Now, Rei is determined to romance Claire instead of the game’s male leads. 3:01 The Villainess: Official Clip - I Killed Your Father. Having completed her first assignment, Yeon-soo is released from the facility and will continue to work for the agency from her own apartment that she shares with her daughter Eun-hye. Having a gamer-spirit, I’ve been raising my level since I was a child. Please enter your email address and we will email you a new password. See more. He puts his head down and starts whistling the same eerie tune. [9], The Villainess received a four-minute standing ovation at Cannes Film Festival. Editorial Reviews. She turns on the agency. Kwon-sook tells her they have given her a new identity and name, Chae Yeon-soo. I lift my head hearing this, hearing a shed of hope in the dark void that threatens to swallow my world. Sook-hee is captured and, while beating her, the unnamed man with yellow teeth tells her he did not kill her father. Violet Hilton, the illegitimate daughter of a powerful CEO died after drowning in the middle of the sea. The bravura first-person slaughter that opens Jung Byung-gil’s THE VILLAINESS instills an aesthetic connection between rage and violence. While on a mission together with Min-ju, a classmate from the facility, Yeon-soo is caught stealing a phone, and in the ensuing fight, Min-ju is killed. The Villainess opens with that first-person-point-of-view melée, and it is electrifying. Kwon-sook tells Yeon-soo she is pregnant. [8] Later it was sold to additional territories which includes Japan, China, Singapore, India increasing to a total of 136 countries worldwide. But they are no match. The Villainess, 2017. Reform the villainess into a respectable lady and help her avoid her future death! 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Craft Award for Excellence in Action Cinema, This page was last edited on 1 December 2020, at 07:28. We learn his name is Lee Joong-sang. The assassin is shown in a room in an unnamed facility. At the festival, the film received the Daniel E. Craft Award for Excellence in Action Cinema. The Villainess kicks off with a six-minute symphony of pure action-film invention. This is the opening scene of the movie. This list may not reflect recent changes . Sook-hee is hiding under a bed and doesn't get a look at the killer's face; she only hears him whistling an eerie tune. The Villainess: Official Clip - First Person Killing. Synopsis: A female assassin seeks revenge on the man that killed her father, unaware of the consequences that await her. The scene is the fix us action junkies need for our addiction. And we learn how it came about that Joong-sang trained Sook-hee to be this killing machine and why she is so devoted to him. Laura Lippman's first job in journalism was a rookie reporter in Waco, Texas. The trailer is cut to make The Villainess seem like some mindless FPSish nonstop action flick. Copyright © Fandango. Tell me, what does one do when they discover they were reincarnated into an Otome game as the villainess’ playboy older brother? Another flashback occurs, and we again see 20-year-old Sook-hee as a highly skilled and trained assassin trying to kill an unnamed man with yellow teeth. When a man comes back into the room, we are shown that this person is Jang-Chun, the unnamed man with yellow teeth. ; Carol has already assaulted and molested Amazing Bob, so much indeed that Amazing Bob now always carries a tazer with him just in case she would try again. Yeon-soo tracks down Joong-sang and his gang to a parking garage. The conversation reveals that Hyun-soo is actually an undercover agent. Especially the bus and first person point of view fight scenes. As my first shoujo ai/girls love novel, I came in purely out of curiosity. The opening scene is a first-person, frenetic fight scene that just never seems to end. Opening with possibly the greatest five minutes of first-person action ever filmed, The Villainess follows in the tradition of recent high-octane Asian … While noticing Hyun-soo's tie, Yeon-soo is reminded of a tie she gave to Joong-sang. The Villainess is South Korea's John Wick with an Anna (2019) and Nikita style premise. He stages a wedding with her and pays people to attend the wedding and while on their honeymoon, he fakes saving a gang member called Choi Chun-Mo and stages his own death. Forgot your password? and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes and Fandango. He makes contact with Yeon-soo to verify that it is