THE DEAL
Genre
Crime, Thriller and Suspense
Running time
118 minutes
Year
2023
Language
Korean
Subtitle
English
Country
South Korea
Director
Lee Jung-Gon
Bio
Producer
Hadeuk Yong, Hyun-Ki Yoon
Cast
Yoo Seung-Ho, Kim Dong-Hwi, Yoo Su-Bin, Lee Joo-Young
Scriptwriter
Jong-Sung Hong
Three old high-school friends meet after a long time apart and get drunk. When Min-woo – who comes from a rich Korean family – falls asleep, Jun Seong and Jea Hyo put him to bed, then answer a call from home on his cell phone. They pretend to be his kidnappers – “We have your son! Prepare a billion won!” – but the game soon becomes terribly real as it turns into plan, a ransom materialises and Min-woo realises how he is being used. Not that he is a pushover, as his former friends will discover when he becomes their accomplice. The twists and turns as the three of them try to score the perfect deal keep the thrills coming and the stakes escalating.
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