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The Chaser

The hunter and the hunted, the ultimate chase begins.

2008 · 2h 5m · Not Rated Action, Crime, Thriller
Directed by Na Hong-Jin

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Overview

Joong-ho is a dirty detective turned pimp, who's in financial trouble as several of his girls have recently disappeared without clearing their debts. While trying to track them down, he finds a clue that the vanished girls were all called up by the same client, whom one of his girls is meeting with right now.

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Critics on Rotten Tomatoes

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All reviews
82%
Tomatometer
Fresh

I've more or less had it with this stuff, but the film is distinguished by the grubby velocity of his foot chases, and the effectiveness of its craft (not to mention the unglamorous resolution of at least one character's fate).

Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
Fresh

Easily the best cop thriller since The Departed.

J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Fresh

The Chaser is an expert serial-killer film from South Korea and a poster child for what a well-made thriller looked like in the classic days.

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten

The pessimism of Na's slick debut rings false.

Nick Schager, Village Voice
Fresh

South Korean first-timer Na Hong-jin offers nasty thrills, manic foot chases and some genuinely subversive riffs on the police procedural.

Aaron Hillis, Time Out New York

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