Ransomed

Ransomed

6.6IMDb Score
Released:2023-08-02
Genre:Action, Thriller, Drama
Duration:132 min
Country:South Korea
Director:Kim Seong-hun
Actors:Ha Jung-woo, Ju Ji-hoon, Lim Hyung-kook, Kim Eung-soo, Kim Jong-soo
Production:Wind Up Film, Why Not Film

Overview:

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.

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