No Mercy for the Rude

No Mercy for the Rude (Korean: 예의없는 것들; RR: Yeui-eomneun Geotdeul) is a 2006 South Korean neo-noir action comedy film[1] directed by Park Chul-hee. It stars Shin Ha-kyun in the lead role. The film revolves around a mute hitman who vows to kill only rude people, and use the money for his tongue operation.

No Mercy for the Rude
Theatrical poster
Hangul예의없는 것들
Hanja禮儀없는 것들
Revised RomanizationYeuieomneun geotdeul
McCune–ReischauerYeŭiŏmnŭn kŏtdŭl
Directed byPark Chul-hee
Produced byHwang Woo-hyun
Hwang Jae-woo
Written byPark Chul-hee
StarringShin Ha-kyun
Kim Min-joon
Yoon Ji-hye
Music byJeon Sang-yoon
CinematographyOh Seung-hwan
Edited bySteve M. Choe
Distributed byLotte Entertainment
Release date
  • August 24, 2006 (2006-08-24)
Running time
113 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
BudgetUS$3.5 million
Box officeUS$4,884,108

The film released theatrically in South Korea on 24 August 2006.

Plot

A lonely chef with a speech impediment takes a job as a professional killer in order to raise the money he needs for an operation on his tongue. Known as "Killar" (Shin Ha-kyun), he and his partner "Ballet" (Kim Min-joon), make a rule to only kill rude and impolite people. After killing each one of his victims, "Killar" goes to the same bar where he meets "Her" (Yoon Ji-hye), a woman who becomes attracted to him. His life begins to unravel after he and "Ballet" kill the wrong person by mistake.

Cast

Release

No Mercy for the Rude was released in South Korea on 24 August 2006,[2] and on its opening weekend was ranked second at the box office with 269,308 admissions.[3] The film went on to receive a total of 904,802 admissions nationwide,[2] with a gross (as of 17 September 2006) of US$4,884,108.[4]

References
  1. "예의없는 것들". Naver.
  2. "Box-Office Admission Results" (2006). 'Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved on 14 December 2008.
  3. "Korean Box Office" (Week-end 2006.08.25 ~ 2006.08.27). HanCinema. Retrieved on 14 December 2008.
  4. "South Korea Box Office September 15–17, 2006". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved on 14 December 2008.
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