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578: Magnum

2022 · 95 min

A grim, propulsive chase that blends raw paternal anguish with hard-hitting action, keeping you tense and invested throughout.

Directed by
Lương Đình Dũng
Genres
Action, Thriller
Starring
Alexandre Nguyen, Thanh Thảo, H'Hen Niê
Tagline
Pain is when you let him live
Overview
A container truck driver, Hùng, lives an idyllic life with his little daughter, An. The father and daughter become the closest companions in every journey with their orange container truck. Life goes on like that until An has to leave her father to go to school. One day, Hùng is informed that An is suffering from severe depression. Relying on his old skills in the past and finding out the truth, Hùng becomes enraged and painful to know that his little girl was kidnapped by a male stranger. Starting his lone and intense journey looking for and chasing after the unknown abuser, Hùng realizes that to hunt down that psychopath he has to counter the massive underground forces behind him.

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Directed by
Lương Đình Dũng
Genres
Action, Thriller
Starring
Alexandre Nguyen, Thanh Thảo, H'Hen Niê
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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
relentless, 4 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • revenge
  • family
  • parenthood
  • violence
  • justice
Places
  • road trip
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action8
Horror3
Humour1
Realism6
Romance1
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
action, thriller
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
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Music
Lee Dong-jun
Cinematography
Morgan Schmidt
Runtime
95 min
Country
Vietnam
Languages
English, Vietnamese

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