Jung Ho, an ex-cop, turned pimp, is driving around Seoul, looking for one of his missing girls, Mi Jin. Suddenly, he dents a car in the alley. When he spots blood splattered on the driver’s shirt, he senses the man, Young Min (Ha Jeong Woo) may have Mi Jin captive. After an intense foot chase, Jung Ho catches Young Min. But because of Jung Ho’s pretense as a cop, they are both taken to the police station. The deranged Young Min bluntly confesses he has killed many women, including Mi Jin. As the police force is obsessed with a random search for corpses, Jung Ho is the only one who believes Mi Jin is still alive. With only 12 hours left to detain the serial killer without a warrant, Jung Ho’s search begins… THE CHASER resuscitated the dwindling Korean film industry earlier this year, coming out of the gate as a first rate white-knuckle thriller. Be warned, this film is very graphic, of the SE7EN kind.

Director:  Hong-jin Na

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