A Hard Day

Name: A Hard Day
Genre: Action, Thriller, Crime
Released: July 17, 2015
Duration: 111 min
Rating: 76

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Kino Lorber | Release Date: July 17, 2015 | Not Rated

Summary: Driving back from his mother's funeral, homicide detective Gun-soo runs over a man in a dark rural street. In a moment of desperation, he dumps the body in a coffin alongside his mother. A few days later, Gun-soo flips through a listing of open cases and finds his accident victim. His colleague is on the accident case and is slowly makingDriving back from his mother's funeral, homicide detective Gun-soo runs over a man in a dark rural street. In a moment of desperation, he dumps the body in a coffin alongside his mother. A few days later, Gun-soo flips through a listing of open cases and finds his accident victim. His colleague is on the accident case and is slowly making progress. Making matters worse, a witness steps forward, a detective named Park. For a reason unclear to Gun-soo, Park wants the body. Without another choice to depend on, Gun-soo digs his mother's grave and retrieves the body, only to find gunshot wounds on it. As Park's threats become more vicious and hits closer to home, Gun-soo decides to face Park head-on once and for all. [Kino Lorber]… Expand

Director: Seong-hoon Kim

Genre(s): Action, Thriller, Crime

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 111 min

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The Playlist Jessica Kiang

Jul 16, 2015

A Hard Day is a film that sets itself fairly narrow ambitions, achieves all of them and then some and yet has no pretensions to importance, weightiness or artistic self-expression. Read full review

Manohla Dargis

Jul 16, 2015

A kinetically visceral, enjoyable nasty joy ride, “A Hard Day” is pretty much as advertised. Read full review

Stephen Dalton

Jul 16, 2015

A Hard Day offers a masterclass in throat-squeezing, stomach-knotting suspense. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Brian Tallerico

Jul 17, 2015

A Hard Day has a breakneck pace that allows one to easily dismiss the more ridiculous, downright nonsensical aspects of its plot. Only occasionally will the eyes roll. For the most part, it works. Read full review

Michael O'Sullivan

Jul 23, 2015

You’ll be glad that A Hard Day isn’t happening to you, but you won’t regret observing it all from a safe distance. Read full review

Maggie Lee

Jul 16, 2015

It’s the nerve-racking situation that faces our hard-luck protag, with its heady black humor, social satire and a touch of surrealism, that keeps audiences on the edge of their seats. Read full review

Sam Weisberg

Jul 14, 2015

Kim Seong-hun's riveting if empty-headed A Hard Day will be remembered for its increasingly ominous jump-cuts to mobiles ringing, vibrating, and flashing profane messages. Read full review

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Lambo442

Nov 24, 2015

This is a really solid thriller and will keep you on the edge of your seat from start to finish. To begin with you wonder if there are any characters worth liking but you soon begin to empathise with the protagonist and root for him as you can see he's just part of a corrupt and violentThis is a really solid thriller and will keep you on the edge of your seat from start to finish. To begin with you wonder if there are any characters worth liking but you soon begin to empathise with the protagonist and root for him as you can see he's just part of a corrupt and violent world and is doing his best to survive. Great story, perfect pacing, don't miss this… Expand

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