Cast
Lee Je-hoon
Lim Kyu-nam
Koo Kyo-hwan
Lee Hyun-sang
Hong Xa-bin
Kim Dong-hyuk
Seo Hyun-woo
Major Cha
Lee Sung-wook
Lieutenant Hong
Yoo Tae-joo
Captain Ryu
Jung Jun-won
Second Lieutenant Park
Jang Young-nam
Dong-hyuk's Mother
Song Kang
Min Sun-woo
Esom
Nomad Leader
Lee Ho-jung
Girl with Rifle
Shin Hyun-ji
Sang-gu's Sister
Lee Ho-cheol
Drunken General
Kim Sang-heun
Officer Jung
Park Yoon-hee
Director of the General Politi...
Woo Jeong-won
Director's Wife
Cha Soon-bae
Division Commander
Song Yo-sep
Battalion Commander
Jin Yong-uk
Company Commander
Jang Yo-hoon
Squad 1
O Seung-baek
Squad 2
Jung Ha-neul
Rifle
Lee Tae-young
On-call
Choi Min-woo
Division Officer
Bae Cheol-soo
Radio DJ
Park Ga-young
Ballroom Woman
Kim Yoon-bae
Wandering Man
Lee Seung-yong
Security Guard
Kim Han-sang
Ballroom Officer
Lee Moo-nyoung
Ballroom Officer
Details
Status
Released
Original language
ko
Countries
KR
Revenue
$13,368,094
Reviews
Having seen the trailers for Escape I looked forward to this film but somehow, it didn't quite live up, to my expectations.
On the upside there is a lot of decent action and characterisations. The two main protagonists, the soldier trying to defect to the South and the North Korean senior officer, pursing him, are well rendered and inherently interesting.
That said, Escape fails to bring things together in a wholly satisfying way. It repeatedly builds and dissipates tensi...
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