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The Killers

Dirs. Kim Jong-kwan, Roh Deok, Chang Hang-jun, Lee Myung-Se
Fanomenon / Closing Film
Sat 16 Nov and Sun 17 Nov
Sat 16 Nov
and
Sun 17 Nov
  • Sat 16 Nov
    20:30 - 22:29
    Vue in the Light, Leeds
    Screen 12
    Past event
  • Sun 17 Nov
    13:45 - 15:44
    Vue in the Light, Leeds
    Screen 12
    Past event

This dark and stylish anthology film from South Korea features four individual visions of the hitman genre with mutual murder and mayhem.

This wildly inventive and entertaining collection of four crime stories refreshes the hitman genre and the anthology film format. Inspired by Hemingway's 1927 short story The Killers and Edward Hopper’s 1942 painting Nighthawks, these four takes on contract killing in our chaotic times include: a vampire thriller oozing sexy splatter and undead subversion; an assassins-gone-foolishly-awry black comedy like Quentin Tarantino karaoke; a dangerously seductive neo-noir drenched in triple-cross betrayals; and a whiplash-inducing mash-up in gloriously assaultive monochrome. Each contributing their own distinctive style and vision, the quartet of South Korean filmmakers includes Lee Myung-Se (Nowhere to Hide), and versatile actress Shim Eun-kyung stars in three of the stories.

“Sleek, sexy and a lot of fun, The Killers is one of the tightest feature film anthologies we’ve seen in recent years.” - Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Alliance of Women Film Journalists

Content Guidance


Contains graphic violence.


The Killers

Directors: Kim Jong-kwan, Roh Deok, Chang Hang-jun, Lee Myung-Se
Premiere status: UK Premiere
Running time: 119 minutes
Production year: 2024
Country: South Korea
Language: Korean
Subtitles: English subtitles
Print source: Showbox

Part of

Fanomenon

Fantasy, sci-fi, horror, dark comedy, cult films, the unclassifiable, and much more. This year we present an expanded programme of new films, two new competitions, and a retrospective, The Weird of Oz.