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film about a top CEO (played by

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) who has his cellphone stolen by a fearless gang of male high-school students led by the rebellious Han Won-tae (played by

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, in his film debut) and homicide detective (played by

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) who loses his gun to the same gang of high-school students. Both the gun and the cellphone are very valuable to the CEO and detective. Hence, begins a fast-paced pursuit in order to retrieve their items back from the gang. The film was directed by Oh In-chun (the director of ''

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'') and released in theaters on January 7, 2016.

Plot

One night, Seung-Joo, CEO loses his cellphone to four male high-school students and Jung-Taek, a detective, loses his gun to the same high-school students. The cellphone and gun are very valuable to Seung-Joo and Jung-Taek. The two men must get their items back from the delinquent high school students.

Cast

as Kim Seung-joo *

as Do Jung-taek * Han Sang-hyuk as Han Won-tae * Shin Kang-woo as Shin Jae-kwon * Kim Min-gyu as Kim Tae-young * Moon Yong-suk as Moon Sung-min * Choi Ho-joong as Kang Sil-jang * Seo Beom-sik as An Gi-sa * Lee Hae-joon as Seok-jung * Jo Chang-geun as Jung-don *

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as Bus driver *

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as Detective * Kim Min-kyung *

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as Chairman Wang *

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as Subway mother * Kim Ji-hoo as Subway child *

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as Police Commissioner

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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* *{{IMDb title, 5374830, Chasing South Korean action comedy films 2010s Korean-language films 2016 action comedy films 2016 comedy films 2010s South Korean films