Asura: The City of Madness

– A shady cop finds himself in over his head when he gets caught between Internal Affairs and the city..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.60 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 16 Minutes
Release Year:
2016
Original Name:
아수라
Asura: The City of Madness (2016) - Also known as 아수라

A shady cop finds himself in over his head when he gets caught between Internal Affairs and the city’s corrupt mayor, in this scintillating crime drama from Korean maestro Kim Sung-soo (The Warrior).

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Asura: The City of Madness (2016) - Trailer

Release Date:

14 Oct 2016

Language:

Korean

MPAA Content-Rating:
Not Rated

Director:

Sung-su Kim

Writer:

Sung-soo Kim

Main Actors:

Woo-sung Jung, Jung-min Hwang, Ji-Hoon Ju, Do-won Kwak

Plot:

Detective Han (JUNG Woo-sung), who for years has been secretly doing dirty work for the corrupt mayor Park Sungbae (HWANG Jung-min), is now pressured by a ruthless prosecutor Kim Cha-in (KWAK Do-won) to cooperate in an investigation against the mayor. Feeling trapped, Han persuades his young partner Sunmo (JU Ji-hoon) to take over his work for the mayor, but things start to get tangled in unpredictable ways. As things are getting worse, only the most evil survives in this dog-eat-dog world.

Awards:

5 wins & 16 nominations.

Gross profit:

$174,501

Production:

CJ Entertainment

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
80%
Metacritic:
64%