actually her. The "villainess" is also more then just a one dimensional character or foil for the protag she feels like an actual person as do many of the other characters. Yeon-soo chases after them. In the opening scene, an unnamed highly skilled and trained assassin enters a hallway and kills numerous people with her gun and knives before being surrounded by cops and smiling a grim smile. In the meanwhile, Joong-sang's gang gets to Hyun-soo and Eun-hye. Her poor villainess! The Villainess: Official Clip - First Person Killing An unseen assassin expertly murders her way through a warehouse. She kills all the gang members in the garage and confronts Joong-sang, who escapes to the street and meets his remaining gang members; they all speed off in a shuttle bus. The fight choreography and stunt work in this film are amazing. The Villainess kicks off with a six-minute symphony of pure action-film invention. The info from the phone has documents about Choi Chun-Mo and the agency is worried that since Yeon-soo knew him, she may be a double-agent. Of course I had always been aware of my situation as a reincarnated person, but it was only when my sister’s engagement to the Crown Prince was announced that I finally encountered a piece of my first life after all these years. Don't have an account? Pages in category "Films shot from the first-person perspective" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total. Sook-hee is about to be raped by a prostitution client when the unnamed man with a mustache arrives and rescues her. The flashback continues, and we see Sook-hee as an 8-year-old being trained to load a pistol by the unnamed man with a mustache. This triggers a flashback to 7-year-old Sook-hee seeing her father killed. Kwon-sook plays the tape for Yeon-soo. She is drugged and is given plastic surgery. A man appears, and so too do the hands of the person … Joong-sang sees that his trained assassin would no longer be of much use, so he sets up an act. The agency wants to do an assassination from a wedding catering company, so it decides to arrange a wedding between Hyun-soo and Yeon-soo. The finale, My Next Life as a Villainess Episode 12, aired on June 20, 2020. The site's critical consensus reads, "The Villainess offers enough pure kinetic thrills to satisfy genre enthusiasts -- and carve out a bloody niche for itself in modern Korean action cinema. Jang-Chun was a friend of Sook-hee's father. A villain (also known as, "black hat", villainess in its feminine form) is a fictional character, whether based on a historical narrative or one of literary fiction. Kwon-sook tells Sook-hee that to give her a new start the agency has faked her death. We learn in a flashback that the marriage was not the same for Joong-sang as it was for Sook-hee. Now, Rei is determined to romance Claire instead of the game’s male leads. Action junkies will find much to like here and won't need to wait long to get some frenetic action on screen. Over all its plot is nothing new but the way its delivered is top level and anybody into romance or just looking for a fun and interesting read would enjoy this. ... Hanagata is an artist best known for the illustrations in I'm in Love with the Villainess. Carol is Amazing Bob's Stalker with a Crush and even has a Stalker Shrine dedicated to Bob. The Villainess reaches these heights again in the film’s few other violent parts and most of them take place within the first 40 minutes to capitalize … Everything you need to know about "The Villainess" comes in the first ten or fifteen minutes. The Villainess: Official Clip - Losing Everything Sook-hee (Kim Ok-bin) returns to her apartment building just as an explosion goes off that kills her boyfriend Jung Hyun-soo (Sung Joon) and her daughter Eun-hye (Kim Yeon-woo). "[12] Review aggregator website Metacritic gave the film a rating of 64 out of 100, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Yeon-soo continues to live at the apartment and the agency has figured their next target for her. Yeon-soo says she doesn't care and wants to die. The facility turns out to be part of South Korea's intelligence agency and is run by a woman named Kwon-sook. [2] The film had its world premiere at the 70th Cannes Film Festival in May 2017. Two decades later she left her first husband, quit the newspaper business, and became a full time novelist. To her delight, the first person to greet her is also her favorite character, Claire Francois–the main antagonist of the story! Hyun-soo