Ma Dong Seok

Seven years after his previous mission in Vietnam, Detective Ma Seok Do (Ma Dong Seok) is transferred to a new crime investigation unit in Seoul, where he is tasked with solving a murder case. However, as Seok Do and his team investigate, they find that the murder is tied to a crime syndicate distributing a powerful new synthetic drug. Seok Do arrests the culprit behind the murder, but the case takes a swift turn – Joo Sung Chul (Lee Jun Hyuk), the captain of a police narcotics investigations unit, has his own agenda, killing Seok Do's suspect and seizing the drugs that Seok Do's team secured. As Seok Do and his team plan a new strategy, the yakuza dispatches a hitman named Ricky (Munetaka Aoki) to steal the drugs back from Sung Chul. Can Seok Do prevent an all-out drug war from spilling out onto the streets of Seoul? This 2023 South Korean movie is the third in the "Crime City" series, following 2017's "The Outlaws" and 2022's "The Roundup." This version is fully dubbed in English.

The Roundup: No Way Out (Dubbed)

Ma Seok Do

Seven years after his previous mission in Vietnam, Detective Ma Seok Do (Ma Dong Seok) is transferred to a new crime investigation unit in Seoul, where he is tasked with solving a murder case. However, as Seok Do and his team investigate, they find that the murder is tied to a crime syndicate distributing a powerful new synthetic drug. Seok Do arrests the culprit behind the murder, but the case takes a swift turn – Joo Sung Chul (Lee Jun Hyuk), the captain of a police narcotics investigations unit, has his own agenda, killing Seok Do's suspect and seizing the drugs that Seok Do's team secured. As Seok Do and his team plan a new strategy, the yakuza dispatches a hitman named Ricky (Munetaka Aoki) to steal the drugs back from Sung Chul. Can Seok Do prevent an all-out drug war from spilling out onto the streets of Seoul? This 2023 South Korean movie is the third in the "Crime City" series, following 2017's "The Outlaws" and 2022's "The Roundup."

The Roundup: No Way Out

Aspiring businessman Dae Guk (Ma Dong Seok) was born and raised in Seoul’s super-affluent Apgujeong District, famous for its hundreds of plastic surgery clinics. He senses huge moneymaking potential in the plastic surgery industry, but he has no idea where to begin... until he meets Park Ji Woo (Jung Kyung Ho), Apgujeong's most gifted plastic surgeon. Of course, there's a catch&nbsp;–&nbsp;Ji Woo's medical license was suspended, meaning that he's no longer allowed to operate on patients. However, Dae Guk doesn't plan on letting a little thing like the law stand in his way, resolving to become the unofficial king of Apgujeong cosmetic surgery! Will his plan come to fruition… or will Ji Woo’s secret be their downfall? This 2022 South Korean movie was directed by Im Jin Sun.

Men of Plastic

Kang Dae Guk

Aspiring businessman Dae Guk (Ma Dong Seok) was born and raised in Seoul’s super-affluent Apgujeong District, famous for its hundreds of plastic surgery clinics. He senses huge moneymaking potential in the plastic surgery industry, but he has no idea where to begin... until he meets Park Ji Woo (Jung Kyung Ho), Apgujeong's most gifted plastic surgeon. Of course, there's a catch&nbsp;–&nbsp;Ji Woo's medical license was suspended, meaning that he's no longer allowed to operate on patients. However, Dae Guk doesn't plan on letting a little thing like the law stand in his way, resolving to become the unofficial king of Apgujeong cosmetic surgery! Will his plan come to fruition… or will Ji Woo’s secret be their downfall? This 2022 South Korean movie was directed by Im Jin Sun. This version is fully dubbed in English.

Men of Plastic (Dubbed)

Detective Ma Seok Do (Ma Dong Seok) is the no-nonsense deputy head of Geumcheon Police’s Major Crimes Unit. He and the unit’s team leader, Captain Jeon Il Man (Choi Gwi Hwa ) think they have landed a plush assignment that involves traveling to Vietnam to repatriate a South Korean criminal who has been apprehended by the Vietnamese police force. Although this assignment at first looks like child’s play – almost a vacation in disguise – it turns out to be anything but after an expat South Korean named Kang Hae Sang (Son Seok Gu) starts brutally killing holidaymakers.

All of a sudden, South Korean tourists visiting Vietnam are thrown into panic as this seemingly merciless killer begins to strike terror into their hearts. Ma Seok Do and Jeon Il Man decide to track Kang Hae Sang down. But this turns out to be a much harder task than it first seems. Their often-unconventional policing methods are not always welcome in Vietnam, and Kang Hae Sang turns out to be a cunning and formidable opponent. Can they stop the murders – and put the killer behind bars?

“The Roundup” is a 2022 South Korean movie that was directed by Lee Sang Yong.

