Taken 2 (U.S.)
Opened Sept. 27
Action. Crime. Thriller. Directed by Olivier Megaton. While on a trip to Istanbul, Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson), a retired CIA agent with a particular set of skills, gets a surprise visit from his ex-wife, Lenore (Famke Janssen) and his daughter, Kim (Maggie Grace), and is rejoiced by the sudden family reunion. However, the reunion turns into a disaster when Lenore is taken by anonymous kidnappers. Fortunately, Kim manages to escape the scene but is on the run from the kidnappers. Soon, Mills realizes that Lenore was kiddnapped by the people of Murad Hoxha(Rade Šerbedžija), father of Marko Hoxha who kidnapped Kim and his friend, and was killed by Mills a year ago. With Lenore held as a hostage and Kim on the run, Mills uses all his lethal skills to rescue them and eliminate those who are seeking revenge against him.
Spy (Korea)
Opened Sept. 20
Drama. Comedy. Action. Directed by Woo Min-ho. Agent Kim(Kim Myeong-min) is a typical family man who lives with his wife and two children, struggling with increasing rent fees and salaries, which he earns from selling illegal Viagra imported from China. But, that is just a camouflage. For 22 years, Kim disguised himself as an ordinary man who is really a secret agent from North Korea. After 10 years of not hearing from his motherland, brutal and mindless agent director Choi(Yoo Hae-jin) finds him along with the other members for an assassination. The four secret agents who fear more about South Korea’s inflation than report on a espionage, are back in the game for a new mission.
Masquerade (Korea)
Opened Sept. 13
Drama. Directed by Choo Chang-min. In the midst of gruesome fight over kingship in Joseon Dynasty, fear and wrath drives King Gwanghae(Lee Byung-hun) into frenzy. He orders his councilor, Heo Gyun (Ryoo Seung-ryong), to find him a double in order to avoid the constant threat of assassination. Heo Gyun finds Ha-sun(Lee Byung-hun) in a crowd at a street market. With appearance like king and mind-blowing eloquence, he mimics the gesture of the king perfectly. Heo Gyun orders him to disguise himself as a king. Ha-sun who became king overnight, transforms himself into walking and speaking like the king, and learns the politics as well as the attitude of a king. The dreadful burlesque lingers on and Heo Gyun becomes moved by affection and genuine concern for the people Ha-sun shows. Then, trouble begins when Haseon starts speaking his own words and thought.
Resident Evil: Retribution (U.S.)
Opened Sept. 13
Action. Thriller. Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson. The Umbrella Corporation’s T-virus endangers the human species and transforms humans into flesh-eating undead creatures. The virus ravages the world and continues to threaten the human population. Humanity’s ultimate hope, Alice(Milla Jovovich) awakens at the Umberalla’s secret facility, and encounters the evils that have grown stronger and more fearful. She fights against the villains who are responsible for the outbreak and travel throughout the cities including in Tokyo, New York, Washington and Moscow. Alice then faces her mysterious past, which slowly reveals in front of her, and she begins doubting on everything that she once believed was true.
Pieta (Korea)
Opened Sept. 6
Drama. Directed by Kim Ki-duk. A man (Lee Jung-jin) lives as a brutal loan shark, making money by mercilessly threatening people to pay their debts. The solitary man, an orphan, has nothing or no one to lean on and hurts people shamelessly without realizing the pain he causes. One day, a mysterious woman (Jo Min-soo) appears claiming that she is his mother. The man rejects her at first, but gradually becomes attached to her accepting her into his life. He eventually decides to quit his job and live a normal life only to realize that his mother has been kidnapped. He assumes that the kidnapper must be someone he had hurt in the past, and starts tracking down people whom he had hurt, not knowing the horrifying secret that awaits him.
