Running Turtle

One of the top box-office hits in South Korea last year is a clever and often humorous commentary on The Chaser (2008, Na Hong-Jin). Just like in that film, Kim Yoon-Suk plays the lead role, this time as toothless detective Jo Pil-Sung who plays a cat-and-mouse game with a fleeing crook. Jo is suspended, which doesn’t help the mood at home, and his gambling addiction doesn’t help either. Yet he can’t stop himself gambling and luck seems to be on his side when he wins a lot of money. Unfortunately he bumps into the escaped Song Gi-Tae, who robs him and also beats him up. The humiliated detective calls in some friends and they set off after Song Gi-Tae in order to earn the reward on his head, and of course also to save the detective’s honour. The fleeing master in martial arts doesn’t make life easy for them, however.

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