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  1. Balls_of_Adamanthium. I watched ‘The Man from Nowhere’ (2010) for the first time today and I’m simply amazed. I finished watching ‘Train from Busan’ and decided and I was in the mood for some more Asian cinema. Lee Jeong-beom you goddamn genius. Stumbled upon this one by accident and holy shit what a movie.

  2. Sep 13, 2011 · The sheer emotion this movie elicits is simply unspeakable: from the pain of societal rejection, to hopelessness, to unadulterated anger, and finally a sense of what it means to purely love. It is definitely a must-see. THE MAN FROM NOWHERE REVIEW. The premise of The Man From Nowhere centers around a mysterious Ajusshi named CHA TAE-SHIK (Won ...

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    Won Bin stars as Cha Tae-Sik, a former secret agent who becomes an anti-social pawnshop dealer after losing his wife in a car crash. Child star Kim Sae-Ron is So-Mi, a young girl and next-door neighbour who is Tae-Sik’s only friend. Kim Hyo-Seo portrays Hyo-Jeong, So-Mi’s drug addicted mother. As for the antagonists, we have Kim Hee-Won and Kim Sun...

    After losing his pregnant wife in a car crash organized by an assassin, former secret agent Cha Tae-Sik becomes aloof from society and lives a quiet life as a pawnshop dealer, with a young girl and next-door neighbor So-Mi as his only friend. However, when So-Mi’s heroin-addicted mother Hyo-Jeong steals drugs from a drug-and-organ trafficking group...

    “The Man from Nowhere” takes a quality-over-quantity approach to its fight scenes similar to that of SPL/Killzone, so there aren’t too many fights to be seen here, but when they come, boy do they deliver! The first fight is a classic brawl between a gangster known as Teddy Bear and other gangsters. This serves as an appetizer, however and we have y...

    While action fans may not like “The Man from Nowhere” for its apparent dearth of fight scenes and lack of flashy combat sequences, it should be said that this is still an exceptional film offering from Korea. It gives you a better-than-expected run for your money excelling in both the action and drama departments.

    Won Bin holds a black belt in Taekwondo, and has attended Yong-In University, which is well-known for its Taekwondo program.
    Although this is Won Bin’s first action film, it’s also his latest film.
    “The Man from Nowhere” was the highest grossing Korean film in 2010.
    It’s one of few Korean films to currently hold a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
  3. The Man From Nowhere holds few surprises, but those seeking the kind of sleek thrill ride that Asian cinema seems so good at delivering, are well advised to check it out. Director Lee Jeong-beom, still at an early stage in his directing career, is certainly worth looking out for in future. Reviewed on: 07 Nov 2010

  4. Oct 10, 2016 · I encourage you to not let that be your deciding factor, not for this spectacular movie. "The Man from Nowhere" (2010) creates memorable scenes of violence along with bringing true emotion through superb acting and a symphonic pace. 'The Man from Nowhere" features a lonely pawnshop owner, Cha Tae-sik (Won Bin), whose only friend is a little ...

  5. May 10, 2011 · The Man From Nowhere (Movie Review) John Shelton's rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ Director: Lee Jeong-beom | Release Date: 2010. By John Shelton on May 10th, 2011. If there’s one thing I’ve learned from watching Korean movies, it’s that you don’t want to give a Korean any reason to seek revenge on you. Whether it’s a dead little ghost girl ...

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  7. The Man from Nowhere (Korean: 아저씨; RR: Ajeossi; lit. Mister) is a 2010 South Korean neo-noir action-thriller film starring Won Bin and written and directed by Lee Jeong-beom. It was South Korea's highest-grossing film in 2010 and had 6.2 million admissions. [2] In the film, a mysterious man embarks on a bloody rampage when the only person ...