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Steel rain

Original title: Gangcheolbi
  • 2017
  • TV-MA
  • 2h 19m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
7K
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Steel rain (2017)
A coup in North Korea forces an agent to defect to South with unconscious "Number One". While operatives from North hunt for both of them, the agent has to work with South Koreans to stop the nuclear war.
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A coup in North Korea forces an agent to defect to South with unconscious "Number One". While operatives from North hunt for both of them, the agent has to work with South Koreans to stop th... Read allA coup in North Korea forces an agent to defect to South with unconscious "Number One". While operatives from North hunt for both of them, the agent has to work with South Koreans to stop the nuclear war.A coup in North Korea forces an agent to defect to South with unconscious "Number One". While operatives from North hunt for both of them, the agent has to work with South Koreans to stop the nuclear war.

  • Director
    • Woo-seok Yang
  • Writers
    • Ha-Yong Jung
    • Woo-seok Yang
  • Stars
    • Jung Woo-sung
    • Kwak Do-won
    • Kim Kap-su
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.1/10
    7K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Woo-seok Yang
    • Writers
      • Ha-Yong Jung
      • Woo-seok Yang
    • Stars
      • Jung Woo-sung
      • Kwak Do-won
      • Kim Kap-su
    • 52User reviews
    • 27Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 3 nominations total

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    Jung Woo-sung
    Jung Woo-sung
    • Eom Chul-woo
    Kwak Do-won
    Kwak Do-won
    • Kwak Chul-woo
    Kim Kap-su
    Kim Kap-su
    • Ri Tai-han
    Kim Eui-sung
    Kim Eui-sung
    • Lee Eui-sung
    Lee Kyoung-young
    Lee Kyoung-young
    • Kim Kyeong-yeong
    Jo Woo-jin
    Jo Woo-jin
    • Choi Myung-rok
    Kim Myung-gon
    Kim Myung-gon
    • Li Hongzhang
    Park Eun-hye
    Park Eun-hye
    • Kwon Sook-jeong
    Won Jin-ah
    Won Jin-ah
    • Ryeo Min-kyung
    Lee Jae-yong
    Lee Jae-yong
    • Park Kwang-dong
    Daniel Joey Albright
    Daniel Joey Albright
    • Pilot
    Lee Chae-eun
    • Kwak Se-rim
    Kristen Dalton
    Kristen Dalton
    • Joanne Martin
    Dean Dawson
    Dean Dawson
    • Father
    Kang Deok-Joong
    • Ri Tai-han's aide-de-camp
    Ron Donachie
    Ron Donachie
    • US Secretary of State Michael Dobbs
    Andreas Fronk
    Andreas Fronk
    • Tyler
    Chloé Guerin
    • Eom In-Young
    • (voice)
    • Director
      • Woo-seok Yang
    • Writers
      • Ha-Yong Jung
      • Woo-seok Yang
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    User reviews52

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    7phd_travel

    Over complicated but involving

    Well made complicated North and South Korea political and nuclear thriller. Its hard to follow in parts. Korean speakers will find this more understandable probably and appreciate the complicated politics. I liked the comic and touching relationship between the two main actors.
    9davehaydock

    Great movie

    Great film great story..great characters...well written...I got a little confused at the beginning
    8admhr-04373

    A real surprise find!

    We have become so used to the hegemony of Hollywood that it is easy to forget other countries can and do produce excellent movies. This South Korean film is superb in that it is has a topical credible plot that is executed well producing an intelligent political action thriller with touches of humanity and humour. Well worth watching and enjoying.
    10adobepro

    Excellent Movie!

    Just saw it on Netflix, really good movie, everything was done well, script, acting, effects, locations, direction and cinematography. 10/10. Please keep making more motion pictures like this!

    If you like this, you'd probably also like Bad Guys Vile City (over the top violence, but good story and acting) and Stranger (Secret Forest) on Netflix. The only issue I have is having to pause and go back sometimes to read the dialogue. Netflix only has Korean (of course) and Spanish SAP, no English.
    8shoobe01-1

    Should be the template for all action movies

    Simply excellent movie in most every way.

    Takes a while to get going, and the very opening scenes are very out of place with the rest, and not necessary even. Because the rest is such a trope-buster, this sticks out.

    I think my favorite example - being vague to not give anything away - is when the bad guys stage a diversionary attack about halfway through and all the soldiers leave where our main characters are guarding the MacGuffin. Because not /every/ guard or soldier leaves, and the remaining ones are brave, skilled, and professional. The improbably-supervillain leader of the bad guy assault doesn't just walk through, and many, many of his people are killed, on the way to the main-character confrontation. Unlike every horror movie and almost all action movies, you believe it. The good guys don't die because they are NPCs but because they were fooled, they fell to overwhelming odds, etc. The plausible odds make it that much more engaging.

    And at the structural level, it's just perfect also. A major character is a senior bureaucrat, so there's a natural link back to the war cabinet, and to the spies of other nations, to allow us to see the whole situation, from top to bottom, with minimal jumping around; we follow the main characters through much of the action quite seamlessly.

    Downsides were mostly in that it was a purely Korean production. There was enough US involvement in the plot that a slight joint production would have helped make the American actors seem less trite in characterization, and given them more plausible dialogue. Lots of "simulations" for some reason.

    The Netflix version has mediocre captions. Korean seems right, but the English is not captioned and is often very hard to understand. Some signs are titled but not others, or not on-screen information that's important to the plot. Hopefully that will get better eventually also.

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    • Trivia
      The shared name of the two main characters, Chul-woo, is a homophone for 'Steel Rain' in Korean hanja - 'chul' can stand for 'steel' or 'iron', while 'woo' can mean 'rain' or 'rainfall'.
    • Quotes

      Eom Chul-woo: [angrily] If anything happens to him, there will definitely be war!

      Kwak Chul-woo: Okay.

    • Alternate versions
      In the theatrical version, the title card is shown in Korean but in the Netflix version the title card is shown in English.
    • Connections
      Followed by Gangcheolbi 2: Jeongsanghoedam (2020)
    • Soundtracks
      Crooked
      Written by Kwon Ji-yong and TEDDY

      Performed by Kwon Ji-yong

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    • Release date
      • March 20, 2018 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • South Korea
    • Official site
      • Official Site (mobile only)
    • Languages
      • Korean
      • Mandarin
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Steel Rain
    • Filming locations
      • Dae-hyun Church, Bonghwa-gun, Geongsangbuk-do, Korea(place for separation of Chul-woo and Chul-woo)
    • Production company
      • YWorks Entertainment
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    Box office

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    • Gross worldwide
      • $32,783,733
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    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      • 2h 19m(139 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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