Dubbed as TAKEN meets OLD BOY, THE MAN FROM NOWHERE is a gritty Korean thriller that is not only brilliantly directed but will be a film that will without a doubt become a cult classic.
A Mysterious man named Tae-shik lives alone running a pawnshop in a rundown neighbourhood. His only contact with the outside world is through his customers, Until he meets a young girl named So-mi who lives next door with her mother, an exotic club dancer and drug addict. Unloved by her mother and bullied by the kids at school, So-mi chooses to try and become friends with Tae-shik.
But when So-mi’s mother steals drugs from a group of mobsters, So-Mi and her mother are taken hostage. When Tae-shik gets dragged into the middle of the mobsters attempts to get back a camera sold to him by So-mi’s mother, he is forced to leave his Hermit life to search of his one and only friend. Tae-shik agrees to perform a job for the gangsters; however the job turns out to be a set-up. 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 secrets of his past
THE MAN FROM NOWHERE is a revenge thriller with attitude, taking the same aspects seen in TAKEN. To see how a lonely man, mourning the death of his wife, finds salvation in a young girl is touching and seeing the lengths one man would go to save someone’s life made this film even more nail biting. We are treated to some brilliant and bloody fight sequences, which for a change, are not over the top and fits pretty well with the type of film. I was disappointed that they made Tae-shik (Bin Won –MOTHER, KILLERDEULUI SUDA) cut his hair half way though (as i think it the original style was more suited) but that is just me trying to find fault in an utterly faultless film. Well directed, well acted and just a bloody brilliant film all round.
Release date: 11th April
Format: DVD
Certificate: 18
Price: £12.99 (DVD)
A Mysterious man named Tae-shik lives alone running a pawnshop in a rundown neighbourhood. His only contact with the outside world is through his customers, Until he meets a young girl named So-mi who lives next door with her mother, an exotic club dancer and drug addict. Unloved by her mother and bullied by the kids at school, So-mi chooses to try and become friends with Tae-shik.
But when So-mi’s mother steals drugs from a group of mobsters, So-Mi and her mother are taken hostage. When Tae-shik gets dragged into the middle of the mobsters attempts to get back a camera sold to him by So-mi’s mother, he is forced to leave his Hermit life to search of his one and only friend. Tae-shik agrees to perform a job for the gangsters; however the job turns out to be a set-up. 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 secrets of his past
THE MAN FROM NOWHERE is a revenge thriller with attitude, taking the same aspects seen in TAKEN. To see how a lonely man, mourning the death of his wife, finds salvation in a young girl is touching and seeing the lengths one man would go to save someone’s life made this film even more nail biting. We are treated to some brilliant and bloody fight sequences, which for a change, are not over the top and fits pretty well with the type of film. I was disappointed that they made Tae-shik (Bin Won –MOTHER, KILLERDEULUI SUDA) cut his hair half way though (as i think it the original style was more suited) but that is just me trying to find fault in an utterly faultless film. Well directed, well acted and just a bloody brilliant film all round.
Release date: 11th April
Format: DVD
Certificate: 18
Price: £12.99 (DVD)
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