Hot Blooded
(Korea)
Opened March 23
Crime, Action
Directed by Cheon Myoung-kwanIn 1993 in Kuam, a small port town outside Busan, third-rate gangster Hee-su acts like a hotel manager under Don Son (Kim Kap-soo). One day, Yong-kang (Choi Mu-sung), who fled the country suspected of murder, returns home and begins causing trouble. Hee-su finds out that the trouble was caused by the drugs that Yong-kang has been smuggling.
Spencer
(UK)
Opened March 16
Drama
Directed by Pablo LarraínDuring her Christmas holidays with the royal family at the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England, Diana Spencer (Kristen Stewart), experiences an existential crisis. She finally makes the decision to end her decadelong marriage to Prince Charles (Jack Farthing).
In Our Prime
(Korea)
Opened March 9
Drama
Directed by Park Dong-hoonLee Hak-sung (Choi Min-sik) works as a school security guard, but is actually a mathematical genius who has defected from North Korea. Hak-sung meets Ji-woo (Kim Dong-hwi), a student who is having a hard time fitting in at school due to his different social background. After finding out about Hak-sung’s talent, Ji-woo asks Hak-sung to tutor him.
The Batman
(US)
Opened March 1
Action
Directed by Matt Reeves
Ahead of the election for mayor of Gotham, sadistic serial killer the Riddler (Paul Dano) begins murdering key political figures. Bruce Wayne (Robert Pattinson), as Batman, investigates the case with clues at the scene left behind for him. As he investigates the mystery of the psycho criminal, he begins to unravel the message being laid out.
By Song Seung-hyun (
ssh@heraldcorp.com)