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DramaThriller

Ransomed

- Two men. Bag of money. No support.

In Beirut 1986, during the Lebanese civil war a Korean diplomat is taken hostage without a trace. Two years pass and long forgotten, a young diplomat Min-jun receives a phone call proving that the hostage is still alive. With the given mission, Min-jun is sent to Beirut to save the hostage with a bag of ransom money.

Release Date : 2023-08-02

Language :ArabicFrenchEnglishKorean

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Wind Up FilmWhy Not Film

Production Country : South Korea

Alternative Titles : Unofficial OperationRansomed

Cast

Ha Jung-woo

Character Name : Lee Min-jun

Original Name : 하정우

Gender : Male

Ju Ji-hoon

Character Name : Kim Pan-su

Original Name : 주지훈

Gender : Male

Lim Hyung-kook

Character Name : Oh Jae-seok

Original Name : 임형국

Gender : Male

Kim Eung-soo

Character Name : Director

Original Name : 김응수

Gender : Male

Kim Jong-soo

Character Name : Minister Choi

Original Name : 김종수

Gender : Male

Park Hyuk-kwon

Character Name : Manager Park

Original Name : 박혁권

Gender : Male

Yoo Seung-mok

Character Name : Vice-minister Lee

Original Name : 유승목

Gender : Male

Jang So-yeon

Character Name : Jae-seok's Wife

Original Name : 장소연

Gender : Female

Choi Jung-woo

Character Name : Chief secretary

Original Name : 최정우

Gender : Male

Burn Gorman

Character Name : Carter

Original Name : Burn Gorman

Gender : Male

Marcin Dorociński

Character Name : Hayes

Original Name : Marcin Dorociński

Gender : Male

Fehd Benchemsi

Character Name : Karim

Original Name : Fehd Benchemsi

Gender : Male

Anas El Baz

Character Name : Naji

Original Name : Anas El Baz

Gender : Male

Nisrine Adam

Character Name : Leila

Original Name : Nisrine Adam

Gender : Female

Han Soo-hyun

Character Name : Kim Sung-ho

Original Name : 한수현

Gender : Male

Chun Sin-hwan

Character Name : Kim Chi-yong

Original Name : 전신환

Gender : Male

Seo Young-sam

Character Name : Guard

Original Name : Seo Young-sam

Gender : Male

Lee Sang-won

Character Name : Middle East Department Staff

Original Name : 이상원

Gender : Male

Yang Ji-soo

Character Name : Middle East Department Staff

Original Name : Yang Ji-soo

Gender : Male

Han Sung-soo

Character Name : Middle East Department Staff

Original Name : Han Sung-soo

Gender : Male

Ahn Seong-bong

Character Name : Driver

Original Name : 안성봉

Gender : Male

Kwon Eun-seong

Character Name : Oh Jae-seok's son

Original Name : 권은성

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-08-26

When a Korean diplomat is kidnapped in war-torn Lebanon, his government is conflicted about paying his ransom demand. It falls to "Min-joon" (Ha Jung-woo) to travel there and execute quite a complex plan to extricate their citizen and stay one step ahead of the warlords and the authorities who all want a share of his rather valuable luggage! Luckily, his airport-escaping antics find him in the back of the taxi driven by "Pan-soo" (Ju Ji-hoon). Now this fellow just happens to be a Korean ex-pat, he's also a slightly dubious character who can think on his feet, and who has had dealings with their government in the past. What now ensues is quite an engaging series of adventures as the pair face more and more perilous tasks trying to stay alive and rescue "Mr Oh"! It is too long, and at times it drags a little - but director Seong Hun Kim manages to create one of the more authentic looking desert adventures featuring loads of gunfire, some rabid dogs, a fun car chase down an alleyway and I found this to be way more watchable than some more recent, bigger budget, action films with Hollywood stars atop them. It's a fun watch this, with a good dynamic between the two men on their quest; the script is occasionally quite funny and the whole thing has a sort of light-heartedness to it that I quite enjoyed. Based on a true story, too - who'd be an emissary?