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The Plot (film)

The Plot () is a 2024 South Korean crime thriller film directed by Lee Yo-sup, starring Gang Dong-won. A remake of the 2009 Hong Kong film Accident, it tells the story of Young-il, a designer who orchestrates a commissioned murder as a perfect accidental death, and gets caught up in an unexpected incident. The film was released on May 29, 2024.

Plot

Young-il is a designer who manipulates commissioned murders into accidental deaths. No one knows that the deaths that were engineered as accidents through his design are actually thoroughly planned murders. A new request comes to Young-il, who has dealt with the recent target perfectly without any evidence. The target this time is an influential figure that the media and the whole world are paying attention to. It is a dangerous mission as even the slightest gap can lead to his identity being discovered, but Young-il decides to take it on along with his teammates Jackie, Wol-cheon, and Jeom-man.

Cast

Production

Development

The previous title of the film was Accident, borrowed from the original work Accident. It was displayed along with The Hidden Face, Handsome Guys, and The Land of Happiness at the Contents Panda booth at the 2023 Asian Contents & Film Market.

The film marks the reunion of Gang Dong-won and Lee Dong-hwi after starring in the films Broker and Dr. Cheon and Lost Talisman together. This is also the third film adaptation that Gang starred in, following Golden Slumber and '.

Filming

Principal photography began in November 2021 and ended in February 2022.

Reception

Box office

, Following has grossed $1.0 million with a running total of 171,117 tickets sold.

Critical response

A review in the South China Morning Post fount the remake was "too showy for its own good". The Korea Times stated the plot was "convoluted".

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