A UK trailer has arrived online for the award-winning South Korean action thriller The Villainess. Directed by Jung Byung-gil (Confessions of Murder), the film received its world premiere earlier this year at the Cannes Festival where it received a four minute standing ovation, and features a cast that includes Kim Ok-bin (Thirst), Shin Ha-kyun (Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance) and Kim Seo-hyung (Late Spring); watch it below…
Trained killer Sook-hee (Kim Ok-bin) is the architect of an unforgettable opening sequence, breathtakingly shot from a first person point-of-view, as she breaks into a warehouse and lays waste to the multitude of thugs contained within. When the pregnant young woman eventually goes down, she’s picked up by the mysterious National Intelligence Service.
Given the choice to join them or die, she reluctantly accepts a new identity and trains in order to complete a future assignment and eventually win freedom for herself and her daughter. Matters are further complicated by the feelings arising from the murder of her father, a past relationship with a gang-boss ex-lover and the tantalising chance at a happy future offered by an undercover agent with a mission to win her affections…
The Villainess is set for release on August 25th in the States and on September 15th.