Guns & Talks
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| Directed by | Jang Jin |
| Written by | Jang Jin |
| Produced by | Kang Woo-suk |
| Starring | Shin Hyun-joon Won Bin Shin Ha-kyun Jung Jae-young Jung Jin-young |
| Cinematography | Hong Kyung-pyo |
| Edited by | Kim Sang-bum |
| Music by | Han Jae-kwon |
| Distributed by | Cinema Service |
Release date |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
Guns & Talks is a 2001 South Korean film written and directed by Jang Jin. Starring Shin Hyun-joon, Won Bin, Shin Ha-kyun, Jung Jae-young and Jung Jin-young, the black comedy is about a group of four assassins-for-hire, with a dogged prosecutor on their trail.
Plot
In the middle of downtown Seoul, mysterious bombings and murders are taking place. Four men leave a crime scene, skillfully evading the police. This eccentric band of killers consists of team leader Sang-yeon, bomb specialist Jung-woo, sniper Jae-young, and computer hacker Ha-yoon. These hitmen believe they're doing a vital job in society, just like any other profession. They run a private business where people from all walks of life come to them and place an order. After they meet their clients and discuss the time, place and method by which they want their targets to be eliminated, they sign a formal contract. They even have a discount rate for students. Once the deal is done, they carry out their mission and finish it like a typical day at work. The four live and work together in mundane harmony, eating Ha-yoon's bad cooking and watching their crush read the news on TV. One day, a persistent high school girl shows up at their door and keeps trying to hire them, while Jung-woo falls for his target, a pregnant woman. Then Sang-yeon gets approached for a big job he can't turn down, one far riskier than what they're used to. The client wants someone killed in the middle of a sold-out Hamlet play with high-profile businessmen, politicians and law officers in attendance. Meanwhile, the determined and intelligent prosecutor Jo is on to them, and mobilizes the police force to catch them in the act.
Cast
- Shin Hyun-joon as Sang-yeon
- Won Bin as Ha-yoon
- Shin Ha-kyun as Jung-woo
- Jung Jae-young as Jae-young
- Jung Jin-young as Prosecutor Jo
- Oh Seung-hyun as pregnant woman
- Gong Hyo-jin as high school girl
- Go Eun-mi as newscaster Oh Young-ran
- Jung Gyu-soo as Detective Kim
- Kim Hak-chul as Choi Boo-jung
- Yoon Joo-sang as Mr. Ju
- Son Hyun-joo as Tak Mun-bae
- Jo Deok-hyun
- Min Yoon-jung
- Im Seung-dae
- Lee Ha-ra
- Kim Ji-young
- Kim Il-woong
- Ryoo Seung-bum as motorcyclist
- Im Won-hee as priest
- Song Geum-sik as tough guy
- Park Jin-taek as agent 4
- Kim Min-kyo as soldier 2
Reception
The film was released in South Korea on October 12, 2001 and topped the box office for three weeks. It was the No. 7 best selling domestic movie in South Korea in 2001 with 2.23 million admissions.
External links
- Guns & Talks at the Korean Movie Database (in Korean)
- Guns & Talks at IMDb
- Guns & Talks at HanCinema
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