South Korean action star Jang Hyuk attended the Los Angeles premiere of the new film "Very Killer"
Reporting by journalist Maggie Ma los Angeles
The South Korean action film The Killer (formerly: Dead Kids Don't Matter) starring South Korean movie stars Jang Hyuk, Bruce Kan and Lee Seo-young held its world premiere in Los Angeles on June 20. Zhang He, the film's male protagonist and veteran action actor, attended the red carpet and showed his fists and feet on the spot. In the film, he plays a cold-looking but righteous killer, who goes deep into the tiger's den alone to fight against corrupt officials and underworlds in order to save a girl. There are many action scenes in the film, similar in style to the "John Wick" series starring Keanu Reeves in the United States, which is scheduled to be released simultaneously in South Korea and North America on July 13.
"Very Killer" is a collaboration between Jang Hyuk and Jae-Hoon Choi, director of "The Swordsman", adapted from the popular online novel of writer Fang Zhenhao, which tells the story of the retired killer Fang Yigang, who is involved in violence in order to protect female high school students who need to be cared for. The film was previously invited to participate in the 24th Far East Film Festival in Udine, Italy, which was well received by the audience, and the copyright has been pre-sold to 48 countries in Europe and Asia.
Zhang He said on the red carpet that he was honored to come to the United States to participate in the world premiere of this film, which is really the first time that the film has been fully presented to the audience, and it is also a work that he personally participated in the production, and he is very much looking forward to the audience's feedback. He also said that in recent years, Korean filmmakers have won many awards overseas, which has greatly enhanced the international attention of Korean films, and if Hollywood has the opportunity, he also tried to cooperate with overseas filmmakers.
Jang Hyuk's recent films, including "Blood Swordsman" and "Tomb of the River", are also works with action and underworld as the main elements, and his performance in the currently popular Korean TV series "Bloody Heart" has also been well received and impressive. Although this is his first publicity appearance in North America, he still received a warm response from the local people, many of whom came to watch the premiere and red carpet were his loyal fans, and even some fans came from South Korea to help him.
Zhang He has a lot of smooth editing and sharp style action scenes in this film, often one person singles out many people. Many viewers who have watched it feel that this film can be compared with Keanu Reeves's "Fast Pursuit" series in terms of action scenes. "Fast Pursuit" is also about a retired killer who fights to the death with multiple forces because his dog is kidnapped by bad guys. In this film, Zhang He starred as a color killer entrusted by his wife to take care of a girl who was lost, but unexpectedly tracked down a criminal organization that specialized in kidnapping young girls for sex trafficking. The main idea of the film is that even if they are not perfect children, they should not be bullied by bad people and abandoned by society. Every child deserves to be saved.
Bruce Khan, who plays the villain, is a famous Korean martial artist and former world champion of the Aikido Championships, and is currently working as an action coach and trainer in Los Angeles, as well as opening the Superkick Martial Arts Academy near Hongjik University in Seoul. Many of the guests at the premiere were also well-known Hollywood martial arts instructors and stuntmen, including Chinese actors Jing Li and Andy Le, who starred in the Chinese-dominated hit science fiction film "Everything Everywhere All at Once" (Everything Everywhere All at Once). Andy Lai said that the success of "Instantaneous Whole Universe" was very surprising and attracted the attention of many Chinese actors. He also made that movie to let more people know about his martial arts and Youtube martial arts channel, and later got the opportunity to appear in Marvel's "Legend of Shangqi and the Ten Commandments" to show off more martial arts skills. His current goal is to make an action film of his own and continue to promote the essence of martial arts on the big screen.
The film of retired killers forced to come back to the jianghu in order to save the weak has its own chivalrous spirit, the audience is not tired of watching, every few years will be a hit, coupled with Zhang He's cool outfit and extraordinary skills in the film, making this "Very Killer" more worth watching. The film will be released in Theaters in North America on July 13.