tries to fight the gang but is knocked unconscious and left with the little girl and a bomb. I was reborn as the villainous daughter, Yumiela Dolknes, in the world of an otome RPG game. She can't kill him, shocked that he's still alive. All rights reserved. Her father had stolen a diamond. Joong-sang doesn't care for the little girl and tells Hyun-soo to kill the kid in exchange for his own life. The storyline is also very thrilling. Forget John Wick, The Villainess is where its at for action flick fans. She goes to confront Kwon-sook, but Kwon-sook has news for her: Hyun-soo had found Jang-Chun, the unnamed man with yellow teeth, and got to know everything. Arguably, the HameFura anime benefited from coming out in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. Everything you need to know about "The Villainess" comes in the first ten or fifteen minutes. Yeon-soo accepts and while in training, gives birth to a daughter, Eun-hye. She catches up to the bus, boards it, crashes the bus, and finally holds an axe over Joong-sang's head. I suspect this was done for American audiences, but that's just a guess. Jang-Chun sells Sook-hee to a prostitution ring. Her fiction has always cantered on complicated women, paying unique attention to the intricacies of their flaws, their vulnerability, and their empowerment. Content is available under CC BY-SA 3.0 unless otherwise noted. [11], On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 84% based on 85 reviews with an average rating of 6.84/10. Unknown to Yeon-soo, Kwon-sook has placed a male agent in the apartment beside Yeon-soo's apartment. His name is Jung Hyun-soo, and he is to befriend Yeon-soo and keep tabs on her. When Sook-hee hears he is dead, she loses her mind and goes on a killing rampage and takes out the whole gang (who she thinks is behind Joong-sang's death). 3:10 The Villainess: Official Clip - Bus Brawl. Hyun-soo tries to tell Joong-sang (on the phone) that Eun-hye is, in fact, Joong-sang's daughter hoping for all the killing to stop. The opening scene is a first-person, frenetic fight scene that just never seems to end. The Villainess was released in South Korean cinemas on June 8, 2017. This interview was recorded on surveillance tape. Sign up here. It surpasses most action movies with a phenomenally impressive first-person shoot-'em-up & hack-'em-up ten-minute set piece, in its opening scene alone. We learn that Sook-hee says that she is willing to let go of her thirst for revenge if she can get married and live a normal life. Villainess definition, a villainous woman. He is calling her Sook-hee. The Villainess … I … The first thing to know about this film is that the trailer is a poor representation of it. and the Terms and Policies, Joong-sang has eliminated his rivals and Joong-sang expects Sook-hee to be killed because of her rage and the sheer numbers of the gang. And the heart-beats were not calmed, for Marise recognised the contralto tones of Miss Marks, the villainess of her dream. While recuperating, she has a flashback showing an unnamed man with a mustache trying to resuscitate her after a breath holding exercise. "But just because she is a Villainess doesn't mean she is a bad person." Anyway, the movies is … [10], The film was also screened at the 16th New York Asian Film Festival which was held from June 30 to July 16, 2017. Get the freshest reviews, news, and more delivered right to your inbox! Sidney Poitier’s 7 Most Memorable Performances, All Harry Potter Movies Ranked Worst to Best by Tomatometer. The Villainess opens with that first-person-point-of-view melee, and it is electrifying. Joong-sang stages a "rescue" of Yeon-soo from the agency's custody. Starring Ok-bin Kim, Ha-kyun Shin, Jun Sung, and Seo-hyeong Kim. He tapes a conversation of the agency and sends it to Yeon-soo. Marie is then suddenly killed in an accident and finds herself in the novel's world as a young maid in the villainess's home, years before it actually takes place, she has only one goal. As she reaches her apartment, she watches as the bomb goes off and Hyun-soo and her daughter both die. In a callback to the earlier story, the agency pays people to attend the wedding, and Yeon-soo in her wedding gown aims a rifle out a window to her target, whom she sees through the rifle scope. The film had its world premiere at the 70th Cannes Film Festival in May 2017.. Yeon-soo is consumed with revenge. I hope you're okay with that. Vengeful Sook-hee (Kim Ok-vin) explodes through an army