Break Out

Break Out

1h 45m 6.3/10

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.

Director

Chang Hang-jun

Top Billed Cast

Kang Seong-jin

Kang Seong-jin

Lee Moon-sik

Lee Moon-sik

Kim Seung-woo

Kim Seung-woo

Heo Bok-gu

Cha Seung-won

Cha Seung-won

Yang Cheol-gon

Park Young-kyu

Park Young-kyu

Park Yeong-gab

Kim Chae-yeon

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