The Roundup: No Way Out is now breaking other South Korean film industry records. Lee Sang-Yong, the director of Crime City, directed the film, which was released on May 31, 2023. Ma Dong-Seok returns as Ma Seok-do with a new squad and cast. The Roundup, the first installment of the sequel, was a huge success, with over 10 million admissions.
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the film received 12.69 million admissions. And they became South Korea’s highest-grossing film in 2022. Part two appears to be on the same path as the first and a step ahead of it. The movie was released worldwide and successfully ran in the theatres.
In countries like Hong Kong, Macao, Vietnam, Mongolia, Taiwan, and North America. However, the film tickets were already pre-sold in 158 other countries. Yet, the movie will be going to hit the theatres this month in Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, England, and countries in the Middle East. This movie was a highly anticipated sequel by the fans, and now smashing all the other records. The first movie recorded 4.5 million ticket sales on its first opening weekend.
Although the movie is the third installment of the ” Crime City,” franchise which is popularly known as “The Outlaws.” The Roundup continued its sequel for “The Outlaw” franchise with the revised title. As per the movie experts, if the movie continues at the same pace.
Then the movie will surpass its own previous film records. And tops the annual domestic box office the previous year with 12.69 million admissions. Now, the sequel created a milestone by reaching 6 million admissions on its first. What is the plot of the movie? Who played as Antagonist for this sequel?
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More about The Roundup: No way out and the plot
If we talk about the movie cast, Don Lee played Ma Seok-do, a wild cop who chases local drug peddlers. As a dangerous drug called ‘Hiper’ was circulating around Seoul city’s local clubs. Lee Joon-hyuk and Munetaka Aoki are cast in the new movie sequel. In this movie, Lee Joon-hyuk played Joo Seong-Cheol, an antagonist, and Munetaka Aoki as Riki, a hired hitman, for the movie. Park Ji-hwan and Jun Kunimura made a guest appearance in the movie. The movie is studded with versatile actors and did justice to their respective roles.
Last year, Lee Joon-hyuk revealed in an interview that he had auditioned for Crime City 3. And movie shoots began on July 20, 2022, and Don Lee announced the completion of the shoot via Instagram on November 15, 2022. Also, the new sequel has more dramatic thrills, and it feels like Lee (Lee Joon-hyuk) added more intensity and thrill to the new sequel. However, the movie is doing exceptionally well at the box office.
Also, the movie reached four-million ticket sales in its opening week. The movie surpassed many movies like the South Korean popular zombie thriller Train to Busan (2016) and the action film A Taxi Driver (2017). So far, the movie has become the most successful in the K-film industry this year. Also, broke the record of ‘The Point Men’ starring ‘Crash Landing On You’ fame actor Hyun Bin and Hwang Jung-min. The movie had 1.72 million admissions in January 2023. Now it is surpassed by The Roundup: No Way Out.
Overall, ABO Entertainment’s action-comedy film The Roundup: No Way Out is dominating the box office collection and smashing all the records currently. If you are an action-drama lover and also a fan of Don Lee, you can expect the reason for the success of the film. The movie did amazing work with its respective characters, plot, and screenplay. At last, we can say that the movie is more than we think and lesser than you expect to like. And we can wish that the movie reaches further record and surpass the rest film with more admissions.
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