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Name: The Man from Nowhere
Director: Lee Jeong-beom
Genre: action, crime, thriller
Released: 2010
Duration: 1 h 59 min
Rating: 7.7

The Man from Nowhere has an iRankMovies score of 84.6/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

The Man from Nowhere (2010)

아저씨

Nothing to lose, nothing to compromise.

Release:2010

Runtime:1h 59m

Country:South Korea

Director:Lee Jeong-beom

Language:Korean

Genre

ActionCrimeThriller

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Keywords

friendship Martial Arts AssassinheroHitmanChild LabourHuman TraffickingProtection

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The Man from Nowhere rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.7/10· 78K votes

Rotten Tomatoes100%

TMDb7.685/10· 1K votes

With 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.7/10 on IMDb, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About The Man from Nowhere

A reclusive pawnshop owner goes on a brutal rampage to rescue a young girl kidnapped by a criminal organization.

Cast of The Man from Nowhere

Won Bin
as Cha Tae-sik
Kim Sae-ron
as Jeong So-mi
Kim Tae-hun
as Kim Chi-gon
Kim Hie-won
as Man-seok
Kim Seung-o
as Jong-seok
Lee Jong-pil
as Detective No
Thanayong Wongtrakul
as Ramrowan
Kim Hyo-seo
as Hyo-jeong
Song Young-chang
as Oh Myung-gyu
Baek Su-ryeon
as Bookstore Lady
Nam Kyung-eup
as Section Chief
Jeong Do-won
as Detective Park

The Man from Nowhere facts

Original title: 아저씨
Budget: $1.3M
Box office: $43.1M

Our take on The Man from Nowhere

This 2010 Korean action thriller sends a reclusive pawnshop owner on a brutal one-man rampage to rescue the young girl next door from a criminal organisation. Stylish, savage and emotionally grounded, it's a high point of Korean revenge cinema. If its kinetic violence and protective fury gripped you, seek out Korean action thrillers and one-against-many revenge films built on grief and grit.

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