It is the kind of story that picks you up and leaves you constantly wanting more and find out what happens next.
#THE MAN FROM NOWHERE SUBBED MOVIE#
So just what makes this movie work? Well for starters, the detailed and well-executed storyline. "The Man from Nowhere" ("Ajeossi") is actually a rather amazing Korean action, crime and thriller movie piled into one great mix. A man would say something in English and then the translator would then say it in English also. One scene is a little awkward where there is a Chinese translator. The movie has one corpse nudity scene, some groping, and needless mf and f-bombs. He goes "walking tall" to rescue the girl. As it turned out, they picked on the wrong guy. The pawn shop owner gets dragged into the mess. They bad guys catch up with the dancer, and kidnap her and the kid. He and the daughter become semi-friends, perhaps the best way to describe it. Her neighbor is a mysterious loner who operates a small time pawn shop. The heroin gets stolen by a dancer/druggie who has a daughter. The Koreans set up a deal with the Chinese for them to sample their wares. One of the things they did was to give this movie a smooth translation without having the characters have oriental accents. The direction is impressive and performances are top-notch and there are heartbreaking situations with the children, highlighting Sae-ron Kim performing a beautiful character. The beginning is slow-paced, showing the relationship between Cha Tae-sik and Somee, but when the action begins, the rampage of violence is in a non-stop mode. The detail of his painted nail is a wonderful demonstration of his affection for Somee. The bleak story has a great screenplay that combines violence with drama and the mysterious character Cha Tae-sik is very well developed, with magnificent performance of Bin Won. "The Man from Nowhere", is a stunning South-Korean action thriller with heart, a gem to be discovered by fans of this genre.
But what the criminals do not know is that Tae-sik is skilled and dangerous ex-special agent with a trauma in his past and that he will do anything to save Somee.
When Tae-sik finds the real intention of the brothers and the body of Hyo without her organs in the trunk of his car, he realizes that Somee is in danger and that Jong and Man Suk are not only drug dealers, but also organ traffickers. However, Jong and Man have called the police and are using Tae-sik to eliminate Mr. Oh, promising to release Somee and Hyo after his assignment is accomplished. Then the criminals use them to force Tae-sik to deliver the drug to Mr. But soon the drug dealers Jong Suk (Seong-oh Kim) and his brother Man Suk (Hee-won Kim) discover that Hyo has stolen the drugs and they abduct Somee and Hyo to force her to tell where the drug is. Oh Myng Kyu (Young- chang Song), she hides the drug in a camera case and pawns it in Tae- sik's pawnshop. When Hyo steals a load of drug that belongs to the Chinese trafficker lord Mr. His only friend is the girl Somee Jung (Sae-ron Kim), who leaves on the floor below with her reckless addicted mother Hyo-jeong (Hyo-seo Kim) that is a dancer in a nightclub. Stumbling upon a factory where the brothers have children’s organs removed to accommodate the drugs, Tae-sik rescues one child just before surgery and becomes enraged at the prospect So-mi may already be dead.In South Korea, Cha Tae-sik (Bin Won) is the lonely and quiet owner of a pawnshop. In the process, he discovers that their drug ring operates around kidnapped children. Now on the run, Tae-sik pursues Man-sik and Jong-sik. He fights off half a dozen detectives and escapes from the police station. At the same time, Hyo-jeong’s disemboweled body is discovered, and Tae-sik realizes that So-mi’s life may also be in danger. However, the delivery was part of a larger plot to eliminate a rival drug ring leader, Mr. Tae-sik makes the decision to face the outside world in order to rescue So-mi. Mistaking Tae-sik for another mule, the brothers that lead the gang-Man-sik and Jong-sik-promise to release Hyo-jeong and So-mi if Tae-sik makes a delivery for them. When the traffickers find out they kidnap both Hyo-jeong and So-mi. So-mi’s mother, Hyo-jeong, smuggles drugs for a drug trafficking organization and entrusts Tae-sik with the product. His only connection to the rest of the world is a little girl, So-mi, who lives nearby. Having once done time behind bars, CHA Tae-sik now leads a quiet life.