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Korea Box Office: Don Lee’s ‘The Roundup: Punishment’ Takes Punchy $5 Million on Opening Day
Don Lee's 'The Roundup: Punishment' breaks franchise and box office records as it enjoys a muscular opening in South Korean theaters.
Korean comedy action film “ The Roundup: Punishment ” destroyed all competition in local theaters on its Wednesday opening day. The film, which sees a tough-guy cop go after gangsters involved in drugs, cryptocurrencies and online gambling, is directed by Heo Myeong-haeng and it co-stars Kim Moo-yeol and Lee Dong-hwi. “[It] minimizes unnecessary originality, while gloriously maximizing the opportunities for Lee to crack wise, or look aggrieved and a little bored, as though he’s just remembered he needs to do laundry, all while his meaty forearms land a flurry of sledgehammer punches so rapid their recipients, often quite literally, do not know what hit them.
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