''Big Bang'' (; lit. "I'll Shoot") is a 2007

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n action-comedy film written and directed by

Park Jung-woo Park Jung-woo (born 1969) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Park is a screenwriter turned director, and probably ranks as South Korea's most well-known screenwriter for his famous stories such as ''Attack the Gas Station'' (1999 ...

, and starring

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and

Kim Su-ro Kim Soo-ro (born Kim Sang-joong on May 7, 1970) is a South Korean actor. Career Early career Kim Soo-ro studied Theater at the Seoul Institute of the Arts and Dongguk University, then joined the Mokwha Repertory Company. In 1993, he made hi ...

Plot

Park Man-soo is an ordinary

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who lives his life according to a strict set of rules, and this lack of flexibility makes him hard to like at home and at the office. One day, his wife asks for a divorce because she's bored with their life, and he is fired because his corrupt boss hates him. So on his way home, the frustrated and outraged Man-soo tries to set himself free by breaking all the rules that have restricted him his entire life by deviating from them, just for one day. He swears at passers-by, kicks signboards and pees on the street, and he is soon placed under arrest by Ma Dong-chul, a demoted but zealous cop. Officer Ma takes him to the police station to teach him a lesson, where Man-soo meets Yang Chul-gon, a career criminal with 15 previous convictions, who finds it more comfortable to be behind bars. Chul-gon incites the desperate and timid Man-soo to escape the police station with him, and through a series of mishaps, they happen to steal a gun and police car, with which they also try their hand at punishing "law dodgers" themselves. With Officer Ma in hot pursuit, Man-soo and Chul-gon find themselves branded as antisocial

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s, and the fine for Man-soo's original

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has now turned into a potential life sentence. Thus, the unlikely pair spend a wild night together in

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Cast

as Park Man-soo *

as Yang Chul-gon *

Kang Sung-jin Kang Sung-jin (born January 13, 1971) is a South Korean actor. Kang acted in the lead role in ''The Humanist'' (2001), '' APT'' (2006), ''Mission Possible: Kidnapping Granny K'' (2007) and '' Life Is Cool'' (2008). Personal His niece is actress ...

as Ma Dong-chul *

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as Han Kyung-soon, Man-soo's wife *

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as Shim Pyung-seob * Kim Young-ok as Chul-gon's mother * Jo Seok-hyun as Section chief Kim * Jeon Guk-hwan as Man-soo's father * Lee Jeong-heon as Seo Tae-hoon * Kim Hyuk as Shim Tae-yong *

Choi Jung-woo Choi Jung-woo (born February 17, 1957) is a South Korean actor. He began his acting career in theater, then became active as a supporting actor in film and television, notably in the sitcom '' Standby'' and the procedural dramas ''Quiz of God ...

as Section Chief Detective * Kim Se-dong as Police Sergeant Kim * Park Jin-taek as Police Corporal Park * Park Gun-tae as young Man-soo * Park Jin-young as Kyung-soon's father

References

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* * * * 2007 films South Korean action comedy films 2000s Korean-language films Showbox films Films directed by Park Jung-woo 2007 action comedy films 2000s South Korean films {{SouthKorea-film-stub