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The Killer: A Girl Who Deserves to DieHangul더 킬러: 죽어도 되는 아이Directed byChoi Jae-hoonWritten byShin Dong-chul, Nam Ji-woongBased onThe Kid Deserves to Die
by Bang Jin-hoProduced byNam Ji-woong, Mark W. ShawStarringJang HyukCinematographyLee Yong-gabEdited byKim Man-geunMusic byJung Hyun-sooDistributed byiHQ, M-line distribution95 minutesCountrySouth KoreaLanguageKorean

The Killer: A Girl Who Deserves to Die, also known as The Killer (Korean: 더 킬러: 죽어도 되는 아이) is a 2022 South Korean action film directed by Choi Jae-hoon, starring Jang Hyuk as the titular character. It is adapted from a popular novel The Kid Deserves to Die written by Bang Jin-ho.

Bang Ui-gang is a retired assassin who has settled down with his wife, Hyeon-soo. One day, Hyeon-soo tells Ui-gang that she is going on a holiday in Jeju together with her best friend, and is entrusted to take care of 17-year-old Kim Yoon-ji, the stepdaughter of her best friend. Though reluctant at first, Ui-gang eventually gives in. After sending Hyeon-soo and Yoon-ji's stepmother off in the day, Ui-gang fetches Yoon-ji to Hongdae at night, and goes home after telling her to stay at her friend's house for a few days. Later at home, he gets awaken by Yoon-ji's call and immediately goes to find her, only to realise later that he is fooled by her.

Enraged, Ui-gang heads home and drives away even though he looks back to see Yoon-ji riding away on a bike, with several others. Ui-gang decides to turn back to find her, managing to track her eventual location through a tracking device, which he placed in her wallet earlier. Finding her being threatened by several delinquents, led by Sung-yeon, Ui-gang beats them up and brings Yoon-ji back home. The next night, Ui-gang and Yoon-ji are on the way back home, passing by the same place where he beat up the delinquents. He is stopped by Detective Lee Young-ho, who tells him that there is a murder case in the venue, and then lets him drive off.

The next morning, Detective Lee visits Ui-gang, suspecting him of being a part of the murder, and telling the latter about Yoon-ji's situation. Ui-gang understands her situation as he recalls a flashback which showed him and a teenage girl who wanted to kill herself. Sung-yeon calls Yoon-ji and Ui-gang intercepts the call, where he agrees to meet up, as Sung-yeon has the knife that has Ui-gang's fingerprints, which can be trouble for him if it was turned to the cops. As Yoon-ji's wallet (with the tracker still inside) is with Sung-yeon, he finds the actual venue, and escapes with the knife after fighting a Russian killer named Yuri, who is also trained in the Spetsnaz. He returns home, only to find Yoon-ji being kidnapped.

Ui-gang tracks Sung-yeon to an apartment, and mortally wounds her after seeking information from her about a human trafficking ring that also involves the Russian mafia, and about someone who has requested for Yoon-ji. He visits a hotel linked to the ring, kills numerous delinquents and escapes from Yuri, who tells him where Yoon-ji is. Ui-gang and Detective Lee proceed to the place. After saving her, Ui-gang reveals that he has the knowledge Detective Lee being a corrupt cop assisting in the ring. Ui-gang then gets information from Detective Lee about Park Hyung-joo, who is a part of the ring, and goes to find the latter. He notices an alias Pig Mama in Hyung-joo's phone, a woman who is also a part of the ring.

After finding out from Hyung-joo about the client who requested for Yoon-ji, Ui-gang kills him. He goes to the mansion where the client lives, killing several bodyguards, but is stopped by Detective Lee, who betrays Ui-gang and Yuri. Ui-gang is turned over to the client, who is actually Judge Kim, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Korea, who asks Detective Lee to finish Ui-gang, but the latter breaks free, killing Detective Lee and Yuri. Having killed all the bodyguards, Ui-gang kills Judge Kim after finding out that Pig Mama is Yoon-ji's stepmother, currently on holiday with Hyeon-soo. He heads to Jeju and kills Pig Mama in the outskirts. Together with Yoon-ji, Ui-gang finds Hyeon-soo at a beach in Jeju, where it is revealed that the teenage girl in Ui-gang's flashback is assumed to be Hyeon-soo.

• Jang Hyuk as Bang Ui-gang, a retired professional killer
• Lee Seo-young (Anne from GWSN) as Kim Yoon-ji, a high school girl
• Bruce Khan as Yuri, a Russian killer
• Bang Eun-jung as Sung-yeon, a girl involved in sex trafficking
• Shin Seung-hwan as Park Hyung-joo, a criminal gang member
• Lee Seung-joon as Lee Young-ho, a detective
• Lee Chae-young as Hyeon-soo, Bang Ui-gang's wife
• Choi Ki-sub as Dotwok, a criminal gang member
• Yoo Seo-jin as Yoon-ji's step-mother/Pig Mama
• Hong Seo-joon as Judge Kim
• Son Hyun-joo as a gun seller (cameo)
• Cha Tae-hyun as a trauma cleaner (cameo)

Production[edit]

Principal photography began on June 25, 2021 and filming wrapped up in October 2021.

Release[edit]

The film makes its world premiere at the 24th Udine Far East Film Festival on 23 April 2022. It has been pre-sold to 48 foreign countries and districts, including major countries in Europe and Asia. It held a red carpet premiere at Los Angeles on 20 June 2022, and was released in the theatres simultaneously in North America and South Korea on 13 July 2022.

The film had a special screening at the 21st New York Asian Film Festival on 19 July 2022, as well as the Fantasia International Film Festival on 2 Aug 2022. It was also released in Singapore on 21 July, Taiwan on 22 July, Malaysia on 28 July, Vietnam on 5 August, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Bahrain on 11 August 2022.