The movie ‘Breakthrough’ starring Lee Hye-young and Kim Sung-chul, which has already received rave reviews from major overseas media outlets, has raised expectations by releasing its third poster and second trailer.

‘Breakthrough’, which opens on the 30th, depicts an intense confrontation between Jo-gak(Lee Hye-young), a legendary killer who has been active for 40 years in an organization that deals with cockroach-like humans, and Tou(Kim Sung-chul), a mysterious killer who has chased her all her life.

The third poster released captures the rough tension flowing between Jo-gak(Lee Hye-young)and Bullfight(Kim Sung-chul).Jo-gak’s gaze, which faces Bullfight head-on while holding a hairpin, contains emotions mixed with caution and suspicion, revealing the mysterious relationship between the two.The meaningful copy, “Will you extend your hand or stick a knife in?” adds to the anticipation by implying the unpredictable depth of the two characters ‘narrative.

The second trailer released together foreshadows intense action along with a tense war of nerves between Jo-gak and Bullfight.To Jo-gak, who is trying to protect Mr.Kang(Yeon Woo-jin), Bullfight makes a sharp remark, “That veterinarian is someone who needs to be protected, and I am trash that needs to be cleaned up?” , stimulating curiosity about Jo-gak’s inexplicable feelings toward him.

Especially after Mr.Kang, who kept the secret of the sculpture, is designated as a quarantine target, the tension between the sculpture that has something to protect and the bullfight that has nothing to lose clashes with contrasting emotions.The scene where the bullfight responds to the sculpture’s warning, “Can I kill you?” with “You didn’t plan on doing that?” raises expectations for the final action of the two killers who have nowhere to retreat as his twisted emotions explode.


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