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Over a decade since Tube, Baek Woon Hak returns to the director's chair for the fast-paced crime thriller Chronicles of Evil starring Son Hyun Ju (Hide and Seek), Ma Dong Seok (Kundo: Age of the Rampant), Choi Daniel (Traffickers) and rising star Park Seo Joon (Kill Me, Heal Me). Slated for a promotion, police chief Choi Chang Sik (Son Hyun Ju) has a drink with his team to celebrate but that night on the way home, he accidentally kills an assailant in self-defense. Worried that the incident would affect his promotion, he cleans up the crime scene and leaves. However, the next day the man's dead body is mysteriously hanging from a crane outside the police station, and Choi is put in charge of the case. He desperately tries to steer the investigation off path, but it raises the suspicions of his protege, rookie detective Cha Dong Jae (Park Seo Joon). Meanwhile, the police rush to cover up mistakes in the investigation and another man (Choi Daniel) suddenly turns himself in as the killer.
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Product Title: The Chronicles of Evil (DVD) (Japan Version) The Chronicles of Evil (DVD) (Japan Version) The Chronicles of Evil (DVD) (Japan Version) 悪のクロニクル 악의 연대기
Artist Name(s): Son Hyun Ju | Ma Dong Seok | Park Seo Joon | Hwang Sang Joon | Choi Daniel | Lee Joon Hyuk 孫 賢周 | 馬東石 | 朴敘俊 | Hwang Sang Joon | 崔丹尼爾 | Lee Joon Hyuk 孙 贤周 | 马东石 | 朴叙俊 | Hwang Sang Joon | 崔丹尼尔 | Lee Joon Hyuk ソン・ヒョンジュ | マ・ドンソク | パク・ソジュン | ファン・サンジュン | チョン・テソン | チェ・ダニエル | Lee Joon Hyuk 손현주 | 마동석 | 박서준 | 황상준 | 최다니엘 | 이준혁
Director: Baek Woon Hak Baek Woon Hak Baek Woon Hak ペク・ウナク 백운학
Release Date: 2015-11-04
Publisher Product Code: MPF-12195
Language: Korean
Subtitles: Japanese
Picture Format: NTSC What is it?
Disc Format(s): DVD
Region Code: 2 - Japan, Europe, South Africa, Greenland and the Middle East (including Egypt) What is it?
Shipment Unit: 1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.: 1045094090

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[アーティスト/ キャスト]
ソン・ヒョンジュ / パク・ソジュン / マ・ドンソク / ペク・ウナク (監督、脚本) / チョン・テソン (製作総指揮) / ファン・サンジュン (音楽)

[テクニカル・インフォメーション]
本編102分
製作国 : 韓国 (Korea)

[解説]
殺した死体が突然現れた——/ ベテラン俳優「スリーデイズ 〜愛と正義〜」のソン・ヒョンジュ×新星「魔女の恋愛」のパク・ソジュン主演!/底知れぬ罠に巻き込まれ息もつかせぬクライムサスペンス!!/昇進を控え、全てが順調だった矢先に殺人を犯してしまう一人の敏腕刑事。自ら担当することになったその事件の真相を隠蔽し、同僚たちを欺くも、背後に潜む深い罠に知らぬ間にはまっていく…。一体、誰が何のために彼を陥れようとしているのか?最後の一瞬まで張り巡らされた緊張感と予想だにしない展開に息もつかせぬクライムサスペンス!姿の見えぬ存在に追い詰められていく主人公の刑事役に、その存在感と揺るぎない演技力で映画とテレビ両方で活躍するベテラン俳優ソン・ヒョンジュ。彼を慕う新米刑事役に「ドリームハイ2」の新星パク・ソジュン。さらに、『俳優は俳優だ』のマ・ドンソク、「明日に向かってハイキック」のチェ・ダニエルなど豪華俳優陣が集結!

