THE CHASER - (Chugyeogja) (South Korea)
The Story:
Jung-ho (Kim Yun-seok) used to be a detective himself before he started pimping, a line of work where casual brutality comes in handy more often than not. Annoyed that a number of his girls have vanished in recent weeks, Jung-ho sends one of his lovelier assets, single mom Mi-jin (Seo Young-hee), to service regular client Young-min (Ha Jung-woo) one night, only afterward deducing that the latter may be responsible for the girls' disappearances.
Even still, Jung-ho doesn't suspect murder. For auds, however, Young-min is outed as a total psycho pretty early on, in a squirm-inducing torture-chamber sequence that leaves Mi-jin grievously wounded. But before Young-min can finish the job, he's called away outside, only to run into Jung-ho, who beats him savagely before they're both arrested.
At the station, the man bluntly confesses he has killed the missing women, and the last girl, Mi-jin, may still be alive. As the whole police force is obsessed with a random search for corpses, Jung-ho is the only one who believes Mi-jin is still alive. With only 12 hours left to detain the serial killer without a warrant, Jung-ho’s hunt begins, searching for Mi-jin entrapped in a place nobody knows.
Starring :
Kim Yun-seok, Ha Jung-woo, Seo Yong-hie, Jung In-gi, Park Hyo-ju
Directed By:
Na Hong-jin
Release:
2008
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