I, the Executioner

I, the Executioner (2024)

베테랑 2

Don't cross the line.

The veteran detective Seo Do-cheol and his team at Major Crimes, relentless in their pursuit of criminals, join forces with rookie cop Park Sun-woo to track down a serial killer who has plunged the nation into turmoil.

Date of release
2024-09-13
TMDB
6.9 / 10 (108)
Runtime
1h 58m
Genres
Action, Crime, Comedy
Director
Ryoo Seung-wan
Collection
Veteran Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Box office: $53.5M
  • Budget: ₩10M

I, the Executioner is a 2024 South Korean action-thriller film co-written, directed and produced by Ryoo Seung-wan, starring Hwang Jung-min and Jung Hae-in. The sequel to Ryoo's 2015 film Veteran, it follows veteran detective Seo Do-cheol teaming up with a young detective, Park Sun-woo, in a high-stakes pursuit of a serial killer.

Production

In September 2015, a month after the release of his film Veteran, Ryoo Seung-wan and production company Filmmaker R&K confirmed that they agreed to make a sequel, which they originally expected to be made within two to three years. In December 2021, Ryoo revealed that he had finished the script for the sequel and planned shoot it at the end of the following year.

In July 2022, FNC Entertainment announced that Jung Hae-in was offered a role in the film, succeeding Yoo Ah-in as the antagonist. In December 2022, Jung Hae-in was confirmed to have joined the cast, which would include Hwang Jung-min, Oh Dal-su, Jang Yoon-ju, Oh Dae-hwan and Kim Shi-hoo reprising their roles from the original film.

Principal photography began in December 2022. Filming took place at the Daejeon City Hall on January 8, 2023. In July 2023, Ryoo announced that the project recently completed filming and had entered post-production. The film is produced by Filmmaker R&K, which Ryoo owns with wife Kang Hye-jung.

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