Korean Thrillers Infiltrate Top US Genre Fest in Austin

 

The 13th edition of Fantastic Fest in Austin, TX, the leading genre film event in the United States, will welcome two new Korean thrillers when it opens its doors on September 21st. Both BYUN Sung-hyun’s The Merciless and PARK Hoon-jung’s V.I.P. will screen at the festival.

Featuring SUL Kyung-gu (Public Enemy, 2002) and IM Si-wan (A Melody to Remember) as prisoners who form a bond before leading a life of organized crime on the outside, The Merciless debuted in the Midnight Screenings section of this year’s Cannes Film Festival. The crime drama was released in Korea in May and marks the third outing for Director BYUN, after the music drama The Beat Goes On (2012) and romantic comedy Whatcha Wearin’ (2012).

The third title produced and distributed by Warner Bros. Korea, after KIM Jee-woon’s The Age of Shadows and LEE Zoo-young’s A Single Rider, V.I.P. is a tale of a North Korean serial killer being either protected or chased down by members of various international agencies. The project, which is currently on release, is the fourth by New World (2013) and The Tiger (2015) director PARK and features JANG Dong-gun (Friend, 2001), KIM Myung-min (Deranged, 2012), PARK Hee-soon (The Suspect, 2013) and LEE Jong-suk (Hot Young Bloods, 2014).

Related People

• KIM Myung-min
• KIM Jee-woon
• PARK Hoon-jung
• PARK Hee-soon
• BYUN Sung-hyun
• SUL Kyung-gu
• JANG Dong-gun
• LEE Jong-suk
• IM Si-wan
• LEE Zoo-young

Related Films

• Friend 2001
• Public Enemy 2002
• The Beat Goes On 2012
• Deranged 2012
• New World 2013
• Whatcha Wearin' 2012
• The Suspect 2013
• Hot Young Bloods 2014
• The Tiger 2015
• A Melody to Remember 2016
• The Age of Shadows 2016
• A Single Rider 2017
• V.I.P. 2017
• The Merciless 2017

Related Company

• Warner Bros. Korea http://wbcp.co.kr