Spring = Box Office Formula… Ma Dong-seok Returns with ‘Holy Night’
Actor Ma Dong-seok is expected to dominate the screens this year as well with the movie ‘The Holy Night: Demon Hunters’.
‘Holy Night: Demon Hunters’ is an occult action film about a city in chaos caused by an evil-worshiping group, and the dark solvers ‘Holy Night’ team, Bau(Ma Dong-seok), Sharon(Seo Hyun), and Kim Gun(David Lee), who have special abilities, fight against the evil group.
Ma Dong-seok, the hero of the spring theater district, is back again this year. Ma Dong-seok has been exploding with powerful box office potential every spring, achieving triple 10 million viewers with “The Outlaws 2”(12.69 million viewers) in May 2022, “The Outlaws 3”(10.69 million viewers) in May 2023, and “The Outlaws 4”(11.5 million viewers) in April 2024. He is a true representative actor of South Korea, having set the first record of 6 10 million viewers with 3 of them in spring theaters. Ma Dong-seok, who has been in the spotlight by breathing new life into the spring theater district, which was traditionally considered an off-season, has thrown down the gauntlet with a new occult action film this time.
In the movie ‘The Holy Night: Demon Hunters’, which is attracting attention as Ma Dong-seok’s first occult action film, he plays ‘Bau’ who hunts demons with rock-like strength and fists. He is a character who has been given special abilities that have never been seen in Ma Dong-seok’s worldview, and he stimulates the interest of the audience endlessly. Attention is focused on how Ma Dong-seok’s more powerful and merciless punches, which no one can stand against, will pleasantly sweep away the forces of evil. ‘Bau’ is a character with a unique past narrative behind his unstoppable strength, and Ma Dong-seok builds up the ‘Bau’ character solidly by freely moving between action acting and emotional acting. Director Lim Dae-hee did not spare his praise, saying that Ma Dong-seok perfectly digested the character of “an action icon who is also a leader and has wounds.” Attention is focused on Ma Dong-seok, who will defeat the devil and save the world as the stronger, more powerful, and more interesting character ‘Bau’, both inside and outside the film industry, to see if he can save the theaters this spring as well.
The movie ‘Holy Night: Demon Hunters’, which will show the explosive presence of Ma Dong-seok, who took on his first occult action role, will be released in theaters on April 30th.
Reporter Choi Yoon-na, Donga.com yyynnn@donga
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