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Hard Hit [Blu-ray]
(Ji Chang-Wook, Jo Woo-jin, Kim Ji-ho, et al / Blu-ray / NR / 2022 / MPI Home Video)

Overview: VIP Bank Manager Sung-Gyu drives his daughter and son to school one morning. Along the way, a phone rings from the glove-box. It’s an anonymous caller claiming there’s a bomb under Sung-Gyu’s seat and if anyone exits the car, it will explode unless Sung-Gyu can pay a ransom.

What at first feels like a prank call quickly turns into an edge-of-your-seat thriller. Sung-Gyu must simultaneously ensure the safety of his children, find enough money to pay the ransom, and evade the police, all while trying to figure out what he did in his past to deserve this.

Blu-ray Verdict: Bringing you up to speed before we dive into the review of Hard Hit, this Korean thriller is actually a remake of the Spanish film Retribution (2015) with Luis Tosar in the lead role and directed by Dani de la Torre.

According to the director’s (Changju Kim) statement in The Korean Herald, he admitted that his version would be similar to the original film, just with special settings that fit Korean circumstances.

I have not see that original, neither have I seen the very same story which was also filmed in Germany as Don’t. Get. Out! (2018), and would you believe it, there is also now an American remake of the Spanish original titled as Retribution with Liam Neeson in the lead role forthcoming!

Phew, well, as for this new version, it is go-go gadget from the off and is a very good remake of the original (one assumes), where the acting here is top notch, the directing cinematic and engaging throughout.

The reliable supporting actor Jo Woo-jin tackles his first lead role playing an ordinary bank employee who gets pinned behind the wheel. His rapport with Lee Jae-in, playing his daughter, provides a human element in all the frenzy.

He’s understandably desperate. I mean, I would be too, if I had to handle at least two phone calls simultaneously while at the same time calm the kids down and actually drive the car!

In closing, it is also a saddening reminder of COVID-era realities, by the way, to see beaches and intercity highways in Busan all but deserted with no CGI enhancements needed. Watch it TONIGHT!

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