City of Damnation

City of Damnation is a 2009 South Korean action comedy film directed by Kim Dong-won and is a remake of the 2002 Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs.

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Plot

Jang Chun-dong is a traffic officer who aspires to become a homicide detective. After being noticed by his superiors, Chun-dong is assigned to go undercover to infiltrate a gangster network headed by Yang Kwang-seob. Meanwhile, Lee Jung-dae, a member of Kwang-seob's gang, goes undercover himself by joining the police force. Jung-dae tries hard to gain favour with his squad leader and bureau director in an effort to expose Chun-dong's identity, but falls in love with a colleague, Cha Se-rin.

Cast

Jung Joon-ho as Jang Chun-dong
Jung Woong-in as Lee Jung-dae
Jung Un-taek as Moon Dong-sik, a.k.a. Dae Ga-ri
Park Sang-min as Ssang-kal
Kim Sang-joong as Gangster boss Yang Kwang-seob
Han Go-eun as Police lieutenant Cha Se-rin
Sunwoo Jae-duk as Squad leader Park Jong-gi
Park Yong-gi as Bureau director Cheon Seong-gi
Kim Dae-hee as Won Sam-i, a.k.a. Won Sung-i
Kang Seong-pil as Yang Pal-i
Kim Young-hoon as Chef camouflage worker

Release

City of Damnation was released in South Korea on 22 January 2009, and was the only Korean film to be released during the Lunar New Year holiday, traditionally a big season for domestic films. On its opening weekend it was ranked third at the box office with 249,720 admissions, and the film's disappointing performance was thought to illustrate a steady decline in the popularity of the gangster comedy genre with local audiences. As of 22 February, City of Damnation had received a total of 1,555,039 admissions nationwide, and as of 1 March had grossed a total of US$7,545,744.