Asia Cine-Club: The Chaser 추격자
Asia Cine-Club: The Chaser 추격자 (2008, South Korea)
🗓 Tuesday, September 8 | ⏰ Doors: 6PM | 🎬 Film: 8PM | 📍 TicTic, Phnom Penh
Directed by Na Hong-jin in his feature debut, The Chaser follows Jung-ho (Kim Yun-seok), a disgraced ex-cop turned pimp who realizes that the client buying up his call girls' time is quietly killing them, one by one. What starts as a business problem becomes a race against the clock, as Jung-ho chases the killer through Seoul's back alleys while the police - slower, more bureaucratic, less motivated - fail to catch up.
Loosely inspired by a real Korean serial killer, the film became a genuine box office phenomenon in Korea, topping the charts for three straight weekends and helping cement the country's reputation for pitiless, technically flawless thrillers. It's brutal, relentless, and refuses every easy beat a Hollywood version of this story would reach for.
"A poster child for what a well-made thriller looked like in the classic days." — Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
"Easily the best cop thriller since The Departed." — J.R. Jones, Chicago Reader
🎟 Free Entry & Popcorn – Arrive early for sofa, bed, or beanbag seating.
📽 IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1190539/
📽 Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-chaser-2008/
🗓 Tuesday, September 8 | ⏰ Doors: 6PM | 🎬 Film: 8PM | 📍 TicTic, Phnom Penh
Directed by Na Hong-jin in his feature debut, The Chaser follows Jung-ho (Kim Yun-seok), a disgraced ex-cop turned pimp who realizes that the client buying up his call girls' time is quietly killing them, one by one. What starts as a business problem becomes a race against the clock, as Jung-ho chases the killer through Seoul's back alleys while the police - slower, more bureaucratic, less motivated - fail to catch up.
Loosely inspired by a real Korean serial killer, the film became a genuine box office phenomenon in Korea, topping the charts for three straight weekends and helping cement the country's reputation for pitiless, technically flawless thrillers. It's brutal, relentless, and refuses every easy beat a Hollywood version of this story would reach for.
"A poster child for what a well-made thriller looked like in the classic days." — Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
"Easily the best cop thriller since The Departed." — J.R. Jones, Chicago Reader
🎟 Free Entry & Popcorn – Arrive early for sofa, bed, or beanbag seating.
📽 IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1190539/
📽 Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-chaser-2008/
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TicTic តិចៗ, Langka Lane (Lane behind Patio Hotel), Boeng Keng Kang Ti Muoy, Chamkarmon, Phnom Penh, Cambodia 120102, Cambodia
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