Break Out

Jul 17, 2002

1h 45m

★ 6.3

I want my pride back!

Overview

How far would you go to recover a cigarette lighter? A pulsing mix of hard-hitting action, wry social commentary, and black humor, director Jang Hang Joon's Break Out takes a simple premise and spins it into a spiraling film experience. Penniless and slothful Bong Gu (Kim Seung Woo) loses his cheap lighter in the Seoul train station washroom, and it falls into the hands of gangster leader Chul Gon (Cha Seung Won). Bong Gu, determined to retrieve his lighter, follows Chul Gon to Pusan, but the task turns out to be a lot more difficult than he had imagined.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

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Cast

Heo Bok-gu

Kim Seung-woo

Yang Cheol-gon

Cha Seung-won

Park Yeong-gab

Park Young-kyu

Kang Seong-jin

Lee Moon-sik

Kim Chae-yeon

Bae Joong-sik

Park Jae-hyeon

Po-Ram Han

Jang Hyun-sung

Kim In-mun

Kim Jae-man

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