[ストーリー]
名誉ある大統領賞を授与され、昇進を控える敏腕刑事のチェ班長(ソン・ヒョンジュ)。同僚たちによる祝宴の帰りに乗ったタクシーで眠っている間に、人気のない場所に連れていかれる。ナイフを手に襲いかかる運転手との乱闘の末、誤って殺してしまったチェは昇進に影響することを恐れ、証拠を隠滅しその場を去った。翌朝、工事現場のクレーンに吊るされた死体のショッキングな映像がテレビを賑わす。事件を担当することになったチェだが、死体が自ら殺した運転手であることを知り驚愕する。そして、事実を隠蔽するため画策するなか不可解な出来事が次々と起こり、チェは底知れぬ罠に巻き込まれていることに気がつく・・・・・・・。

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Professional Review of "The Chronicles of Evil (DVD) (Japan Version)"

October 7, 2015

This professional review refers to Chronicles of Evil (DVD) (Korea Version)
Writer director Baek Woon-hak finally returns more than a decade after his subway hostage blockbuster Tube with Chronicles of Evil, a complex thriller revolving around a top police chief whose life spirals out of control. Headlined by Son Hyun-ju (Hide and Seek), the film aims to raise challenging questions about the nature of good and evil, and performed impressively at the local box office for this kind of adult fare, opening in the top spot before going on to pull in over two million admissions.

Son Hyun Ju plays Chief Choi, the film opening with him on the verge of securing a top promotion, his life perfectly ordered and controlled. After an evening of celebrating with colleagues Detective Oh (Ma Dong-seok, Kundo: Age of the Rampant) and young protégé Detective Cha Dong Jae (upcoming star Park Seo-joon, known for television series such as Kill Me, Heal Me and A Word from Warm Heart), he takes a taxi home, only to find himself being driven to a remote location before the driver attacks him, seemingly as part of an ordered hit. Choi kills his assailant before he can find out the truth, and flees the scene, removing all traces of his presence. The next morning, however, the body of the dead man is found hanging from a crane, with Choi himself being put on the high-profile case, his promotion riding on its success. Desperately trying to cover up his involvement, much to the suspicion of Cha, Choi thinks things are going his way, until a mysterious man (Choi Daniel, Traffickers) shows up at the police station and confesses to the crime.

Cat and mouse thrillers about shady cops getting caught in bad situations are common enough, Kim Seong-hun's acclaimed 2014 offering A Hard Day being the best and most recent example of the form. While basically following a similar path, Chronicles of Evil does differentiate itself through a slightly more psychological and character-driven route, Baek Woon-hak making an attempt to delve deeper rather than treating his cast as disposable chess pieces. This works quite well, with Choi making for an interesting protagonist, an interesting and conflicted mix of good intentions and morally flexible ruthlessness, enough so to make the viewer emotionally invested in his plight. Son Hyun-ju proves a great choice for the lead, wholly convincing as the much put-upon police chief, getting more unshaven, mangy and bloodshot as things progress and generally giving a great performance as a man gradually being pushed closer and closer to the edge.

Son anchors the film, something which proves crucial when it comes to Kim upping the tension by helping to keep the many plot twists grounded and believable. The film has a solid script, with some well-judged revelations and reversals, and Kim generally succeeds in putting the viewer into Choi's confused shoes, the central mystery and conspiracy being cleverly constructed and satisfying. There’s a lot packed into the fast-moving and commendably brief running time, and the film definitely wins points for avoiding the temptation to over-stuff or pad things out, something which has blighted many of its peers. Despite having been away for some twelve years, Kim still shows a deft touch when it comes to directing action scenes, and the film similarly receives a boost from some exciting set-pieces and injections of violence here and there.

Sadly, Chronicles of Evil isn't quite so successful when it comes to its themes, being rather a missed opportunity to really get to grips with the question of what makes a man good or evil. Though during the first act Kim sets things up for an intriguing voyage into some pretty searching moral and ethical territory, he never quite manages to follow up on this early promise, the film becoming more generic and more of a basic whodunit as it builds towards its conclusion. To be fair, Kim does manage to avoid presenting the viewer with any clear-cut heroes or villains, a commendable and fairly risky move for any commercial film, however it's hard not to feel that he could have, and indeed should have gone further and that there's something missing. The film's ending is fitting enough, though again it's a bit disappointing that it dips into more traditional melodrama, with lots of tears and howling rather than something more thoughtful or substantial.

Still, this doesn't stop Chronicles of Evil from being a slick and entertaining thriller, and while not quite up to the standard of A Hard Day, it's one of the better recent examples of the genre. It's certainly great to see Baek Woon-hak back behind the camera again, his absence having been far too long for a director of his talent, and hopefully audiences won't have to wait another decade for his next film.

by James Mudge - EasternKicks.com

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