Break Out
I want my pride back!
Genres
Overview
How far would you go to recover a cigarette lighter? A pulsing mix of hard-hitting action, wry social commentary, and black humor, director Jang Hang Joon's Break Out takes a simple premise and spins it into a spiraling film experience. Penniless and slothful Bong Gu (Kim Seung Woo) loses his cheap lighter in the Seoul train station washroom, and it falls into the hands of gangster leader Chul Gon (Cha Seung Won). Bong Gu, determined to retrieve his lighter, follows Chul Gon to Pusan, but the task turns out to be a lot more difficult than he had imagined.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
105 min
Release Date
2002-07-17
Status
Released
Original Language
Korean
Vote Count
9
Vote Average
6.3
Kim Seung-woo
Heo Bok-gu
Cha Seung-won
Yang Cheol-gon
Park Young-kyu
Park Yeong-gab
Kang Seong-jin
Lee Moon-sik
Kim Chae-yeon
Bae Joong-sik
Park Jae-hyeon
Po-Ram Han
Jang Hyun-sung
Kim In-mun
Kim Jae-man
Kim Sun-kyung
Lee Won-jong
Sung Ji-ru
Yoo Hai-jin
(uncredited)
Lim Hyung-jun
Lee In
Yun Yeong-keol
Nam Moon-chul
Kim Dong-yoon
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