Killer for hire goes rogue in A Company Man
by javabeans
So Ji-sub in a dark, dramatic role? What a surprise.
Here’s a look at his new action movie titled A Company Man, which has a trailer and some stills. It’s got an interesting premise to counter the ordinary-sounding title, and that contrast is the whole point: He seems like your ordinary salaryman employee, only the company’s in an unusual line of work — killing for hire.
The preview starts out with wearied, bleak-looking Ji Hyung-do (So Ji-sub), who seems like an everyday rank-and-file employee. The chyrons read, “Working late five days a week. Working outside the office, no time to rest. Suffering from work-related stress, I am an ordinary company man. It’s just that my company is a little unusual.” Bang! Down goes the hit.
The company operates under a manufacturing front, and Hyung-do is a section chief in its sales department. Which makes me wonder: Why does a contract-killer agency need a sales department? Is this world somehow getting less violent that you’d need to really market your product?
Lee Mi-yeon (Merchant Kim Man-deok) plays his love interest, and it’s because of her that Hyung-do wants out of the company to live an ordinary life. Too bad it’s a lot harder leaving the place than joining it, and that turns all his colleagues against him as they’re mobilized to off him.
Meanwhile, the maknae of idol group Ze:A, Kim Dong-joon, plays a part-time employee in Hyung-do’s department. You can kill on a part-time basis now? Looks like he’ll be one of the new foes who’s put on the hunt. You may recall Kim Dong-joon from that other assassin-for-hire project (though he’s on the other side of that gun barrel this time), Girl K, as the adorable high school boy with a crush on the high school killer.
A Company Man releases on October 18.
Via SBS
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1 Ivoire
September 9, 2012 at 12:45 PM
Ooooh, SJS going dark again? Off to read now, Thanks for the news...
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Ivoire
September 9, 2012 at 12:53 PM
I wonder if this is more of a psychological thriller more than it is a killing people off (that we actually get to see, a la Gaksital) kind of movie. Or maybe it is both?...
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2 Mystisith
September 9, 2012 at 12:46 PM
SK movie land is piling up the good productions lately. And they never disappoint with those "black is black" movies (A bittersweet life, Man from nowhere, Kiss me kill me). Will keep that one in mind.
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3 crazedlu
September 9, 2012 at 12:53 PM
ooh. sounds interesting.
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4 NewKDramaAddict
September 9, 2012 at 1:08 PM
SJS in light, dark or in between means I want to see it! Matters not to me! That's how much I love him!
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5 kopytko
September 9, 2012 at 1:19 PM
There is something charming about a killer wearing a nice suit. As if he respects his targets a tad bit more than if he wore some jeans and an old jacket :)
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audreyt80
September 9, 2012 at 6:53 PM
So true. That's why Won Bin also looked fine in Man From Nowhere. But it's So Ji Sub, we are talking about here, the man looked so hawt in suits (see ghost.)
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6 Kiara
September 9, 2012 at 1:20 PM
I'm so over SJS, this time is forrealzzzzzz.
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MsB
September 10, 2012 at 5:42 AM
Denial is a river in Africa..Come back to the dark side..
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7 Denali
September 9, 2012 at 1:25 PM
You may recall Kim Dong-joon from that other assassin-for-hire project (though he’s on the other side of that gun barrel this time), Girl K, as the adorable high school boy with a crush on the high school killer.
Oh heck yes, I remember his character in that production and Kwang Hee must be a taaaad jealous. Glad to see him cast in this dark one too.
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8 blokkoms
September 9, 2012 at 1:28 PM
Iiiinteresting. Will be keeping an eye out on dramacrazy for this.
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9 reallycool
September 9, 2012 at 1:28 PM
Is that MAD COW in the trailer as the guy trying to slap/hit So Ji Sub in the head?
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Kiara
September 9, 2012 at 1:33 PM
Lol it is.
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neener ~ Inside the Magic Shop ~
September 9, 2012 at 11:37 PM
OH!Ghost reunion!!!
hahahaha
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10 Tru2u
September 9, 2012 at 1:34 PM
I'm still waiting for the day when he does a Rom-Com Drama/Movie. Kinda getting tired of the whole serious roles.
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anna
September 9, 2012 at 2:24 PM
I think he has some Rom-com dramas before his I'm sorry I love you/WHIB days. And there was that Chinese movie, Sophie's Revenge, though he wasn't the main lead in that one.
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Tru2u
September 9, 2012 at 3:43 PM
I did watch Sophie’s Revenge just because of him but i HATED it, it bore me to tears, i just enjoy when he was on screen, but i also didn't his his character in that one.
