The Roundup: Punishment

"Time for the ultimate wipeout."

2024 1h 49m KO

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7.2

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★7.2TMDB · 276

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'Monster Cop' Ma Seok-do investigates an illegal online gambling business led by a former STS Baek and an IT genius CEO Chang. Ma proposes an unexpected alliance to Jang and begins hunting down the criminals.

“Time for the ultimate wipeout.”

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Cast

Don Lee
Ma Seok-do
Kim Moo-yul
Baek Chang-gi
Park Ji-hwan
Jang I-soo
Lee Dong-hwi
Jang Dong-cheol
Lee Ju-bin
Han Ji-su
Lee Beom-soo
Jang Tae-su
Kim Min-jae
Kim Man-jae
Lee Ji-hoon
Yang Jong-su

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Heo Myeong-haeng
Writers: Oh Sang-ho, Lee Yoon-ho
Languages: English, Korean, Tagalog
Countries: South Korea

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ERA

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Released 2 years ago.

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2 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, Korean, Tagalog.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "The Roundup Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Heo Myeong-haeng, shot by Lee Seong-je. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Yoon Il-sang. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Kim Sun-min shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Don Lee and Kim Moo-yul and Park Ji-hwan carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Time for the ultimate wipeout.".

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The take

Heo Myeong-haeng directs. Lee Seong-je behind the camera. Yoon Il-sang scores. Kim Sun-min cuts. Produced in South Korea. Dialogue in English, Korean, Tagalog.

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1Released 2 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, Korean, Tagalog.
3Part of the "The Roundup Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Heo Myeong-haeng, shot by Lee Seong-je. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Yoon Il-sang. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Kim Sun-min shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Don Lee and Kim Moo-yul and Park Ji-hwan carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Time for the ultimate wipeout.".
9IMDB entry: tt27811040 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 12 themes, including "casino", "police", "detective", "sequel".
11Released under 16 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Lee Seong-je
Original score: Yoon Il-sang
Editing: Kim Sun-min
Production design: Bang Gil-sung
Costume design: Nam Ji-soo
Makeup / hair: Nam Ji-soo
Runtime: 109 min · 1h 49m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Box office: $83,703,350
Original language: KO
IMDB: The Roundup: Punishment (2024)

Part of

The Roundup Collection

The Roundup is a South Korean crime action film series, starring Ma Dong-seok in the lead role. Each film follows the story of Detective Ma Seok-do hunting down vicious criminals.

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MovieGuys2024-07-04
★ 6/10
I really enjoy The Roundup franchise, its fast , paced, simple fun. That said, I'm not quite so enthusiastic about the latest film Punishment. What makes these films work is simple fast paced, frenetic action combined with top class choreography. This film certainly has most of these elements but it doesn't work as well. Why? Perhaps its biggest short coming is its not especially cohesive. It builds and diffuses its much needed pace.This is not helped at all by jumping between geographical locations and complicating the team dynamic. The main character behaving like a medieval vassal, getting on his knees at one point to beg to keep a case, didn't impress either. Nor does, the at times, rather lame humour,that feels tacked on. On the upside what remains is moderately entertaining but its not enough to really see this iteration shine. In summary, not every film in any franchise can be a winner. The Roundup: Punishment is not awful but its not all that good either.

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