Countdown (2011 film)

Countdown
Directed by	Huh Jong-ho
Written by	Huh Jong-ho
Starring	Jeon Do-yeon Jung Jae-young
Release date(s)	September 13, 2011 (2011-09-13) (Toronto)
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean

Countdown (Hangul: 카운트다운; RR: Kawoonteudawoon) is a 2011 caper film starring two of Korea's top actors Jeon Do-yeon and Jung Jae-young. Countdown is an highly assured debut feature by Huh Jong-ho that takes the audience through an entertaining journey through the underbelly of Korea. It premiered at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival.

Plot

Tae Gun-ho (Jung) is the best collection agent in his firm, admired by his colleagues and dreaded by those he visits. He’s known for gathering his debts by any means necessary, and keeps a cattle prod handy while on the job. Following a series of unexpected fainting spells, Tae is told by a doctor that he has liver cancer, and would need a transplant to have any chance of surviving beyond three months. And so he puts his professional skills to work, setting out to collect a different sort of debt by tracking down the recipients of organs donated by his late son. First among his sources for a liver is Cha Ha-yeon (Jeon), a beguiling fraudster with a long list of enemies.^[1]

Locating Cha turns out to be easy, since she’s about to be released from prison. The deal she proposes, however, which includes getting even with the sleazy crime boss who set her up, jeopardizes Tae’s future. He struggles desperately to keep Cha, and her liver, safe until the transplant — even while Cha has other plans.^[1]

Cast

• Jeon Do-yeon as Cha Ha-yeon
• Jung Jae-young as Tae Gun-ho
• Min as Jang Hyeon-ji

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Countdown at TIFF.

External links

• Official website
• Countdown at HanCinema
• Countdown at the Internet Movie Database