New World
Upon receiving an order to participate in the conspiracy that held against his best friend, Ja-Seoung, an undercover cop, whose life turns down, after being asked to participate in the GoldMan, run by Jeon Cheng, who is loyal to him and is ready to help him, the thing that puts him in dilemma.
9 May 1959, South Korea
22 January 1962, Seoul, South Korea
19 December 1981, South Korea
10 March 1974, South Korea
26 February 1958, Seoul, South Korea
18 May 1975, Busan, South Korea
18 October 1951, South Korea
26 March 1962, Seoul, South Korea
March 28, 2013
Living up to the core of the noir tradition, New World takes a long view of the human species and dissects us with the cold, surgical blade of a laboratory scientist.
March 21, 2013
"New World" is both less bloody and more thoughtful than most of its genre, the shifting-alliances plot becoming more engrossing as it progresses.
March 19, 2013
Park's direction is sleek and assured, but lacking the dynamism that might help energize a film that-its title notwithstanding-comes off as dully old-school.
March 25, 2013
Smart, sharp entertainment that meets expectations dead on...if you've been looking for another The Departed-esque movie to keep you guessing, this would be a good place to start.
July 14, 2013
While Park Hoon-jeong's gangster film seems to celebrate the genre rather than adding a whole lot, it's reflective of a self-conscious style that's helping South Korean directors turn a few heads.
March 22, 2013
New World tries to expand the genre with nods to The Godfather but can't escape the over-the-top acting, expansive violence and overdone story typical of Seoul-made crime dramas.
March 21, 2013
No one in American movies has made a crime opera this good in years.
March 31, 2013
Tense, dark, violent and brilliantly acted, if New World is any indication of what's in store for the future of the Asian cop drama; harder, sharper, yet finessed and even elegant, then carry on Korea.
March 22, 2013
New World is just an intense crime thriller that is solid from beginning to end no matter how you look at it.
March 19, 2013
Like many of his SK-action peers, director Park Hoon-jung has a knack for staging violent set pieces but comes up lacking in terms of character development, narrative clarity, etc.
March 22, 2013
Reverse-engineered from several gangster classics, New World is like the knockoff shades and counterfeit wristwatches its antihero complains about: flashy but ultimately cheap.
March 21, 2013
Writer-director Hoon-jung Park tells this twisty story of internecine warfare within a Korean corporate crime syndicate with patience, elegance and no small amount of bloodshed.
