Marvelous Videos presents twelve great female assassin movies… The cold-blooded assassin archetype is one of the oldest in cinema, yet it remains as potent as ever due to how malleable its premise is. You can adapt an assassin to any time period, setting or demographic and still make an entertaining flick out of it. Women, […]
Amazon teams with Skybound for The Villainess TV series
Back in 2019 it was announced that Robert Kirkman’s Skybound Entertainment was developing a TV series based upon South Korean director Jeong Byeong-Gil’s acclaimed 2017 revenge thriller The Villainess, and now comes word that the project has found a home at Amazon. The Villainess will revolve around “an Asian woman who believes she is adopted […]
Robert Kirkman’s Skybound working on TV adaptation of The Villainess
Robert Kirkman’s Skybound Entertainment, the company behind The Walking Dead and Fear the Walking Dead, looks to have set its next TV project, with the company teaming with Next Entertainment World’s Contents Panda for a TV adaptation of the South Korean revenge thriller The Villainess. The show will follow Anes, a woman “who was kidnapped […]
The Problem With East Asian Action Cinema Today
Tom Jolliffe takes a look at recent trends in East Asian Action Cinema… I’ve seen a lot of action films in my time. From all over the world. From the biggest blockbusters, to the straight to VHS specials that used to regularly populate your nearest video store. Whether it was the latest mega budget Schwarzenegger […]
Blu-ray Review – The Villainess (2017)
The Villainess, 2017. Directed by Byung-gil Jung. Starring Ok-bin Kim, Ha-kyun Shin, Jun Sung, and Seo-hyeong Kim. SYNOPSIS: A female assassin seeks revenge on the man that killed her father, unaware of the consequences that await her. Opening with possibly the greatest five minutes of first-person action ever filmed, The Villainess follows in the tradition […]
Toronto After Dark Film Festival Review – The Villainess (2017)
The Villainess, 2017. Directed by Jung Byung-gil. Starring Kim Ok-bin, Shin Ha-kyun, Sung Joon, Kim Seo-hyung, Jo Eun-ji, Lee Seung-joo, Son Min-ji, Min Ye-ji and Kim Yeon-woo. SYNOPSIS: A female assassin leaves a trail of bodies behind her as she seeks revenge. Enthusiastically hailed as “the new The Raid” since its Cannes premiere this past May, the second feature from director Byung-gil […]
Movie Review – The Villainess (2017)
The Villainess, 2017. Directed by Byung-gil Jung. Starring Ok-bin Kim, Ha-kyun Shin, Jun Sung, Seo-hyeong Kim, Eun-ji Jo, and Ye-Ji Min. SYNOPSIS: A woman assassin leaves a trail of bodies behind her as she seeks revenge. The Villainess starts off with one hell of a chaotic fight sequence reminiscent to, Kill Bill, The Raid and Hardcore […]
Watch an exclusive clip from The Villainess
Following its UK premiere at FrightFest last month, the breath-taking action film The Villainess opens in cinemas this coming Friday, September 15th, and we’ve got an exclusive clip for you courtesy of Arrow Films; check it out below, or watch it over on our YouTube channel… SEE ALSO: Read our ★★★★ review of The Villainess […]
Horror Channel FrightFest Review – The Villainess (2017)
The Villainess, 2017. Directed by Jung Byung-gil. Starring Kim Ok-bin, Shin Ha-kyun, and Kim Seo-hyung. SYNOPSIS: Trained killer Sook-hee (Kim Ok-bin) is the architect of an unforgettable opening sequence, breathtakingly shot from a first person point-of-view, as she breaks into a warehouse and lays waste to the multitude of thugs contained within. When the pregnant young woman […]
Watch the trailer for South Korean action-thriller The Villainess
A UK trailer has arrived online for the award-winning South Korean action thriller The Villainess. Directed by Jung Byung-gil (Confessions of Murder), the film received its world premiere earlier this year at the Cannes Festival where it received a four minute standing ovation, and features a cast that includes Kim Ok-bin (Thirst), Shin Ha-kyun (Sympathy […]
