Director Min Kyu-dong‘s new film ‘Breakthrough’, an action drama centered around an unprecedented 60-something killer, has confirmed its release on May 1st and is raising expectations by releasing two first posters and a first trailer.
The title of the film ‘Breakthrough’, based on the best-selling novel of the same name by author Koo Byung-mo, contains the ambiguous meaning of ‘It has flaws, but it becomes perfect as it ripens.’. It depicts an intense confrontation between the legendary killer Jo-gak, who has been active for 40 years in an organization that deals with cockroach-like humans, and the mysterious killer Tou-u who has chased him his entire life.
The first poster released on the 19th catches the eye with the overwhelming aura of the two killers. The confrontation between Lee Hye-young, who is indignant at the fragment of the legendary killer that all killers are crazy about and yet fear, and Kim Sung-cheol, who is perfectly indignant at the mysterious man Tuwoo who becomes a killer to find the fragment, centering around the copy, “Can I kill you?”, makes you curious about the drama and action that will engulf the two characters. The second first poster that was released together conveys the charisma of the fragment that no one can reach with just the back view with the sharp hairpin in it.
The first trailer that was released together opens with the line, “Think of it like this, you killed a bug”, by the fragment’s master Ryu (Kim Moo-yeol) and music that heightens the tension. The bloody face of Seol-hwa (Cynthia) changes into that of the legendary killer Sculpture in her 60s, and with the strong line, “Our job is the sacred work of exterminating malicious bugs,” it makes you curious about her story of how she has been preventing malicious bugs for a long time.
The mysterious killer Touwu‘s line, “I’m old and useless, so shouldn‘t I be thrown away as waste?” follows the Sculpture’s appearance looking at her, which is not the same as before, and the scene of ‘Sculpture’ and ‘Touwu’ keeping each other in check is depicted. ‘Sculpture’s‘ sharp question, “What is the purpose of your coming here?” foreshadows a fierce confrontation between the two killers.
Reporter Seungmi Lee smlee@donga.com
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