The Man Who Wanted to Die Meets the Man He Wants to Kill! Source: Terracotta Distribution Official Site: terracottadistribution.com/desire-to-kill-akaenemy-at-the-dead-end (UK) Special Thanks to Claire Marty
Two men in adjacent hospital beds -- and the clock is ticking down to the time when one must kill the other or be killed himself. It`s "OLDBOY in a hospital room" as UK label Terracotta Distribution presents the Korean thriller DESIRE TO KILL (??? ??, Jook-i-go Sip-eun, aka ENEMY AT THE DEAD END, 2010) on DVD August 20th. After the death of his wife, Min-Ho tries to commit suicide again and again. One day he wakes up after a suicide attempt to find himself paralyzed from the neck down in an unfamiliar hospital bed. An unconscious man is brought in to his room after emergency brain surgery and Min-Ho immediately recognizes him -- it’s the very man who murdered his wife! The killer, Sang-Up, wakes with amnesia and no recognition of clashing with Min-ho or recollection of killing his wife. So the nightmare begins. Min-Ho is determined to finish off his mortal enemy before he recovers mentally and physically. But the clock is ticking -- Sang-Up is making a miraculous recovery and it’s only a matter of time before he remembers who he is, and realizes that he hadn’t finished Min-ho off properly. The much lauded debut film from writer-directors Owen Cho and Kim Sang Hwa, DESIRE TO KILL is a brutal thriller lifted by pitch-black humor and brilliant performances from the two leads, Hitchkock-ian in its cleverness and edge of your seat suspense. Kim Sang-hwa commented: “This film is an attempt to bring focus into innermost human nature in a confined space by using the genres of thriller and black comedy.” Starring: Min-ho: CHUN Ho-jin (MY WAY, THE UNJUST, I SAW THE DEVIL, THE SWORD WITH NO NAME, THE GHOST THEATRE, A DIRTY CARNIVAL, DAISY, BLOOD RAIN, CRYING FIST, THE DOLL MASTER) Sang-up: YOO Hae-jin (THE UNJUST, MOSS, A LITTLE POND, WOOCHI: THE TAOIST WIZARD, PUBLIC ENEMY RETURNS, THE WAR OF FLOWER, THE KING AND THE CLOWN, BLOOD RAIN, PUBLIC ENEMY 2, THE COAST GUARD, JAIL BREAKERS, PUBLIC ENEMY, MUSA, KICK THE MOON, ATTACK THE GAS STATION!) Nurse Ha: Seo Hyo-rim Nurse Soo: Ra Mi-ran
Directors: Owen CHO and KIM Sang-hwa Executive Producer: SON Kwang-ik Producer: KIM Jang-wook, NAM Kwon-woo Co-Producer: HAN JD Screenplay: Owen CHO, KIM Sang-hwa Cinematographer: CHOI Chan-min Lighting Director: YU Young-jong Editor: NAM Na-young Production Designer: HWANG Jung-hyeon Original Music: AHN Hye-suk Technical Specifications Release Date: August 20th 2012 Format: DVD (Region 2, PAL) Number of discs: 1 Certification: 15 Screen Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic Widescreen Audio: Korean Subtitles: English Running Time: 91 minutes Price: £14.99 DVD Special Features: Interviews with Director and Cast Trailer collection
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