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MsB
September 10, 2012 at 5:45 AM
Hated it too! He was barely in it! So why give him top billing!? I know why but I imagine a lot of people were upset about that lie
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Tru2u
September 10, 2012 at 11:53 AM
Exactly, when i first saw that it was coming out i though he was the lead, with how he was the center of everything, so u can understand my disappointment after watching it. So I'm just going to have to wait until he tries out Rom-Com. ^^
thedramaaddict
September 9, 2012 at 2:26 PM
I totally agree with you. He has pretty much established his ability to play melo and suspenseful and needs a role with plenty of smiling and laughing. I will be so happy if he ever does a rom-com! I know there are more untapped facial expressions in you, SJS!
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Tru2u
September 9, 2012 at 3:51 PM
"I know there are more untapped facial expressions in you, SJS!" < I LOL'ed XD
I agree, he has established his ability in melo/suspenseful drama/movie, but we want to see a whole new size to him. I want him in a full out Rom-Com. I want to see him get out of his shell. That is what I'm waiting impatiently for.
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11 ladyhahn
September 9, 2012 at 2:25 PM
did i spot Mad Cow in this movie?starting from 0:57..that's Mad Cow right?
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ladyhahn
September 9, 2012 at 2:27 PM
oh just read prev comment which ask the same thing.LOL.Mad Cow w SJS.aah..Ghost reunion.hee.
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12 yee
September 9, 2012 at 4:37 PM
saw the trailer yesterday and was sooo looking forward for it!! SO JI SUB!!! DONG JOON!!!!!!!!!!
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13 DarknessEyes
September 9, 2012 at 5:15 PM
LOL "you can kill part time now?" haha yep, thats new to me, too.
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14 antonia
September 9, 2012 at 5:19 PM
love the trailer, love the premise, love so ji sub, and love him working with mad cow again!!!!
dying to watch this movie, i had a soft spot for cool killers (lol) specially if they're unhappy and want to get out of it!!
sides im watching anything with sjs in it <33
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15 hyeon
September 9, 2012 at 5:21 PM
this is only my guess "will SJS get killed at the end?"
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16 Chesquared
September 9, 2012 at 6:10 PM
I really want So Ji Sub is a movie or drama that let's him smile. My gosh. This man has the most precious smile, but why must he choose such projects T__T;?
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17 awkwardturtle
September 9, 2012 at 6:12 PM
MAD COW is in this too?! Reunion! I love So Ji Sub <3
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18 chasen8888
September 9, 2012 at 6:51 PM
So Ji Sub does a lot of melo/serious roles. But then he's good at it and it appears to suit his persona. When one of you suggested him doing a rom-com role, I tried to imagine that happening. The result - Nahh, doesn't work for me!!. His humor tends to be dry, subtle and a bit self deprecating. That surprisingly does not really fit well in the rom-com genre.
Got to admit liking his smiles and tattoos (wish he does roles that will display them more) and I'm not a tattoo type of person.
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19 koreampuff
September 9, 2012 at 7:06 PM
DONGZUNNIEEE <33333
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20 Eye Candy
September 9, 2012 at 7:17 PM
Okay, I know I should know him right away, and I definitely recognize his face, but has he been in any dramas? I think I recongnize him from one I've seen...
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21 Shurlee
September 9, 2012 at 7:40 PM
SJS is so hawt!!! But yes I agree that he should play some rom/com roles. It would be a treat for me to see his smiley face :).
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22 Elise
September 9, 2012 at 8:11 PM
Oppa, off with the fringe now hey?!
And me no care if hes been typecast since 2000 its why oppa is soo damn cool (yup! immature fangirl c'est moi!)
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23 Dara
September 9, 2012 at 9:18 PM
Aww, I so miss SJS since Ghost, the man is crazily smexyyy!
My movie synopsis: he wants to quit the job, they kill his love, he gets mad and bam bam everyone drops dead, he kills himself...credit rolls......
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24 Joan
September 10, 2012 at 12:26 AM
So......... Mr & Mrs Smith?
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25 niKai
September 10, 2012 at 3:51 AM
the girlfriend must be a killer too. haha.
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26 Gabby
September 10, 2012 at 8:56 AM
I do agree that SJS is very competent at those intense/angsty/macho roles but he seems to just have one mode of rather surface-level intensity that he displays in every. single. project he does. I'd have no problem with his sticking within a certain genre if he demonstrated a lot of varied types of acting within it, but he's always sort of one-note, no matter how good he is at playing that note, so I can never get very drawn into the characters he plays.
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27 Tiff
September 10, 2012 at 8:33 PM
High stakes action blockbuster! Lovett :D
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28 meany
November 14, 2012 at 8:25 PM
u know sometime i imagine that so ji sup n choi seung hyun (top) play 2gether in killer movie i think is gonna be so much fun 2 watch
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