Synopsis
An undercover cop has his loyalties tested when the boss of the corporate gang he's spent years infiltrating dies.
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Cast
- Lee Jung-jaeLee Ja-sung
- Choi Min-sikKang Hyung-chul
- Hwang Jung-minJung Chung
- Park Sung-woongLee Joong-gu
- Song Ji-hyoShin-woo
- Kim Yoon-sungSeok-moo
- Na Kwang-hoonYang Moon-seok
- Park Seo-yeonHan Joo-kyung
- Choi Il-hwaJang Su-ki
- Ju Jin-moOfficer at National Police Agency
Recommendations
- 75
The Playlist
While it hardly reinvents the genre, it’s smart, sharp entertainment that meets expectations dead on, and provides a nifty little story told with just enough spark to make the familiar feel fresh. - 70
Los Angeles Times
Loyalties are tested, futures are reconsidered and the body count climbs in the effective action import New World. - 70
The New York Times
New World is both less bloody and more thoughtful than most of its genre, the shifting-alliances plot becoming more engrossing as it progresses. - 60
Time Out
New World dishes out enough of the genre’s oldest pleasures to make it worthwhile. - 50
Slant Magazine
This is action-thriller feather preening, but all the wit in the world can't hide the narrative sprawl that rots from within. - 40
Village Voice
Park's direction is sleek and assured, but lacking the dynamism that might help energize a film that—its title notwithstanding—comes off as dully old-school.
