New World
Struggling against the double life he has, Ja-Seoung, an undercover CIA agent, who has receives an order to participate in the mission of 'New World', that will help them to trapped down the boss of the 'Gold Man', Jeong Cheng, whose best friend to him he owns a loyalty, the thing that brings terrible for him.
26 March 1962, Seoul, South Korea
10 March 1974, South Korea
9 August 1980, Asan, South Chungcheong Province, South Korea
9 May 1959, South Korea
24 October 1979, South Korea
29 May 1986, South Korea
July 14, 2013
While Park Hoon-jeong's gangster film seems to celebrate the genre rather than adding a whole lot, it's reflective of a self-conscious style that's helping South Korean directors turn a few heads.
March 28, 2013
Living up to the core of the noir tradition, New World takes a long view of the human species and dissects us with the cold, surgical blade of a laboratory scientist.
March 21, 2013
No one in American movies has made a crime opera this good in years.
March 22, 2013
Reverse-engineered from several gangster classics, New World is like the knockoff shades and counterfeit wristwatches its antihero complains about: flashy but ultimately cheap.
March 19, 2013
Like many of his SK-action peers, director Park Hoon-jung has a knack for staging violent set pieces but comes up lacking in terms of character development, narrative clarity, etc.
March 21, 2013
"New World" is both less bloody and more thoughtful than most of its genre, the shifting-alliances plot becoming more engrossing as it progresses.
March 19, 2013
Park's direction is sleek and assured, but lacking the dynamism that might help energize a film that-its title notwithstanding-comes off as dully old-school.
March 21, 2013
Writer-director Hoon-jung Park tells this twisty story of internecine warfare within a Korean corporate crime syndicate with patience, elegance and no small amount of bloodshed.
March 31, 2013
Tense, dark, violent and brilliantly acted, if New World is any indication of what's in store for the future of the Asian cop drama; harder, sharper, yet finessed and even elegant, then carry on Korea.
March 22, 2013
New World is just an intense crime thriller that is solid from beginning to end no matter how you look at it.
March 22, 2013
New World tries to expand the genre with nods to The Godfather but can't escape the over-the-top acting, expansive violence and overdone story typical of Seoul-made crime dramas.
March 25, 2013
Smart, sharp entertainment that meets expectations dead on...if you've been looking for another The Departed-esque movie to keep you guessing, this would be a good place to start.
