New World -2013 Film-

In the pantheon of modern gangster cinema, names like The Godfather , Goodfellas , and The Departed are often the first to be uttered. However, for a decade now, cinephiles and critics have been championing a film that stands shoulder-to-shoulder with these titans: from South Korea.

Director Park Hoon-jung masterfully inverts the genre trope. Usually, the criminal is the devil tempting the angel. Here, the police force is the devil. Chief Kang blackmails Ja-sung, threatens his pregnant wife, and demands he betray the only man who treats him like a human brother. By the film’s final act, the audience is actively rooting for the gangster to kill the cops. New World -2013 Film-