Ransomed

Aug 2, 2023

2h 12m

★ 6.7

Two men. Bag of money. No support.

Overview

In Beirut 1986, during the Lebanese civil war a Korean diplomat is taken hostage without a trace. Two years pass and long forgotten, a young diplomat Min-jun receives a phone call proving that the hostage is still alive. With the given mission, Min-jun is sent to Beirut to save the hostage with a bag of ransom money.

Genres

Action

Thriller

Drama

Production Companies

Wind Up Film

Why Not Film

Ransomed Trailers

Cast

Lee Min-jun

Ha Jung-woo

Kim Pan-su

Ju Ji-hoon

Oh Jae-seok

Lim Hyung-kook

Director

Kim Eung-soo

Minister Choi

Kim Jong-soo

Manager Park

Park Hyuk-kwon

Vice-minister Lee

Yoo Seung-mok

Jae-seok's Wife

Jang So-yeon

Chief secretary

Choi Jung-woo

Carter

Burn Gorman

Hayes

Marcin Dorociński

Karim

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