Ransomed

Ransomed

2h 12m 6.6/10

Overview

In Beirut 1986, during the Lebanese civil war a Korean diplomat is taken hostage without a trace. Two years pass and long forgotten, a young diplomat Min-jun receives a phone call proving that the hostage is still alive. With the given mission, Min-jun is sent to Beirut to save the hostage with a bag of ransom money.

Director

Kim Seong-hun

Top Billed Cast

Kim Eung-soo

Kim Eung-soo

Director

Ha Jung-woo

Ha Jung-woo

Lee Min-jun

Ju Ji-hoon

Ju Ji-hoon

Kim Pan-su

Park Hyuk-kwon

Park Hyuk-kwon

Manager Park

Kim Jong-soo

Kim Jong-soo

Minister Choi

Lim Hyung-kook

Lim Hyung-kook

Oh Jae-seok

Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

8/24/2023

7/10

When a Korean diplomat is kidnapped in war-torn Lebanon, his government is conflicted about paying his ransom demand. It falls to "Min-joon" (Ha Jung-woo) to travel there and execute quite a complex plan to extricate their citizen and stay one step ahead of the warlords and the authorities who all want a share of his rather valuable luggage! Luckily, his airport-escaping antics find him in the back of the taxi driven by "Pan-soo" (Ju Ji-hoon). Now this fellow just happens to be a Korean ex-pat, he's also a slightly dubious character who can think on his feet, and who has had dealings with their government in the past. What now ensues is quite an engaging series of adventures as the pair face more and more perilous tasks trying to stay alive and rescue "Mr Oh"! It is too long, and at times it drags a little - but director Seong Hun Kim manages to create one of the more authentic looking desert adventures featuring loads of gunfire, some rabid dogs, a fun car chase down an alleyway and I found this to be way more watchable than some more recent, bigger budget, action films with Hollywood stars atop them. It's a fun watch this, with a good dynamic between the two men on their quest; the script is occasionally quite funny and the whole thing has a sort of light-heartedness to it that I quite enjoyed. Based on a true story, too - who'd be an emissary?

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