Master (2016)
The movie is about an intellectual crime investigation team and a notorious fraud surrounding a grand scam. It follows an investigator (Gang Dong-won) as he pursues the president (Lee Byung-hun) of a Korean company that's involved in fraud and corruption.
16 July 1989, South Korea
3 November 1982
15 June 1968, Taegu, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea
12 July 1970, Seoul, South Korea
25 December 1977, South Korea
21 October 1985
January 05, 2017
The film is seemingly terrified of boring us, offering one elaborate montage of catch and release (or of survey and flee) after another.January 11, 2017
A competently made but generic copy of a twisty Hong Kong-style crime drama, the details that elevate this from the pack are its references to the politics and culture of South Korea.January 06, 2017
Master, while highly entertaining a good portion of the time, ultimately falls short of the title's promise.January 05, 2017
"Master" is a routine South Korean crime thriller whose bloat magnifies its generic qualities.January 05, 2017
Flashy but paper-thin, Master lets its stars ham it up in crowd-pleasing turns, but drops the ball when it comes to plotting.January 10, 2017
A high-octane action thriller [set in] the corrupt world of finance and big business. But beyond the glamour, action and exotic locations, it's a shallow, superficial endeavour.January 06, 2017
The performances are solid to great throughout, and Cho does build to a remarkably satisfying final twenty minutes, but it takes two hours to get there.