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Asurado

2021 · 90 min

A grim, bruising prison power struggle that keeps you tense with hard-edged brutality and shifting control.

Tagline
The war of the real wicked people in "Asurado" begins!
Overview
The third prison of death, where only vicious criminals who do not have a sense of law or common sense are being kept. A new era of power opens when Lee Tae-sik, the nation's former boss entered the office. Soon, the new warden, Jo Pyeong-ho, ends the evil without blood or tears, and begins to imprison the prisoners terribly, including Lee Tae-sik.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • power
  • crime
  • violence
  • corruption
  • survival
Places
  • prison
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action7
Horror4
Humour2
Realism6
Romance0
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
crime, action
Directed by
Yoon Yeo-chang
Written by
Yoon Yeo-chang
Starring
Lee Seol-gu, Jang Kwang, Lee Won-jong, Lee Dal-hyung, Jung Mi-nam, Hwang In-mu, Jeon Ji-hak
Cinematography
Eom Si-woo
Runtime
90 min
Country
South Korea
Languages
Korean

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