Box Office

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 rising rent and low pay, which he earns from selling illegal Viagra imported from China. But, that is just a camouflage. For 22 years, Kim, a North Korean agent, has lived a double life, disguised as an ordinary man. After 10 years of not hearing from his mother country, brutal agent director Choi (Yoo Hae-jin) finds him along with the other members to order an assassination. The four secret agents are back in the game for a new mission. 

Masquerade (Korea)

Opened Sept. 13

Drama. Directed by Choo Chang-min. In the midst of a gruesome fight over the throne during the Joseon Dynasty, fear and wrath drives King Gwanghae (Lee Byung-hun) to concoct a plan for his own survival. He orders his councilor, Heo Gyun (Ryoo Seung-ryong), to find him a double to avoid the constant threat of assassination. Heo Gyun finds Ha-sun (Lee Byung-hun) in a crowd at a street market. With an appearance like the king and striking eloquence, he mimics the king perfectly. Heo Gyun orders him to disguise himself as a king. Ha-sun learns to walk and speak like the king, as well as the relevant politics and attitude. The deception continues and Heo Gyun becomes moved by the affection and genuine concern Ha-sun shows for the people. But trouble begins when Ha-sun starts speaking for himself. 

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 fearsome. She fights against the villains who are responsible for the outbreak and travels through recreations of cities including Tokyo, New York, Washington and Moscow. Alice then faces her mysterious past, which is slowly revealed in front of her, and begins doubting everything that she once believed 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 hurt in the past and starts tracking them down one by one, not knowing the horrifying secret that awaits him.

The Bourne Legacy (U.S.)

Opened Sept. 6

Action. Thriller. Directed by Tony Gilroy. Aaron Cross (Jeremy Renner) is a member of Operation Outcome, a department of defense black ops program whose members are expertly trained, physically and mentally. While on a training assignment in Alaska, Cross is attacked by a Predator drone, a remotely piloted aircraft, and soon realizes that after Operation Blackbriar and the Treadstone Project were exposed by a former agent, Jason Bourne, the government decided to close down Operation Outcome and eliminate all its members including Cross. Cross, now a wanted man by the country he served, is on a journey of survival and vengeance.