eOne have just sent Cinehouse a awesome exclusive First look at the UK Trailer for Jeong-beom Lee's THE MAN FROM NOWHERE. If you love you revenge thrillers especially those like I Saw The Devil you'll love this action packed movie that takes inspirations from the likes of Taken, Oldboy mixies it up the blood & guts of a classic John Woo movie given you a brutal stylish movie that does boast a impressive knife fight! If you've been following the movie online via the blog/website network this movie has been getting rave reviews anywhere its played as well been a major blockbuster in its native South Korea ,swept the board at the Korea Film Awards taking honours for Best Actor, Best New Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Music, Best Lighting, Best Visual Effects and Best Editing during 2010.
Korea Film Awards taking honours for Best Actor, Best New Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Music, Best Lighting, Best Visual Effects and Best Editing, The Man From Nowhere is, without doubt, the hottest Korean movie to come along in recent years and puts Korean cinema firmly back on the world cinema map.
Starring Korean heartthrob Bin Won (Brotherhood; Mother) who is looks like a future action star like a young Chow Yun Fat! ,The Movie also stars newcomer Sae-ron Kim (A Brand New Life), The Man From Nowhere is a “slick, stylish and blood thirsty revenge thriller thats bursting with action with a awesome killer climax which has left us here at Cinehouse wanting more!!!!
Scarred by traumatic events resulting from his past, former special agent Tae-shik (Bin Won) lives in solitude running a pawnshop in a rundown neighbourhood. His only contact with the world is through his customers and his next-door neighbours, a young girl named So-mi (Sae-ron Kim) and her mother, an exotic club dancer and drug addict. Neglected by her mother and shunned by the kids at school, So-mi gradually forms a bond of friendship with the loner Tae-shik.
But one day, So-mi and her mother disappear. When it becomes apparent that mobsters connected to So-mi’s mother’s drug dealing have kidnapped them, Tae-shik is forced to leave his private sanctuary and to go out into the world in search of his one and only friend. In a bid to ensure So-mi’s safety, Tae-shik agrees to perform a one-off job for the gangsters holding the girl. The job turns out to be a set-up that makes him the target of both a rival gang and of an intense police manhunt. On the run from both sides of the law, and risking him life every step of the way, Tae-shik moves ever closer to discovering So-mi’s whereabouts, but in doing so, he also risks revealing the hidden secrets of his past…
The Man From Nowhere (cert. 18) will be released on DVD/Blu-Ray by eOne on 11th April 2011.Look out for a review of the movie coming shortly.
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