This new action thriller starring Burning’s Jun Jong-seo debuts streaming on Netflix on October 6: below is the teaser trailer for Ballerina
The film is called Ballerina, but we’re not talking about the long-awaited spin-off of the John Wick series that will star Ana De Armas. What will be published starting from October 6th is a new action thriller from South Korea, which will make its debut on the platform, replenishing the ranks of Far Eastern films in the catalogue. As imaginable, there is talk of revenge: specifically that of a ruthless former bodyguard, played by Jun Jong-seo (already the splendid protagonist of Burning and Paper House: Korea), engaged in the manhunt (Kim Ji-hyun) who is responsible for the death of her best friend (Park Yu-rim). The story respects all the main genre canons, we will just have to wait to see if it will be successful among the public. Below is the teaser trailer for Ballerina.
The teaser trailer of Ballerina, a South Korean thriller ready to enter the Netflix catalog
Korean cinema had a real renaissance after the theatrical release of Parasite: the film that won the statuette for Best Film of the Year at the Academy Awardsif, even after the pandemic, it has given new impetus to theaters around the world. Up until that point, excellent films had come from South Korea, but no one had ever had that commercial success. Since then, the state of the rising sun has continued to churn out films and TV series (starting with Squid Game) that attract the general public and act as competitors on a global scale with Western productions. We’ll see if this will be the case for Ballerina, in the meantime, continue to follow us to stay up to date on the main news regarding films and TV series from all over the world.
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