Break Out

2002

1h 45m

IMDb RATING
6.3/10
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Comedy

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.

Directors

Writers

Park Jung-woo(writer by)

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Details

Release date

July 17, 2002 (United States)

Country of origin

South Korea

Language

Korean

Production company

Cinema Service

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