Overview of New World
‘New World’ is a crime thriller drama written and directed by Park Hoon-jung. The movie features Lee Jung-jae, Hwang Jung-min, and Choi Min-sik in lead roles. It was released on 21 February 2013 and discusses the story of an undercover agent named Lee Ja-sung who is working at a crime syndicate corporation, obeying the orders of his chief, Kang. The role of Lee Ja-sung is played by Lee Jung-jae and the roles of Chief Kang and Jung Chung are played by Choi Min-sik and Hwang Jung-min, respectively.
Profile
- Name: New World
- Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Starring: Lee Jung-jae, Hwang Jung-min, Choi Min-sik
- Directed by: Park Hoon-jung
- Written by: Park Hoon-jung
- Distributed by: Next Entertainment World
- Produced by: Han Jae-duk, Kim Hyun-woo
- Running time: 134 minutes
- Cinematography: Chung Chung-hoon, Yu Eok
- Release date: 21 February 2013
- Edited by: Moon Se-kyung
- Languages: Mandarin, Korean
- Music by: Jo Yeong-wook
- Country: South Korea
Cast
- Lee Jung-jae as Lee Ja-sung
- Hwang Jung-min as Jung Chung
- Choi Min-sik as Chief Kang Hyung-cheol
- Park Sung-woong as Lee Joong-gu
- Kim Yoon-seong as Oh Seok-mu
- Song Ji-hyo as Shin Woo
- Choi Il-hwa as Vice Chairman Jang Su-ki
- Na Kwang-hoon as Yang Moon-seok
- Park Seo-yeon as Han Joo-kyung
- Kwon Tae-won as Director Park
- Joo Jin-mo as Police Director Ko
- Kim Byeong-ok as Yanbian hobo
- Jang Gwang as Director Yang
- Jung Young-gi as Yanbian hobo
- Kim Hong-pa as Director Kim
- Woo Dong-gi as Yanbian hobo
- Ryu Sung-hyun as executive
- Park In-soo as Yanbian hobo
- Park Sang-gyu as policeman
- Lee Woo-jin as executive
- Jung Mi-sung as detective
- Son Byung-hee as taxi driver
- Ahn Su-ho as Choi
- Han Jae-duk as gang boss
- Ryoo Seung-bum as Constable Kang Cheol-hwa
- Lee Geung-young as Chairman Seok Dong-chool
- Ma Dong-seok as Section chief Cho Hyung-joo
- Sung Nak-kyung as executive
- Jung Gi-seop as executive
Synopsis
Lee Ja-sung is an undercover officer but is currently a part of a corporate crime syndicate firm. He has been working at Goldmoon International, South Korea’s most powerful crime syndicate firm, for 8 years, obeying the commands of his chief, Kang. Chief Kang planned to take hold of the crime syndicate corporation, Goldmoon International, by implanting Lee Ja-sung, his trusted man in the firm.
Ja-sung agreed to disguise himself as a bad guy on the condition that he would be re-enrolled in the police force one day. However, whenever he puts forward the offered proposal of moving abroad as a police officer, Chief Kang shows no interest in taking action regarding the matter. It was hard for him to survive in Goldmoon International as a mole from getting captured by his enemies. Therefore, he tells Chief Kang about his plan to resign from his duty as a spy and a police officer, the Chief instantly threatens him by telling him that he will reveal his real identity to the corporation.
The friction in the air tightens up on behalf of the sudden demise of Goldmoon International’s Chairman, Seok Dong-chool. To succeed in the chairman position, two equally powerful men, Jung Chung and Lee Joong-gu, start to conspire their plans.
Jung Chung has strong ties with the Northmoon clan, who are the Chinese descendants, and Lee Joong-gu is supported by the Jaebum Faction. To weaken the power of Goldmoon International, Chief Kang turns Jung Chung and Joong-gu against each other. Chief Kang plans to place Su-ki as the next chairman since he is the weakest among the folks. Su-ki is a puppet who sits in the position of vice president of the corporation.
Chief Kang approaches Jung and makes a deal. Kang promises to redeem him from his crimes if he betrays Joong-gu and reveals evidence about him. Later, Chief Kang backstabs Jung Chung and informs Joong-gu about his betrayal. An angry Joong-gu makes arrangements to kill Jung Chung. His men attack Jung Chung, and he gets severely injured. Simultaneously, a group of Joong-gu’s men breaks into Ja-sung’s house and tries to kill his pregnant wife. However, with the interference of the police at the correct time, she was able to escape from the thugs, but the incident causes a miscarriage.
Ja-sung becomes terrified by the surprise attack caused to his family. Therefore, he approaches Chief Kang to beg him for his re-enrolment in the police force. To make him stay in the crime syndicate firm, Kang removes Ja-sung’s profile from the police force. Later, Ja-sung visits Jung Chung in the hospital. In their conversation, Ja-sung realises that Jung Chung knows everything about Ja-sung and keeps it a secret due to their friendship.
The conversation that Ja-sung had with Jung Chung on his deathbed changes Ja-sung’s mind. He decides to continue his work at Goldmoon International. He takes up Jung Chung’s factions and earns the trust of Su-ki’s men. Ja-sung’s uprising as a new dominant power provoked Su-ki. Therefore, he orders his men to kill Ja-sung. However, his men kill him instead of Ja-sung.
After killing Su-ki, Ja-sung orders his men to assassinate Chief Kang, Joong-gu, and Police Director Ko. Later, Ja-sung becomes the new chairman of Goldmoon International.
Theme
‘New World’ tells the story of an undercover agent named Ja-sung who gets tangled in his duty as a police officer and a good friend of Jung Chung, a crime syndicate. The movie discusses themes like friendship, trust, loyalty, and betrayal.
Ja-sung survives each day of his life as an undercover agent at the crime syndicate corporation. Despite his continued requests, Chief Kang in the police force denies his re-enrolment as a police officer. To prevent his further pleas, he removes his records from the official records. As the movie progresses, Chief Kang commits a series of betrayals and backstabbings to the people who have trusted him.
At the end of the movie, Ja-sung decides to stay loyal to Goldmoon International due to Jung Chung, his friend, who protects Ja-sung even after knowing that he is an undercover agent.
Awards
- Beaune International Thriller Film Festival 2013
- Jury Prize (Second Place) – ‘New World’
- 22nd Buil Film Awards 2013
- Best Actor – Hwang Jung-min
- 50th Grand Bell Awards 2013
- Best Music – Jo Yeong-wook
- 34th Blue Dragon Film Awards 2013
- Best Actor – Hwang Jung-min
- 46th Sitges Film Festival 2013
- Best Feature Film (Focus Asia Award) – ‘New World’
Interesting Facts about New World
- The Tamil movie ‘Chekka Chivantha Vaanam’ released in 2018 is said as the Indianized adaptation of the South Korean movie, ‘New World’, due to its resemblance in narrative, story and characterisation.
- ‘New World’ received both positive and negative comments from the critics.
- ‘New World’ is written and directed by Park Hoon-jung.
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The lead roles in ‘New World’ are played by Lee Jung-jae, Hwang Jung-min, and Choi Min-sik.
