A Violent Prosecutor

A Violent Prosecutor

Poster
Hangul 검사외전
Directed by Il-Hyeong Lee
Starring Hwang Jung-min
Kang Dong-won
Distributed by Showbox
Release dates
  • February 3, 2016 (2016-02-03)
Running time
 126 minutes[1]
Country South Korea
Language Korean
Box office US$60 million[2]

A Violent Prosecutor is a 2016 South Korean crime film directed by Il-Hyeong Lee, produced by Guk Su Ran and starring Hwang Jung-min and Kang Dong-won. It was released in South Korea on February 3, 2016 by Showbox.[1][3] [4] and produce by WolGwang movie, and Sanai Pictures. Filming began at May 18, 2015 and finished September 14, 2015.

Plot

Byun Jae-Wook (Hwang Jung-Min) is a short-tempered prosecutor who only pursues the truth. He is notorious for his rough and tough investigations. A suspect who is a small time criminal, under the interrogation of Byun Jae-Wook, is then found dead. All the evidences indicate Byun Jae-Wook as a criminal. Byun Jae-Wook is prosecuted and gets 15 years in prison.

At first he is treated ill by prisoners. He helps some guards to avoid court room fees and in other legal matters. This gains him a special position in prison. He helps out both the officers and prisoners who are in jail through his legal knowledge and experiences. This makes prisoners loyal to him and he treats them well whenever he receives gifts from the guards. People in jail call him as “Sir Young Gam” which means clever person.

Five years later, Byun Jae-Wook meets young fraudster Chi-Won in prison. Chi-Won knows details about Byun Jae-Wook’s case. Byun Jae-Wook trains Chi-Won to carry out his plan outside of prison. Using his knowledge as a former prosecutor, he gets Chi-Won free. Byun Jae-Wook prepares a counterattack on those who framed him. Chi-Won though takes the chance to get away from Byun Jae-Wook but the other prisoners whom Byun Jae-Wook has helped getting an early release doesn’t let Chi-Won get away. Byun Jae-Wook and Chi-Won get together and starts planning against Jong-Gil who was the Asst. Prosecutor General during Byun Jae-Wook trial period and the person who had convinced Byun Jae-Wook to defend himself in a self defense manner which resulted his jail-time. It is revealed Jong-Gil who is running in an upcoming election now was then working with a Builder, to encroach an ecologically significant land. The rest of the film follows how Byun Jae-Wook through Chi-Won piles up evidences against Jong-Gil and gains his freedom.

Cast

Reception

The film grossed US$22 million on its first four days at the South Korean box office.[3]

Spectator

The number of spectator been accumulated 9,700,981 / Rank 16 in history

Trailer[5]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wi6OfHCL-L4

Statics information[6]

Place Screens Accrued sales (Share) Accrued Spectator(Shares)
Seoul 0 56,646,000 (84.9%) 6,858 (85.0%)
South Korea 0 66,690,000 (100%) 8,066 (100%)
Place Screens Accrued Sales (Shares) Accrued Spectator (Shares)
Seoul 355 18,349,102,864 (23.7%) 2,225,205 (22.9%)
South Korea 1,812 77,285,949,764 (100%) 9,702,633 (100%)

Song ( BGM )

Since A Violent Prosecutor became a famous movie some songs influenced in media a lot. Especially, song Bomba sang by Jessy Matador because Kang Dong Won which is Chi Won in movie danced with this song and it brings a huge effects and became a trend to Korean people.

Quote

검사님 저는 살면서 단한번도 거짓말을 한적없습니다- “ Prosecutor, I never lied in my life” (Chi Won)

아임스튜핏! 아임 바보등신!! “I’m Stupid!! I’m dumb and foolish!”(Chi Won)

내가 왜 그 고생 하면서 검사뱃지 달았는줄 알아? 너같은 새끼들 합법적으로 잡아 처넣을라고 - “ Do you know why I become a prosecutor? To legally bully gangsters like you” (Byun Jae Wook)

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "A Violent Prosecutor (Movie - 2015)". Hancinema. Retrieved February 8, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Geomsawejeon (2016)". The Numbers. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Tartaglione, Nancy (February 7, 2016). "‘Revenant’, ‘Martian’ & More In Global Milestones; ‘Kung Fu Panda’ Tops $100M In China – Intl Box Office Update". deadline.com. Retrieved February 8, 2016.
  4. ↑ http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20160214000397
  5. ↑ 민병석 (2016-01-18), Korean Movie A Violent Prosecutor (2016) English Trailer, retrieved 2016-04-10
  6. ↑ "KOFIC 영화관 입장권 통합전산망 :: 일별 박스오피스". www.kobis.or.kr. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
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