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2018 Korean Film Festival in Australia: 'Midnight Runners'

2018 KOFFIA 'Midnight Runners'

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Two police academy students who only have their majors and books to trust, witness a kidnap and track it down. “Park Seo-joon and Kang Ha-neul play crime-fighting rookies in hugely entertaining buddy cop thriller” – James Marsh, South China Morning Post


At Seoul’s prestigious Police University, slow-witted jock Gi-jun and shy bookworm Hee-yeol become best buddies through their tough training.

On a rare night out, they witness the abduction of a young woman. Turning to the authorities for support, their pleas fall on deaf ears as the police are preoccupied with a high-profile kidnapping case. Gi-jun and Hee-yeol are called to action and must become a formidable crime-fighting force having no alternative but to investigate the abduction themselves.

This leads to a night of comedic hijinks and shocking revelations as they learn to apply both their deductive and combat training in the real world.

Dir Jason Kim, 2017, 108 minutes, M, Korean w/ English Subtitles

Genre Crime, Action


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