The Man from Nowhere
A special agent with a vicious life is now retired and he now forms a peculiar alliance with his mistreated young neighbour to take on a drug-and-organ trafficking ring so that his girl returns home safe.
2 April 1958, Gyeongsangnam-do, Chinhae, South Korea
27 November 1970, Thailand
10 November 1977, Gangwon-do, South Korea
September 06, 2012
Yet more proof of the astonishing vigour and inventiveness of current Korean genre cinema.
October 07, 2010
... in the realm of humorless South Korean action conventions it's well constructed, suitably dark and dangerous and filled with well-honed, visceral scenes.
September 06, 2012
Helmer Lee Jeong-beom shows a flair for action sequences, squeezing tension out of every fight scene choregraphed by Park Jung-ryul.
September 06, 2012
The Man From Nowhere is relatively solid throughout and despite its general lack of originality it is an entertaining and gripping film with assured direction and excellent central performances.
March 29, 2011
The man might be from nowhere but this film could only come from Korea, the land of a million stories of revenge.
September 06, 2012
South Korea may just be the most exciting place on the planet these days when it comes to stylish and violent thrillers.

