Jackal Is Coming
| Jackal is Coming | |
|---|---|
 Promotional poster for Jackal is Coming | |
| Directed by | Bae Hyoung-jun |
| Produced by | Na Yong-kuk |
| Starring |
Song Ji-hyo Kim Jaejoong Oh Dal-soo |
| Studio | Nomad Films |
| Distributed by | Lotte Entertainment |
| Release dates |
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| Running time | 107 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Box office | US$1,261,947[1] |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 자칼이 온다 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 胡狼來了 |
| Revised Romanization | Jakal-i Onda |
| McCune–Reischauer | Chakali Onda |
Jackal is Coming (Hangul: 자칼이 온다; hanja: 胡狼來了, also known as Code Name : Jackal or The Jackal is Coming) is a 2012 South Korean action comedy film, starring Song Ji-hyo, Kim Jaejoong of JYJ and Oh Dal-soo. The film is directed by Bae Hyoung-jun, whose work included Too Beautiful to Lie and Once Upon a Time. It was produced by Nomad Films, distributed by Lotte Entertainment.[2] It was released on 15 November 2012 and ran for 105 minutes.[3]
Summary
Clumsy and off-the-wall hit man Bong Min-jung (Song Ji-hyo) is hired to kill top Hallyu star Choi Hyun (Kim Jaejoong). She ambushes him at Paradise Hotel in Seong-ju where the cops are on a stakeout for serial killer "Jackal". Later on, Hyun finds out that the person who hired Minjung to kill him is his ex-girlfriend. Hyun tries to convince Minjung that he isn't the 'top Hallyu star Choi Hyun' she is looking for so that she would let him escape, one by purposely singing out of tune. Conversations and several attempts to escape happens, then a fan of Hyun (which is the same one who sneaked into his car at the beginning of the story which caused him to switch cars with his manager) follows him to the hotel and goes inside his room through the window. The girl untied the ropes and takes him to her own suite, but hope vanishes as the girl starts to torture him. However, Minjung saved him by using a stun gun against the sasaeng fan which the girl was supposed to use for the torturing. Then Angela arrives and meets Hyun, her boy toy, but is stabbed to death by Min-jung.
"Jackal" arrives then and starts to assault Hyun until he and Minjung reaches the rooftop. Minjung said that she loves hearing the words "I'll protect you" then forcefully kissing him after. Minjung kicked him then which caused him to fall down a roof nearby and become unconscious. "Jackal" reaches the rooftop then and attacks each other after, which then revealed that Minjung is the true "Jackal" and that the man behind the killing spree only used her alias. It was also revealed that Minjung's real target is Angela, and Choi Hyun is only used as a bait for "Jackal". After fake Jackal dies, Hyun becomes conscious again and becomes glad as he caught Minjung staring at him and walks away, signaling that she won't kill him. Flashback then shows that his ex-girlfriend doesn't want him to die, but only wants him to experience betrayal. Minjung sprays a chemical to her face to make her unconscious after so that people won't suspect her. Then she goes to an unknown company president who hired her to kill Angela and tells him that she died instantly despite of the instruction to kill her slowly, showing a flashback on how she managed to stab her, gets her salary and leaves.
Minjung books a flight after to Buenos Aires to start a new life. The story closes after Hyun calls her while she's waiting for the plane and tells her to work with him, and her telling him to deposit to money, him threatening her to expose the secret, and Minjung saying after, "Just wait, I'll kill you".
Cast
- Song Ji-hyo as Bong Min-jung, female killer
- Kim Jaejoong as Choi Hyun, a K-pop star[4][5]
- Oh Dal-soo as Chief Detective Ma
- Han Sang-jin as Team Leader Shin
- Kim Sung-ryung as Angela
- Kim Yong-gun as company president
Original soundtrack
Production
The film marks the first collaboration between Kim and Song and Kim's first starring role in a big screen debut. A press conference attend by the cast: Kim Jaejoong, Song Ji-hyo, Han Sang-jin and Oh Dal-soo, was held on 9 November 2012 at the Lotte Cinema at Konkuk University.[8]
The film ranked fourth and grossed ₩966,147,307 in its first week of release,[9] and grossed a total of ₩1,351,848,104 domestically after two weeks of screening.[10]
International release
Ahead of the film's released it was announced by its distributor, Lotte Entertainment, that the film has been pre-sold to six Asian countries: Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore,Indonesia and Brunei.[11][12]
- Japan theatrical release: 3 May 2013[13]
References
- ↑ "Box office by Country: Jackal Is Coming". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2013-01-12.
- ↑ Shackleton, Liz (8 May 2012). "Lotte picks up worldwide rights to Code Name: Jackal". Screen Daily. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
- ↑ Ho, Stewart (19 October 2012). "The Jackal Is Coming, Starring Song Ji Hyo and JYJ’s Kim Jae Joong, Sets Premiere Date". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
- ↑ "JYJ's Kim Jae-joong Garners 1 Million Twitter Followers". Chosun Ilbo. 12 October 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
- ↑ Sunwoo, Carla (21 September 2012). "Kim Jae-joong to hold Asia fan meets". Joongang Daily. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
- ↑ Ho, Stewart (15 November 2012). "Kim Jae Joong’s Self-Written Song Included in ‘The Jackal is Coming’ OST". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
- ↑ Ho, Stewart (15 November 2012). "Kim Jae Joong’s Self-Written Song Included in ‘The Jackal is Coming’ OST". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
- ↑ Lee, Nancy (10 November 2012). "JYJ′s Kim Jae Joong and Song Ji Hyo Lighten Up for The Jackal is Coming". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
- ↑ "South Korea Box Office: November 16–18, 2012". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2013-01-12.
- ↑ "South Korea Box Office: November 23–25, 2012". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2013-01-12.
- ↑ Jang, Sung-ran (13 November 2012). "CODE NAME: JACKAL Gets the Spotlight of Asia". Korean Film Biz Zone. Korean Film Council. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
- ↑ Ho, Stewart (8 November 2012). "Song Ji Hyo, Kim Jae Joong’s ‘The Jackal is Coming’ Sold to Six Countries". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
- ↑ Ho, Stewart (25 January 2013). "Kim Jae Joong′s ‘The Jackal is Coming’ Reveals Official Japanese Poster". enewsWorld. CJ E&M. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
External links
- Jackal is Coming on Facebook (Korean)
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