Quick (2011 film)

Quick
Hangul
RR Qwik
MR K'wik
Directed by Jo Beom-goo
Produced by Lee Sang-yong
Yun Je-gyun
Written by Park Su-jin
Starring Lee Min-ki
Kang Ye-won
Kim In-kwon
Ko Chang-seok
Ju Jin-mo
Music by Dalparan
Cinematography Kim Young-Ho
Editing by Shin Min-gyeong
Distributed by JK Film,
CJ Entertainment
Release date(s) July 20, 2011 (2011-07-20) (South Korea)
Running time 111 minutes[1]
Country South Korea
Language Korean
Admissions 3,015,829[2]

Quick ( Qwik ) is 2011 South Korean action film directed by Jo Beom-goo. The film is about Gi-su (Lee Min-ki) who works as a bike messenger. After delivering a package to an office, the building blows up just after he left. Not believing that he's responsible, Gi-su leaves and later asked to drive the pop star Ah-rom (Kang Ye-won) to a televised stadium concert she's late for. He loans her his helmet for the ride, unaware that it's been switched for an identical one rigged with explosives.

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Plot

In the year 2004 in Seoul, South Korea, a group of bikers are joy-riding through the streets and while their leader the teenage Han Gi-su (Lee Min-gi) is tearfully berated by girlfriend Chun-shim (Kang Ye-won) for scorning her. The biker Kim Myeong-sik (Kim In-kwon) is attracted to Chun-shim watches dolefully. Following some heavy traffic, Gi-su executes a perfect bike jump over it.

Six year later Gi-su is working as a bike messenger. After delivering a package to an office, the building blows up just after he leaves. Gi-su doesn't think his package was connected to the blast. Gi-su is later asked to drive Ah-rom, the lead vocalist of girl group OK Girls, to a televised stadium concert that she is late for. To his surprise, he finds that she is actually Chun-shim who is still angry at how she was treated years earlier. He offer her his helmet, unaware that it's been switched for an identical one rigged with an explosive. Gi-su receives a phone call and is told to deliver three packages already stowed in his bike, with a 30-minute delivery time for each package. If they exceed the time limit or if Chun-shim tries to take off the helmet then it will explode. Meanwhile the police, led by Detective Seo (Ko Chang-seok) and NPCC team leader Kim (Ju Jin-mo) examine the CCTV tape in the building that exploded and believe that Gi-su is potentially the bomber. Gi-su delivers Chun-shim to the concert just in time where she performs in the helmet. The two of them start to make the deliveries, while being hunted by the police and trying to solve figure out who is repsonsible for the bombings while driving between Seoul and Incheon.

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Release

Quick received a wide-release in South Korea on July 20, 2011.[1] The film has grossed a total of $10,207,422 in South Korea.[3] The film had its American premiere at Otakon on July 29, 2011.[4][5]

Reception

Film Business Asia gave the film a seven out of ten rating, comparing it to the action comedy films produced by Luc Besson, opining that it was an "action movie that's fast, furious and (thankfully) funny."[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Elley, Derek (July 30, 2011). "Quick". Film Business Asia. http://www.filmbiz.asia/reviews/quick. Retrieved August 4, 2011. 
  2. ^ "Quick (Korean Movie - 2011)". HanCinema. http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_Quick.php/. Retrieved August 28, 2011. 
  3. ^ "Quick". Box Office Mojo. http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?id=_fQUICK01&country=KR&wk=2011W29&id=_fQUICK01&p=.htm. Retrieved August 4, 2011. 
  4. ^ "Otakon Template". Otakon. Archived from the original on August 4, 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/60gbuuKD8. Retrieved August 4, 2011. 
  5. ^ Kaltenbach, Chris (July 26, 2011). "Otakon: It's not just about Japan anymore". Baltimore Sun. http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/bs-ae-otakon-new-20110728,0,4354175.story. Retrieved August 4, 2011. 

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