‘Punishment,’ Fourth Movie in Don Lee’s ‘Outlaws’ Franchise Capturing

Manufacturing has began on “The Roundup: Punishment,” the fourth movie in Korea’s smash hit “Outlaws” motion franchise – even earlier than the third movie has been accomplished or launched.

The brand new movie stars and is produced by breakout Korean American star Don Lee, identified locals as Ma Dong-seok, who beforehand appeared in Marvel’s “The Eternals.”

Distributor ABO Leisure stated on Friday that “The Roundup: Punishment” will deal with Lee’s brutal cop character chasing after the nation’s most infamous on-line playing syndicate.

The franchise began in 2017 with “The Outlaws,” directed by Kang Yun-sung, which noticed a cruel gangster from China pitted in opposition to Lee’s fist-wielding detective. It earned $42 million from 6.88 million admissions.

The primary sequel, “The Roundup” is the very best grossing movie in Korea this yr, with a $98 million haul, earned from 12.7 million admissions. The entire was sufficient to beat “Prime Gun: Maverick” and symbolize one of many few brilliant spots of 2022 in Korean theaters. With a brand new director, Lee Sang-yong, the movie sees Lee’s character journey to Vietnam to extradite a suspect, however he quickly will get out of his depth. It was banned in Vietnam on the grounds of extreme violence.

The third movie within the franchise “The Roundup: No Manner Out” started taking pictures in July this yr and is to be launched in 2023. It has not too long ago emerged {that a} fourth movie shall be circled shortly.

“THE ROUNDUP: NO WAY OUT (범죄도시3) has wrapped manufacturing!!👊🏻 We’re concurrently taking pictures THE ROUNDUP: PUNISHMENT (범죄도시4) which we may also end robust! I additionally respect your pleasure and assist behind #MenofPlastic which is ready to launch in theaters nationwide on 11/30. Thanks!,” stated Lee this week on Instagram.

In “No Manner Out” Lee’s Ma Seok-do character as soon as once more groups up the Regional Investigation Unit, this time to chase down the actions in Korea of a gaggle of Japanese Yakuza gangsters. His detective allies are performed by Lee Beom-su (“Operation Chromite,” “The Magnificence Inside”) and Kim Min-jae (“Peninsula,” “The Battleship Island”). Different roles go to Jun Suk-ho (“Miss & Mrs. Cops,” Netflix sequence “Kingdom”) and Ko Kyu-phil (“The Cursed: Lifeless Man’s Prey,” TV sequence “Crash Touchdown on You”) as characters who change into unlikely allies of Ma Seok-do.

Some casting particulars for “Punishment” have been revealed. Kim Moo-yul will play the centerpiece villain. Actors Lee Dong-hwi and Lee Joo-bin additionally star and Park Ji-hwan returns.