After debuting at Cannes last month, Jung Byung-gil’s Korean
revenge action film The Villainess is getting ready to roll
out to the public. At least in Asia. Check out this badass new trailer and try
not to drool on your keyboard.
From what we see in this The Villainess
trailer, the camera may be a bit too jittery in places for some folks, and
there appears to be quite a bit of first person shooter style action. I’ll have
to see on that one, I get hella motion sick—I barely made it through the
Hardcore Henry trailers. Here and there works fine, I just
hope it’s not over utilized.
That said, this whole package looks incredible. I’ve been
pumped for this since I found out about it, and folks with taste I trust in
these matters dug it at Cannes. All of that taken together with this trailer
adds up to me wanting The Villainess like right this very
moment.
If you need further enticement, here’s the official synopsis:
From an early age, Sook-hee has received trainings to become an assassin. But once she’s abandoned by her organization, she was recruited by the Korean Intelligence Agency to become a sleeper cell under a fake identity. She was to live a normal life and carry out missions for 10 years, and only then she could truly become free. But when her newest target turns out to be someone she once loved, she is conflicted between her mission and heart.
I hear there’s plenty of blood and action (apparently 63 of
the 70 shooting days involved star Kim Ok-bin shooting action scenes, which is
a ratio of which I wholly approve) as well as some melodrama. And there's reportedly a pair of stiletto heels with guns in them. All of which I
can definitely roll with.
The Villainess is getting ready to open
in various Asian markets and will screen at a handful of film festivals coming
up. There’s no word on a U.S. release date, but Well Go USA picked up the
rights at Cannes, so hopefully we’re talking sooner rather than later.
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