Break Out (2002)
Original title: 라이터를 켜라
How far would you go to recover a cigarette lighter?
How far would you go to recover a cigarette lighter? A pulsing mix of hard-hitting action, wry social commentary, and black humor, director Jang Hang Joon's Break Out takes a simple premise and spins it into a spiraling film experience. Penniless and slothful Bong Gu (Kim Seung Woo) loses his cheap lighter in the Seoul train station washroom, and it falls into the hands of gangster leader Chul Gon (Cha Seung Won). Bong Gu, determined to retrieve his lighter, follows Chul Gon to Pusan, but the task turns out to be a lot more difficult than he had imagined.
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Kim Seung-wooHeo Bok-gu
Park Young-kyuPark Yeong-gab
Kang Seong-jin
Lee Moon-sikHye-jin YuKim Chae-yeonBae Joong-sikJae-hyeon ParkPo-Ram Han
Jang Hyun-sung
Kim In-mun
Kim Jae-manKeywords
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What is Break Out about?
How far would you go to recover a cigarette lighter? A pulsing mix of hard-hitting action, wry social commentary, and black humor, director Jang Hang Joon's Break Out takes a simple premise and spins it into a spiraling film experience. Penniless and slothful Bong Gu (Kim Seung Woo) loses his cheap lighter in the Seoul train station washroom, and it falls into the hands of gangster leader Chul Gon (Cha Seung Won). Bong Gu, determined to retrieve his lighter, follows Chul Gon to Pusan, but the task turns out to be a lot more difficult than he had imagined.
How long is Break Out?
Break Out has a runtime of 105 minutes.