The Man From Nowhere (A-jeo-ssi) 2010

Having once done time behind bars, CHA Tae-sik now leads a quiet life. His only connection to the rest of the world is a little girl, So-mi, who lives nearby. So-mi’s mother, Hyo-jeong, smuggles drugs for a drug trafficking organization and entrusts Tae-sik with the product. When the traffickers find out they kidnap both Hyo-jeong and So-mi. Mistaking Tae-sik for another mule, the brothers that lead the gang—Man-sik and Jong-sik—promise to release Hyo-jeong and So-mi if Tae-sik makes a delivery for them. Tae-sik makes the decision to face the outside world in order to rescue So-mi. Stumbling upon a factory where the brothers have children’s organs removed to accommodate the drugs, Tae-sik rescues one child just before surgery and becomes enraged at the prospect So-mi may already be dead. Tae-sik prepares for a battle with Man-sik and Jong-sik, putting his own life at risk.

Director: Lee Jeong-beom

Stars: Won Bin, Kim Sae-Ron, Kim Tae-hoom

JDramaMama's Rating: C-

Nothing nice about this film but Won Bin. A movie about kidnapping children to harvest and sell their organs is pretty disgusting. Organ harvesting must be big in South Korea because I've seen more than one movie about it and it's not a very pleasant subject at all. This film is very bloody, very violent and pretty dismal. Lots of mayhem and murder and totally gross stuff. The relationship between the main character, played by Won Bin, and the little girl, SO-mi, is heartwarming and touching. That's about the only really positive thing in the film. Still, it's worth it to watch Won Bin in action.

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