The Roundup: No Way Out

"Wipe out all the bastards!"

2023 1h 45m KO

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7.2

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★7.2TMDB · 579

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Synopsis

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Detective Ma Seok-do changes his affiliation from the Geumcheon Police Station to the Metropolitan Investigation Team, in order to eradicate Japanese gangsters who enter Korea to commit heinous crimes.

“Wipe out all the bastards!”

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Cast

Don Lee
Ma Seok-do
Lee Jun-hyuk
Joo Seong-cheol
Munetaka Aoki
Ricky
Lee Beom-soo
Jang Tae-su
Kim Min-jae
Kim Man-jae
Lee Ji-hoon
Yang Jong-su
Kim Do-gun
Jung Da-wit
Ko Kyu-pil
Cho-rong

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Lee Sang-yong
Writers: Kim Min-sung, Cha Woo-jin
Languages: Mandarin, Japanese, Korean
Countries: South Korea

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1 / 8

ERA

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Released 3 years ago.

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2 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Mandarin, Japanese, Korean.

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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 Lee Sang-yong, shot by Lee Hyun. 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 Mok Yeong-jin. 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 Lee Jun-hyuk and Munetaka Aoki carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Marketing tagline: "Wipe out all the bastards!".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Lee Sang-yong directs. Lee Hyun behind the camera. Mok Yeong-jin scores. Kim Sun-min cuts. Produced in South Korea. Dialogue in Mandarin, Japanese, Korean.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 3 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Mandarin, Japanese, Korean.
3Part of the "The Roundup Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Lee Sang-yong, shot by Lee Hyun. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Mok Yeong-jin. 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 Lee Jun-hyuk and Munetaka Aoki carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Wipe out all the bastards!".
9IMDB entry: tt21364552 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 8 themes, including "drug crime", "police", "detective", "sequel".

The technical file

Cinematography: Lee Hyun
Original score: Mok Yeong-jin
Editing: Kim Sun-min
Production design: Bang Gil-sung
Costume design: Nam Ji-soo
Makeup / hair: Nam Ji-soo
Runtime: 105 min · 1h 45m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Box office: $83,410,298
Original language: KO
IMDB: The Roundup: No Way Out (2023)

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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MovieGuys2024-01-03
★ 8/10
The latest film in the Roundup franchise, offers yet another fun romp for action fans. Whilst rather formulaic, the Roundup South Korean crime action films, are fast paced and innovative enough, to remain fresh and entertaining. A basic crime story provides the stage for a variety of fast paced fight scenes that are beautifully choreographed and inventive, not to mention, at times, downright amusing. In summary, if you love action you wont be disappointed by this film or any in the series. Yes, there are subs but given these films are predominantly driven by exposition, this is hardly an inconvenience.

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