Project Wolf Hunting

• South Korea.
• Direction: Kim Hongsun.
• Production: Gu Sungmok / Contents G, Cheum Film.
• Screenplay: Kim Hongsun.
• Photography: Yoon Ju-hwan.
• Music: Kim Jun-seong, Cho Ran.
• Edition: Shin Min-kyung.
• Cast: Seo In-guk, Jang Dong-yoon, Choi Guyhwa, Sung Dong-il, Park Ho-san, Jung So-min, Go Chang-seok, Jang Young-nam.

The press pack arrives marked “highly confidential”, defining this as a Hard-boiled-Action-Thriller, according to Wikipedia a sub-genre of such “outré tropes as extreme violence, murders and different erotic contexts normally resulting in explicit sex”. We open the catalogue, na-tu-ral-ly. Because it says: “From Manila to Busan, a crossing of 1,630 nautical miles. A merchant ship carrying the most vile, twisted criminals. A floating hell. With no way out”. We read a line of the dialogue, one of those that reflect the style of the whole work: “Would you mind explaining why you are always soaked in blood?”. We close the press pack. Because this is something you need to see on the big screen, as the criminals will take over the ship and...