No Mercy for the Rude

No Mercy for the Rude (Korean: 예의없는 것들; RR: Yeui-eomneun Geotdeul) is a 2006 South Korean neo-noir action comedy film^[1] directed by Park Chul-hee. It stars Shin Ha-kyun in the lead role. The film revolves around a mute hitman who vows to kill only rude people, and use the money for his tongue operation.

No Mercy for the Rude
Theatrical poster
Hangul	예의없는 것들
Hanja	禮儀없는 것들
Revised Romanization	Yeuieomneun geotdeul
McCune–Reischauer	Yeŭiŏmnŭn kŏtdŭl
Directed by	Park Chul-hee
Written by	Park Chul-hee
Produced by	Hwang Woo-hyun Hwang Jae-woo
Starring	Shin Ha-kyun Kim Min-jun Yoon Ji-hye
Cinematography	Oh Seung-hwan
Edited by	Steve M. Choe
Music by	Jeon Sang-yoon
Production companies	Tube Pictures Studio 2.0
Distributed by	Lotte Entertainment
Release date	August 24, 2006 (2006-08-24)
Running time	113 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Budget	US$3.5 million
Box office	US$4,884,108

The film released theatrically in South Korea on 24 August 2006.

Plot

A lonely chef with a speech impediment takes a job as a professional killer in order to raise the money he needs for an operation on his tongue. Known as "Killar" (Shin Ha-kyun), he and his partner "Ballet" (Kim Min-jun), make a rule to only kill rude and impolite people. After killing each one of his victims, "Killar" goes to the same bar where he meets "Her" (Yoon Ji-hye), a woman who becomes attracted to him. His life begins to unravel after he and "Ballet" kill the wrong person by mistake.

Cast

• Shin Ha-kyun as "Killar"
• Yeo Jin-goo as "young killar"
• Yoon Ji-hye as "Her"
• Kim Min-jun as "Ballet"
• Kang San as "Young Boy"
• Park Gil-soo as "Feces Weight"
• Park Choong-seon as "Detective Seo"
• Park Seon-woo as "Knife Scar"
• Kim Byeong-ok as "Hairtail"
• Lee Han-wi as "Chief Killa"
• Kim Eung-soo as "Director"
• Ko Chang-seok as "Piano"

Release

No Mercy for the Rude was released in South Korea on 24 August 2006,^[2] and on its opening weekend was ranked second at the box office with 269,308 admissions.^[3] The film went on to receive a total of 904,802 admissions nationwide,^[2] with a gross (as of 17 September 2006) of US$4,884,108.^[4]

References

1. 예의없는 것들. Naver. Archived from the original on 2019-07-12. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
2. "Box-Office Admission Results Archived 2017-07-27 at the Wayback Machine" (2006). 'Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved on 14 December 2008.
3. "Korean Box Office Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine" (Week-end 2006.08.25 ~ 2006.08.27). HanCinema. Retrieved on 14 December 2008.
4. "South Korea Box Office September 15–17, 2006 Archived 2006-12-01 at the Wayback Machine". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved on 14 December 2008.

External links

• No Mercy for the Rude at the Korean Movie Database (in Korean)
• No Mercy for the Rude at IMDb
• No Mercy for the Rude at HanCinema