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South Korea’s box office proved remarkably resilient during the pandemic. Theaters never really closed. But the market has needed a big local blockbuster, and “Train to Busan” star Don Lee provided it with his return as a cranky detective kicking righteous ass in the critically acclaimed “The Roundup: No Way Out.” With a Also Read: It hasn’t regained its pre-pandemic total of $1.7 billion, but based on the $321 million earned to date, the South Korean box office looks headed to a $1 billion-plus year in 2023, up from $919 million in 2022. What’s been lacking is a local blockbuster, which “The Roundup” series just provided. A franchise in the making “The Roundup” franchise, known as “Crime City” in its native country, pulled in $53 million with 2017’s “The Outlaws” and $99 million with last year’s “The Roundup.” Compare that with “Avatar: The Way of Water,” which took in $108 million in South Korea, and you get a sense of the actioner’s importance to its home market. The second movie, which sent the protagonist to Vietnam where he encounters a murderous kidnapper, transformed what seemed like a one-and-done crime thriller into a character-specific franchise featuring Inspector Detective Ma Seok-do, played by Lee, a Korean and American actor who also goes by Ma Dong-seok. “I got to know real cops and shared countless conversations with them and also did a lot of research,” he said. “Among the 50 stories I got at that time, I intend to make films out of eight of them.” “The O...

South Korea’s greatest action hero carries an American passport, and actually went to college in Ohio. Since his show-stopping role in Train to Busan, Don Lee (aka Ma Dong-seok) has become one of the most popular stars in Asia. And with his appearance as Gilgamesh in Eternals, Lee is now poised to win over American viewers as well. With Oscars for Parasite and Minari and Squid Game dominating television ratings, South Korean culture is having a moment. Netflix is developing more Korean movies and TV shows, including Hellbound by Train to Busan director Yeon Sang-ho. Ask Koreans who their favorite movie star is, and more likely than not Lee will be near the top of the list. A dominating presence, Lee mixes fearsome physicality with grace and humor. He commands the screen, whether star or supporting player. Lee doesn’t look like a movie star. He’s short and burly, with rough features, thinning hair and bags under his eyes. He looks like an ex-con, a bouncer, an American interloper. Lee has followed the same path as Dave Bautista and Vin Diesel: hulking actors who rose from extras to leading parts. Like Jackie Chan, Lee cites Sylvester Stallone as a role model, and has gone after similar roles. Whether hero or villain, he’s comfortable in straight action fare, sci-fi hybrids like Train to Busan, broad comedies, crime dramas — the bread-and-butter of cinema everywhere. And he is invariably the best thing in his movies: the strongest presence, the one you remember later. Born i...

South Korea’s biggest blockbuster of 2022, The Roundup, is already getting the sequel treatment. A new, third film in the series, The Roundup: No Way Out, reuniting director Lee Sang-yong and Ma Dong-seok (aka The Hollywood Reporter. The new project continues the gritty action adventures of Lee’s beefed-up detective Ma Seok-do after he has joined the Regional Investigation Unit to face a new crime conspiracy. Korean leading man Lee Joon-hyuk ( Along with the Gods) joins the franchise to play the new film’s villain, Lee Jun-hyuk, while Japanese actor Aoki Munetaka will co-star as a yakuza character named Riki. The Roundup franchise began with the 2017 film The Outlaws, which introduced Lee’s hard-nosed detective Ma Suk-Do as he battled to maintain control over Seoul’s Chinatown district amid fierce battles between rival gangs. The film was well received by both critics and genre fans, earning $53 million. The sequel, The Roundup, was directed by Lee Sang-yong and took the action to Vietnam, where Don Lee’s detective decamps to extradite a suspect but instead gets entangled in the pursuit of a serial kidnapper and murderer. Released in May, the film has become South Korea’s biggest commercial hit of 2022, earning over $100 million and setting a new high-water mark for the country’s post-pandemic theatrical box office (Top Gun: Maverick is in a distant second place in the country’s annual rankings, with $52 million). Additional confirmed cast for The Roundup: No Way Out inclu...

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