The Point Men

The Point Men (2023)

교섭

Only 24 hours left to accomplish the mission impossible.

A group of Korean tourists is taken hostage by an extremist Taliban group in Afghanistan. The Korean government dispatches Jae-ho, known as one of Korea's most skilled diplomats, in order to handle the situation. Once he arrives, he asks for the Afghan government's cooperation and uses every means possible to free the hostages. However, his efforts go in vain. Due to his failure, he's forced to work with Dae-sik, a special agent who is an expert on the Middle East. As they begin making their move to get to the Taliban, the first hostage death occurs. With nowhere else to turn, the two become unlikely allies in a race against time to save the rest of the hostages.

Date of release
2023-01-18
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (65)
Runtime
1h 48m
Genres
Action, Thriller, Drama
Director
Yim Soon-rye

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Box office: $13.5M

The Point Men is a 2023 South Korean action thriller film directed by Yim Soon-rye and starring Hwang Jung-min, Hyun Bin, and Kang Ki-young. The film is based on the 2007 South Korean hostage crisis in Afghanistan and the subsequent rescue mission. It was released on January 18, 2023, in South Korea and screened in Dolby Atmos.

Production

The film inspired by a true story of 23 South Korean Christian volunteers taken hostage by Taliban militants in Afghanistan in 2007, was to commence its filming in late March 2020, in Jordan, but due to the COVID-19 outbreak the shooting was postponed. After normalisation principal photography began in late April 2020. The actors and production team flew in July for Jordan schedule of filming.

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