The team behind A MAN OF REASON in conversation with TIFF in advance of its premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival. The directorial debut of Korean superstar Jung Woo-sung (The Good, The Bad, The Weird) has everything you crave in a modern thriller: hi-octane action sequences, memorable characters, and Jung himself in the leading role.
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The directorial debut of Korean superstar Jung Woo-sung (TIFF ’08’s The Good, the Bad, the Weird) has everything you crave in a modern thriller: hi-octane action sequences, memorable characters, a story that merges the personal and political — and Jung himself in the leading role. After 10 years of incarceration on behalf of his employer, all Su-hyuk (Jung) wants is a normal life — one he hopes will include his former girlfriend, Min-seo, and their daughter, In-bi. But once you’ve penetrated the upper echelons of the underworld, normal can prove hard to come by. Su-hyuk leaves prison to find he’s been gifted a BMW. Wedged under its wiper blade is a business card for the Kaiser Corporation: sometime in the last decade, his employer adopted an air of legitimacy. These days, the old gang steal and murder in the name of urban development. And they want Su-hyuk on board. When Su-hyuk declines their offer to rejoin, the Kaiser executives dispatch a pair of psychopathic assassins with a flair for extravagant gestures. What follows is a tit-for-tat kidnapping drama and a series of car chases, inventive demolitions, and general mayhem erupting against the backdrop of Seoul’s outskirts, where anonymous luxury high-rises loom over desolate landscapes. At the core of A Man of Reason is Jung’s singular charisma. Su-hyuk is simultaneously taciturn and soulful. Unwilling to retaliate until cornered, he’s like a coiled snake. Meanwhile In-bi seems to have inherited some of her father’s instincts for cool-headed self-preservation. While so much in their world seems to be collapsing, that little girl provides some reason for hope.
Jung Woo-sung was born in Seoul. He is an accomplished actor. A Man of Reason (22) is his directorial debut.