The Roundup

The Geumcheon Detectives

Taek Il (Park Jung Min) is 18 and unhappy with his lot. His life is going nowhere, much like the faulty motorbike he bought online and now can’t get to work. After a bitter quarrel with his nagging mother, he decides to run away from home to a town named Gunsan where he finds work at a Chinese restaurant. He has a run-in with the restaurant’s cook, the burly and ostensibly ill-tempered Geo Seok (Ma Dong Seok). Although they get off on the wrong foot, they start to develop an unorthodox friendship, which mostly involves baiting each other and threatening one another with violence. Little by little, Taek Il begins to understand that Geo Seok is hiding a mysterious and unhappy secret.

Things get even more hectic for Taek Il when his best friend Sang Pil (Jung Hae In), who is trying to support his ailing grandmother, who is struggling with Alzheimer’s disease, reveals that he is to take up a job in “finance” – a position that turns out to involve little more than collecting debts for unscrupulous loan sharks. The trio embarks on a journey of discovery as they try to carve out a future for themselves in an uncertain world…

This film was based on a web-based cartoon series named “Start” by author Jo Geum San.

“Start-Up” is a 2019 South Korean movie that was written and directed by Choi Jung Yeol.

Start-Up

The ⚡️Start-Up⚡️ Team

Jung Tae Suk (Kim Mu Yeol) is a police officer who is dispatched to the scene of a bloody murder: After two cars collide, one of the motorists brutally kills the other.

This same killer attempts to strike again when his car hits a vehicle being driven by mob boss Jang Dong Soo (Ma Dong Seok). But the gangster manages to fight back against his attacker, although the fight leaves him badly injured.

Jang Dong Soo assumes the incident was part of a plot to kill him, hatched by a rival gang. He orders his henchmen to mobilize.

But Jung Tae Suk comes up with a surprising and unconventional plan. He shows Jang Dong Soo that a devious serial killer is the real perpetrator – and asks Jang Dong Soo to help him bring the villain to justice.

Jang Dong Soo agrees, but only on the condition that if he catches the killer first, he will be free to administer his own form of justice.

Can this unlikely pair catch the killer in time to make the murders stop?

“The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil” is a 2019 South Korean thriller movie directed by Lee Won Tae.

The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil

The Bad World

Su Hong (Kim Dong Wook) was a budding legal student who was killed while on duty while doing his military service. He then returned as a vengeful spirit to punish those who wronged him and his family. But he has now been taken into the afterlife, where he must pass a series of trials – assisted by the otherworldly guardians Hae Won Maek (Joo Ji Hoon), Lee Deok Choon (Kim Hyang Gi), and Gang Rim (Ha Jung Woo) – if he is to gain reincarnation. The guardians, too, have much to gain from this: If Su Hong is reincarnated, they too will be allowed to return to the mortal sphere.

The king of the underworld (Lee Jung Jae) says he will allow Su Hong to be reincarnated, but one condition: The guardians must take the life of an old man who has been alive for too long. This old man has guardians of his own, a household deity as well as a mortal hero – his grandson Sung Ju (Ma Dong Seok). The trio’s quest becomes ever more difficult as their quest inadvertently sucks them back into their past lives…

“Along With the Gods: The Last 49 Days” is a 2018 South Korean movie that was directed by Kim Yong Hwa.

Along With the Gods: The Last 49 Days

✨Reincarnate if you can✨

Adopted by an American family when he was just a boy, Mark (Ma Dong Seok) hasn’t stepped foot on Korean soil for 30 years. A former arm wrestling champion, he has been supporting himself by working as a bouncer at bars and as a security guard at various big-box stores. Tired of feeling lonely and unfulfilled, Mark allows an old friend of his, Jin Ki (Kwon Yool), to convince him to participate in an upcoming arm wrestling tournament in South Korea. With the promise of an easy victory and the address of the mother who abandoned him all those years ago, Mark finds himself on a plane headed home.

Upon arrival, Jin Ki holds true to his world, giving Mark his biological mother’s address. But Mark isn’t sure he’s ready for this particular meeting. Eventually Mark musters up the courage to visit his mother, only to find that she passed away several years ago. Gone though she may be, Mark soon finds that he’s not entirely without family. Meeting a step-sister he never knew he had, Mark is warmly accepted by the widowed Soo Jin (Han Ye Ri) and her adorable children, Joon Hyung (Choi Seung Hoon) and Joon Hee (Ock Ye Rin).

As Mark spends more time with his sister and her children, he finds the bitter loneliness of his old life slowly melting away. With the support of his new family, Mark prepares for the upcoming tournament, determined to leave an indelible mark on the world of professional arm wrestling.

An endearing story of love and determination, “Champion” is a 2018 sports comedy film directed by Kim Yong Wan.

Champion

We are the Champions 

What makes a young boy grow up to become a legendary fighter? 

Lee Jung Woo (Lee Hak Joo) has always had a short temper and doesn’t like to be messed with. Growing up in Busan, he learns to fight back when he is bullied by other kids and ends up becoming a local legend and the top street fighter of Busan. His best friend is Kwon Doo Hyun (Heo Ji Won), who always lives under the shadow of Jung Woo. 

