Ma Dong-seok, who has armed himself with a unique and absolute ‘power character’ that cannot be compared to other actors and has fought not only vicious criminals (The Outlaws) but also zombies (Train to Busan) with his bare fists in his works, sets out to catch the evil devil this time. In the movie ‘The Holy Night: Demon Hunters’, which will be released on the 30th, he sets out to hunt demons with only his rock-like strength and his bare fists.

Like the ‘The Outlaws’ series, which has attracted over 10 million viewers for three consecutive films, ‘The Holy Night: Demon Hunters’, in which Ma Dong-seok not only stars but also planned and produced, depicts a city thrown into chaos by an evil-worshiping group, and the ‘The Holy Night’ team, a group of dark problem solvers with special abilities, as they punish the evil group.

In particular, this movie is drawing even more attention by boasting the unique ‘Occult Action’ genre, which combines the occult, which began to gain attention through ‘The Grave’, which attracted 11.91 million viewers last year, and action, which is Ma Dong-seok‘s specialty. Director Lim Dae-hee, who has extensive knowledge of the occult and mysticism to the point of having written several papers on the subject, and ‘action master’ Ma Dong-seok have built a grand worldview by sharing each other’s knowledge and imagination to the fullest extent.

In the play, Ma Dong-seok plays the role of Bau, the leader of the ‘Holy Night’ team who has tremendous power but a heartbreaking wound. While maintaining ‘Ma Dong-seok‘s signature action’, he added a new style that he had not shown in his previous works, differentiating it from his previous works.

Ma Dong-seok, who attended the production report meeting held at Lotte Cinema Konkuk University Entrance in Gwangjin-gu, Seoul on the 2nd, said about it, “The ‘Ma Dong-seok-style character” that many people are familiar with has been included, and my basic action base, boxing fist action, appears. However, to fit the genre, fantasy elements were added, so a lot of wires and special effects were used,” he said. “Despite those fantasy elements, we also tried to make all the action feel as realistic as possible and close to the ground.”

The difference from his previous works is not only revealed in the action. Unlike Ma Dong-seok’s previous works that had a strong ‘one-man’ feel, this film is one where the ‘team play’ of the various actors shines. Ma Dong-seok expressed his confidence that he had created the “best synergy” not only with the members of the “Holy Night” team, including Seo Hyun as Sharon, an exorcist with special abilities, and Lee Da-wit as Kim Gun, a multi-player who finds demons, but also with Jeong Ji-so as Eun-seo, a girl whose body has been taken over by a demon, and Kyung Soo-jin as Eun-seo’s older sister Jeong-won.

Seo Hyun, who acted with him, emphasized that this synergy was possible thanks to “Captain” Ma Dong-seok, who held the center firmly, and emphasized, “While working on this movie, not only I but everyone fell in love with senior Ma. He is so cool even as an adult, and as an actor, his ad-libs are geniuses. You can’t help but love him.”/


Reporter Seungmi Lee smlee@donga.com

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