pettyfer (soon to be seen in the title role of Beastly) and April Pearson (pictured) and Larissa Wilson of the hit BBC series Skins, with special makeup by UK FX star Paul Hyett. Tormented will be available on-demand Oct. 21-January...
- 10/8/2009
- by no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)
- Fangoria
Surprise news of the day. The hugely enjoyable Korean slashed Gosa (aka Death Bell) is to get a U.S release via IFC films, throught their VOD service. Death Bell brought over a million moviegoers into Korean theatre last year and has become one of Korea's highest-grossing horror films ever. The feature debut of music video director “Chang,” this high school horror focuses on the experience all students are too familiar with - exams are hell - and takes it to a very bloody extreme. A shame its only going out on Vod, but a DVD release should follow soon after. Death Bell is available from October 14th.
- 10/1/2009
- 24framespersecond.net
Another horror film is coming our way courtesy of IFC Festival Direct VOD Service, a new South Korean flick from director and co-writer Yoon Hong-Seung called Deathbell. Hope these students are ready for their pop-quiz as Hong-Seung puts a group of innocent high schoolers to the question in the exam of their lives and takes great bloody joy in punishing wrong answers!
The eye-peeling horror film will finally find its way to unwitting Us shores October 14th as it debuts on demand under the IFC Festival Direct label.
Synopsis:
On a Saturday, 170 days before college entrance exam, a special class for 20 top students is held at school. The 20 intelligent students include the loyal high school girl Inah, the bad-boy hunk Kang-Hyun, Ina’s best friend Myung-Hyo, the top-of-school paranoiac Hye-Young, the hallucination schizophrenic Jo-Beom, the second top insomniac Dong-Hyuk, the timid third top student Jae-Wook, and the over-sensitive sixth top student Su-Jin.
The eye-peeling horror film will finally find its way to unwitting Us shores October 14th as it debuts on demand under the IFC Festival Direct label.
Synopsis:
On a Saturday, 170 days before college entrance exam, a special class for 20 top students is held at school. The 20 intelligent students include the loyal high school girl Inah, the bad-boy hunk Kang-Hyun, Ina’s best friend Myung-Hyo, the top-of-school paranoiac Hye-Young, the hallucination schizophrenic Jo-Beom, the second top insomniac Dong-Hyuk, the timid third top student Jae-Wook, and the over-sensitive sixth top student Su-Jin.
- 9/30/2009
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
IFC Films continues its horror rollout on VOD with Death Bell , the South Korean acquisition from director and co-writer Yoon Hong-Seung. We've got the official trailer to share with you (below) as well as the one-sheet . Yep, it appears this one is rife with long black-haired ghosts, but the conceit here is that a classroom of students must pass a series of tests...or pay the price. You'll find a lengthy synopsis here . Death Bell premieres on demand via IFC Festival Direct on October 14.
- 9/30/2009
- shocktillyoudrop.com
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