Overview: South Korea: Geumcheon Police�s Major Crimes Unit is given a mission to repatriate a fugitive who fled to Vietnam. Beast cop Ma Seok-do (Don LEE) and Capt. Jeon Il-man (CHOI Guy-hwa) intuitively realize that there�s something wrong with the suspect�s willingness to turn himself in and uncover a series of crimes committed by a terrifying killer named Kang Hae-sang (SON Sukku).

Detective Ma and his unit begin their investigation across two countries and follow the bloody breadcrumbs left behind by Kang.

DVD Verdict: Marvel can never be forgiven for reducing one of the most electrifying action heroes on the face of the planet in Don Lee to a bit-part role in Eternals, failing to leverage his spontaneous, irreverent humor or hulking screen presence to any effect.

Thankfully, Korean cinema continues to generate the best out of this iconic superstar, this time with the phenomenally enjoyable The Roundup, a sequel to the iconic The Outlaws (2017) which in turn was remade into the bungling mess that was the Salman Khan-starrer Radhe (2021).

We rejoin audience favorite Ma Dong-seok (or Don Lee, as he is more affectionately known among his fans), back in his now legendary role as Inspector Ma Seok-do, a rambunctious, irascible but duty-bound Korean cop with a devil-may-care attitude to protocol and procedure when it stands in the way of him and the criminals he tries to bring to heel. This time, he is tasked with executing a tricky extradition of a notorious kidnapper and extortionist in Vietnam.

Thrown into unfamiliar territory in a region where he has no jurisdiction, the story follows our steadfast cop as he overcomes bureaucratic red tape, a country with little to no laws and a fugitive who has nothing to lose, to ensure justice is served. Don Lee as usual delivers with his trademark hard-hitting punches, sensational action sequences and rib-tickling humor that director Lee Sang-yong manages to throw in at the most unexpected of junctures.

Son Seok-koo proves to be an able counterweight to Don Lee�s machismo, as the more surgical but equally brutal antagonist, who revels in the sheer violence of it all. At the end of the day, The Roundup delivers on expectations - of a brutal, no-holds-barred slug fest with classic Don Lee mass elevation sequences.

The man�s aura is so unmatched that when superstar Sylvester Stallone acquired the English rights to remake his iconic The Gangster, The Cop and The Devil (2019), they decided to cast Don Lee himself rather than trying, and failing to find somebody with the same screen presence in Hollywood. Therefore, The Roundup is highly recommended. [NH]

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