Box office

The Traffickers (Korea)

Opened Aug. 29

Crime. Thriller. Directed by Kim Hong-sun. Sang-ho (Choi Daniel) and Chae-hee (Jung Ji-yoon) are a married couple on a cruise for their first trip to Weihai, China. However, Chae-hee suddenly disappears while Sang-ho is away. He soon finds out that Chae-hee’s pictures, belongings as well as her records of boarding the ship have been completely removed. On the other side of the cruise ship, Young-gyu (Im Chang-jeong), the best known human trafficker in the industry, gets on board for his next “business.” But Young-gyu is shocked when he finds out that the person he was asked to kill was Chae-hee, a person whom he knew in the past. Sang-ho persistently searches for Chae-hee while Youn-gyu is in a dilemma whether or not to kill her. With only six hours until the ship’s docking, the two men chase after one another for what they cannot lose. 

The Bourne Legacy (U.S.)

Opening Sep. 6

Action. Thriller. Directed by Tony Gilroy. Aaron Cross (Jeremy Renner) is a member of Operation Outcome, a Department of Defense black ops program comprising members highly trained both 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 his whole life, is on a journey for survival and vengeance.

Carnage (France, Germany, Spain and Poland)

Opened Aug. 16

Comedy. Directed by Roman Polanski. Two pairs of middle-class parents meet to discuss why one couple’s child broke the front teeth of the other couple’s son. Though both parties try to remain “civilized” and “well-mannered” in the beginning of the meeting, they end up becoming childish and even attacking each other while drunk. Starring Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz and John C. Reilly, the film is an adaptation of celebrated French playwright Yasmina Reza’s play “God of Carnage.” 

The Grand Heist (Korea)

Opened Aug. 8

Action. Comedy. Directed by Kim Joo-ho. Lee Duk-moo (Cha Tae-hyun), son of the Joseon royal court’s only clean official, is a clever young man, but only chases after pretty girls and reads junk books. One day, Duk-moo finds out that his father is falsely accused of a crime and is eliminated by a corrupt official Cho Myung-soo (Nam Kyeong-eup). Duk-moo comes up with a brilliant scheme to heist Myung-soo’s Seobingo, a store of ice considered one of the most important and valuable commodities of the time. With the former chief guard of the royal ice storage Baek Dong-soo (Oh Ji-ho) as his partner, Duk-moo assembles a group of experts in a variety of fields including tactical strategy, artillery, explosives, diving and disguise. Together, the 11 thieves plot to put an end to Myung-soo’s reign and steal 300,000 blocks of ice. 

The Thieves (Korea)

Opened July 25

Crime. Action. Directed by Choi Dong-hun. Anycall (Gianna Jun), Popeye (Lee Jung-jae), Chewing Gum (Kim Hae-sook) and Zampano (Kim Soo-hyun) are professional thieves who work together. After their success in a gallery heist, the group hears that Popeye’s old partner, robbery mastermind Macao Park, is back for another job after having gone missing for many years. Pepsi (Kim Hye-soo), a genius safecracker and Macao Park’s old flame, decides to join the group to settle the old score with Park, who betrayed her in the past. With the joining of Park’s Chinese professional thieves, the 10-member group plans to steal a legendary diamond worth $20 million known as the Tear of the Sun.