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Box Office: Mr. Go, Side Effects, Cold Eyes

July 5, 2013 - 20:01 By Korea Herald
Mr. Go

Comedy. Drama. Directed by Kim Yong-hwa.

Opening July 17

The film revolves around a young circus ringmaster Wei Wei and her special gorilla friend Ling Ling. After her grandfather dies in the Great Sichuan earthquake leaving an insurmountable debt, Wei Wei depends on Ling Ling as her only family member. The two enjoy playing baseball and are quite good at it since Wei Wei‘s grandfather was a huge fan of baseball. Story of the two is introduced in Korea and the materialistic sports agent Sung Choong-soo (Sung Dong-il) scouts them to play in the Korean Baseball League. Ling Ling, now named Mr. Go, quickly becomes a star in the KBL and leads his team to victories. Meanwhile, Wei Wei and Sung are too stunned and blinded by the big hit and fail to notice Ling Ling’s knee injury. 

Side Effects

Opening July 11

Thriller. Crime. Drama. Directed by Steven Soderbergh.

Emily Taylor (Rooney Mara), despite having recently reunited with her husband Martin Taylor (Channing Tatum) after his release from prison, is severely depressed. To treat her condition, her psychiatrist, Jonathan Banks (Jude Law), prescribes an unconfirmed new medication called Ablixa. But Emily’s world turns upside down when the side effects of the drug lead her to kill her husband while sleepwalking. In a plea bargain, Emily is confined to a mental hospital and Dr. Banks is held responsible for the crime. Dr. Banks starts investigating to clear his name and discovers that the drug may not have been responsible for the murder of Emily’s husband.


Cold Eyes

Opened July 4

Crime. Action. Directed by Joh Ui-seok and Kim Byeong-seo.

In a remake of the 2007 Hong Kong film “Eye in the Sky,” rookie detective Ha Yoon-ju (Han Hyo-joo) joins a special crime unit within the police department that specializes in surveillance of high-profile criminals. Soon a bank is robbed by armed men. Detective Ha teams up with Hwang Won-jin (Sol Kyung-gu), the veteran leader of the unit, and tries to track down the criminal organization led by cold-hearted leader James (Jung Woo-sung). 


White House Down

Opened June 27

Action. Drama. Directed by Roland Emmerich

Capitol policeman John Cale (Channing Tatum) has just been denied a job protecting President James Sawyer (Jamie Foxx) by the Secret Service. Despite being rejected, Cale takes his young daughter on a tour of the White House to avoid disappointing her. But the iconic landmark is attacked by a heavily armed paramilitary group and Cale faces a situation where he needs to save the president, his daughter and the nation all at the same time. 


World War Z

Opened June 20

Drama. Thriller. Sci-fi. Action. Horror. Directed by Marc Forster.

In this apocalyptic horror film based on the million-selling novel of the same title published in 2007 by Max Brooks, former United Nations employee Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt) travels the world in an attempt to find a way to stop a zombie pandemic that is defeating armies, collapsing governments and threatening to decimate the human race.