Opening April 18
Drama. Directed by Choi Seung-ho. The beautiful young actress Jung Ji-hae (Min Ji-hyeon) dies and the media bashes the sexual bribery rampant in the entertainment industry. With the victim dead, the accused are the only ones left in court, rendering the trial useless. The young actress was taken advantage of by a film director and producer who is successful in the entertainment business. As he is an important man in the industry, people decline to testify in court. Lee Jang-ho (Ma Dong-seok), once a hotshot in journalism, is now floundering as a web newscaster. With the newly appointed female prosecutor Kim Mi-hyeon (Lee Seung-yeon), Lee decides to reveal the truth behind the atrocity and put up a fight to reveal the truth.
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Opening March 28
Action. Adventure. Science Fiction. Directed by Jon M Chu. Zartan (Arnold Vosloo), the Cobra commander who is impersonating the president of the United States, has world leaders under his control. His ruthless terrorist organization is determined to rule the world, and the U.S. is in turmoil -- advanced warheads are aimed at innocent people around the world, and the G.I. Joe team is accused of crimes against the country. On Zartan’s orders, some of the G.I. Joes have been terminated by the Cobras. Outnumbered, the surviving team members team up with the original G.I. Joe General Joseph Colton (Bruce Willis) to overthrow Zartan along with his notorious allies Storm Shadow (Lee Byung-hun) and Firefly (Ray Stevenson).
Django Unchained
Opening March 21
Drama. Western. Directed by Quentin Tarantino. Set in the South in 1858, Django (Jamie Foxx), an ex-slave with a brutal history with his former owners, finds himself with bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz (Christopher Waltz). Together they search for the Brittle brothers who are wanted dead or alive. Once they find the brothers, the team sets on a mission to rescue Broomhilda (Kerry Washington), Django’s wife from his slave days. On their journey they bump into Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio), the owner of “Candie Land,” famous for its “mandingos” -- slaves bred to fight each other to the death. While exploring the compound, the two arouse the suspicion of Stephen (Samuel L. Jackson), Candie’s most trusted slave.
Warm Bodies
Opened March 14
Horror. Romance. Comedy. Directed by Jonathan Levine. After a huge zombie epidemic, the streets are filled with the undead. All the survivors of the plague are driven behind the walls of a heavily guarded city. Now all that is left are the zombies roaming in search of human prey, and the Boneys, the next undead incarnation. As a zombie, R (Nicholas Hoult) constantly craves human flesh. However, he is most attracted to brains, as he is able to “feel alive” on the memories of their former owners. One day as he and his friend M (Rob Corddry) are in search of food, R sets his eyes on Julie (Teresa Palmer), a beautiful human, with whom he falls deeply in love.
Psycho-metry
Opened March 7
Mystery. Directed by Kwon Ho-young. A little girl is kidnapped and murdered, and detective Yang Chun-dong (Kim Kang-woo) investigating the murder realizes that he had seen the exact crime scene drawn onto a mysterious wallpaper he once saw on the street. He tracks down the owner of the wallpaper, where he finds Joon (Kim Beom) who drew it. He arrests Joon, but soon finds out that it was not Joon who had committed the crime. Joon has the “psycho-metry” ability to see the past by touching objects with his right hand. He has lived his whole life hating his ability but Chun-dong finds ways to use Joon’s power. The two team up to track down the real criminal.
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Articles by Korea Herald