“Tong: Memories” is a Viki Original web movie. It is considered to be the prequel to the popular webtoon “Tong.”

Tong: Memories

Tong: Memories Team

Fund manager Seok Woo (Gong Yoo) lives in Seoul and is separated from his wife.

His life is his work, and he spends relatively little time with his young daughter, who misses him very much.

She asks him to grant him a birthday wish – to take her to the seaside city of Busan. He agrees and decides to take her out for the day on the KTX, a high-speed express train that links some of South Korea’s biggest cities.

They board the train, along with a number of fellow passengers, including a young couple who are expecting a baby, a homeless man, and the members of a high school baseball team.

One more passenger also boards, just as the train is preparing to pull out of the station – a flesh-eating zombie!

The zombie bites and infects a member of the train’s crew, and together the two zombies run rampant on the KTX, turning a large number of the passengers into zombies, too.

Outside the train, things are even worse. A full-blown zombie pandemic is raging, and many cities fall to the flesh-eaters.

The South Korean military manages to establish a safe haven in Busan – so Seok Woo and the other non-zombie survivors must pool their wits if they are to escape the train without getting infected!

Can Seok Woo bring his daughter to safety?

“Train to Busan” is a 2016 horror-action movie directed by Yeon Sang Ho.

Train to Busan

🧟‍ Next Stop Zombieland 🧟‍

Having risen to the pinnacle of stardom, Go Ju Yeon (Kim Hye Soo) is a woman who not only knows what she wants but is also a woman who gets what she wants. From money and fame to gorgeous young boyfriends, Ju Yeon has it all. Or at least she always thought she did. But recently, she isn’t quite so sure…

Now a forty-something actress with a career in decline, Ju Yeon is starting to wonder if her glamorous life isn’t missing something important. Feeling like it might be time to settle down, Ju Yeon hopes to do so with her current secret beau. Unfortunately, being twelve years her junior, this boyfriend isn’t interested in anything but using her to advance his career. Realizing the only one who might stay in her life for good is a child of her own, Ju Yeon hopes to have a baby of her own. But a trip to the doctor quickly crushes those dreams as she learns she’s already reached menopause.

Refusing to give up on her dreams of motherhood, Ju Yeon comes across a young woman by the name of Dan Ji (Kim Hyun Soo), who might be able to help solve all of her problems. A pregnant teen in desperate need of help, Dan Ji is eager to go along with Ju Yeon’s unusual proposal but as time passes, things for both the star and the girl begin to get dicey. Will this superstar’s hair-brained scheme bring anyone the happiness they so desperately hope to find?

Full of bizarre plans and crazy antics, “Familyhood” is a 2016 South Korean comedy-drama film directed by Kim Tae Gon.

Familyhood

One man is on a mission to avenge the death of his family members.

Dolmuchi (Ha Jung Woo) is a butcher, which is considered the lowest class, in the Joseon Dynasty. In a society where a person’s status is purely determined by his or her birth, Jo Yoon (Kang Dong Won) is born into a wealthy family. But because his mother was a concubine, Jo Yoon’s illegitimacy gives him no standing in society or his family.

Jo Yoon hires Dolmuchi to kill the pregnant wife of his dead stepbrother so that he can become a legitimate heir, but when Dolmuchi is not able to go through with the killing, Jo Yoon has Dolmuchi’s family killed instead.

The devastated Dolmuchi takes on the name Dochi and joins Ttaeng Choo (Lee Kyung Young) and Dae Ho (Lee Sung Min) in a band of outlaws known as Kundo. The bandits go after wealthy tyrants who prey on the poor by stealing from the rich and giving back to the poor. But can Dochi avenge his family’s death when he comes face-to-face with Jo Yoon again?

“Kundo: Age of the Rampant” is a 2014 South Korean film directed by Yoon Jong Bin.

Kundo: Age of the Rampant

The Time Outlaws

&nbsp;Kang Il (Go Soo) is a highly skilled firefighter with a troubled past. When his wife was involved in an accident, he chose to help another individual who appeared to be in a more perilous condition – a decision that ultimately cost his wife’s life. Since that day, he has been wracked with guilt and has almost recklessly thrown himself in the path of danger in a bid to save lives wherever possible.

Meanwhile, Mi Soo (Han Hyo Joo) is a doctor at a large general hospital. But when she one day makes a wrongful assumption about a patient, she lands in legal hot water. She assumes that a woman has been assaulted by her husband, when it turns out the patient had another condition. As the case heads to court, her lawyer advises her to get Kang Il to testify against the husband for an assault that the latter committed. But Kang Il wants nothing to do with her initially – a fact that leads her to desperation, attempting to strike up a romantic relationship with him and even joining a paramedic unit in a bid to spend more time by his side. The ruse starts to unravel when she actually starts to develop genuine romantic feelings for Kang Il...but does he feel the same way?

“911 Love” is a 2012 South Korean movie that was directed and co-written by Jeon Gi Hyun.

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