of gangland thugs inside a dank warehouse and the frenzied carnage unspools, with warring characters moving in lock step to a chaotic rhythm and outcome. The Villainess; Last edited on 21 September 2019, at 17:06. According to the director and writer, the movie was inspired by the European film La Femme Nikita (1990), which he had seen at the age of 10. Still at the facility, Yeon-soo is having a procedure to remove a tattoo from her shoulder and while this is happening, she has a flashback to the unnamed man with a mustache giving her the shoulder tattoo when she was 20-year-old Sook-hee. Eventually, the unnamed man with a mustache arrives, shoots the man with yellow teeth, and frees Sook-hee. Directed by Byung-gil Jung. The Villainess (Korean name 악녀; Ak Nyeo) is a 2017 South Korean action film directed by Jung Byung-gil, starring Kim Ok-vin. The inventive marriage of the first and third person perspective is perfectly ripe and ready for a remake in Hollywood. Kwon-sook offers her a deal: train with her as an agent, work as an agent, and she will have freedom after 10 years of service. To her delight, the first person to greet her is also her favorite character, Claire Francois—the main antagonist of the story! By creating an account, you agree to the Privacy Policy According to the distributor Next Entertainment World the film was sold prior to the local release to 115 countries including North America, South America, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Australia, Taiwan and the Philippines. The agency takes Yeon-soo into custody. But instead of trying to capture the male targets, the MC is in love with the villainess and will use all means to be near and flirt with the villainess. ; Exaggerated:. Coming out swinging from the opening frames, writer/director Byung-gil Jung’s The Villainess pistol-starts with a breathtaking first person action sequence that puts Hardcore Henry to shame, then proceeds to top itself repeatedly, landing the film a spot in the annals of action cinema history without missing a beat. The target is Joong-sang. Yumiela only had a small role in the original story, but after defeating the Demon King, she will appear as the Hidden Boss with a bonus specs to solo fight the Hero party. [3][4][5], According to the director and writer, the movie was inspired by the European film La Femme Nikita (1990), which he had seen at the age of 10.[6][7]. The Blu Ray picture and audio quality is excellent. After a few meetings with each other, Yeon-soo asks Hyun-soo out. It is revealed in flashbacks that Sook-hee and Joong-sang had gotten married. The Villainess (Korean name 악녀; Ak Nyeo) is a 2017 South Korean action film directed by Jung Byung-gil, starring Kim Ok-vin. The first-person shooter film perspective does give me a slight headache, but I must admire the action choreography. When she kills the target, she looks up to see a young girl on the stairs. Much like the hallways fight scenes on Netflix's "Daredevil", the punches and kicks are well-coordinated and just get more enjoyable as they go. The premise of the novel is very simple: A 22 year old female worker is transmigrated into an otome game as the heroine. The Villainess opens in astounding chaos, with a shot of a hallway from a mysterious character’s POV, à la a first-person video game. But there will be some chapters in other characters point of view. Kwon-sook gives Yeon-soo a folder with the info for her first "assignment." Jul 29, 2019 - This story is in the first person. Coming out swinging from the opening frames, writer/director Byung-gil Jung's The Villainess pistol-starts with a breathtaking first person action sequence... then proceeds to top itself repeatedly. She thinks it's the work of the agency. Much like the hallways fight scenes on Netflix's "Daredevil", the punches and kicks are … The villainess of her older sister's story, she did whatever she could to survive in the household from blackmail to seducing numerous men. Basic Trope: A villainess who has an unrequited crush for a hero.. Straight: Carol, The Dark Queen, is in love with Amazing Bob. She strikes Joong-sang in the head with the axe before walking out of the wreckage with the police surrounding her; she smiles a grim smile. Joong-sang backtracks the location from which the shots come and identifies Yeon-soo as Sook-hee from the wedding photos. The man tells the young Sook-hee to devote her life as an assassin to him. 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