Fresh off its premiere at Cannes, where it received a four-minute standing ovation last month, director Jung Byung-gil’s South Korean action-thriller The Villainess is arriving here in the States this Friday, August 25th through Well Go USA. Those in New York and Los Angeles can catch it in theaters at the IFC Center and Sunset 6, respectively.
The movie is as baddass as John Wick and even the ass-kicking Atomic Blonde. Kalyn stated out of the Fantasia Film Festival that limbs fly in the ultra-violent, vixen-led Villainess. Those fans of The Raid are absolutely going to lose their shit after watching this exclusive clip. This is only a small taste of how ridiculously cool this movie is. Do not miss it!
The film is, “The story of a ruthless female assassin named Sook-hee, who from an early age has been taught to kill. She becomes a sleeper agent for South Korea’s intelligence agency, who promises her freedom after 10 years of service; however, two men from her past make an unexpected appearance in her life, bringing out dark secrets from her past.””
Kim Ok-bin stars alongside Shin Ha-kyun, Sung Joon, Kim Seo-hyung, Jung Hae-kyun, Min Ye-ji, Jo Eun-ji and Park Chul-min.