Rampant (film)

Rampant
Theatrical release poster
Hangul
창궐
Hanja
猖獗
Revised RomanizationChang-gwol
Directed byKim Sung-hoon
Written byHwang Jo-yoon
Produced byKim Nam-soo
Starring
CinematographySung-Jae Lee
Edited bySang-beom Kim
Music byInyoung Park
Production
companies
Distributed byNext Entertainment World
Release date
  • October 25, 2018 (2018-10-25)
Running time
121 minutes[2]
CountrySouth Korea
LanguagesKorean
Mandarin
Dutch
Budget17 billion[3]
(US$15 million)
Box officeUS$12.4 million[4][5]

Rampant is a 2018 South Korean period post-apocalyptic action horror film directed by Kim Sung-hoon. It was released on October 25, 2018.[6][7] The film features a clash between exiled prince Lee Chung (Hyun Bin) and the Joseon minister of War Kim Ja-joon (Jang Dong-gun) with the backdrop of a spreading zombie plague. It received mixed reviews from critics and was a box office bomb, grossing $12.4 million worldwide against a production budget of $15 million.

  1. ^ The agency of the movie's lead actor Hyun Bin, which he co-founded in 2016 with his mentor Kang Keon-taek.
  2. ^ "창궐". Korea Media Rating Board (in Korean). Archived from the original on 2018-09-21. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  3. ^ "현빈X장동건, 현실 절친→혈투…'창궐'서 첫 만남". Joy News 24 (in Korean). 14 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Rampant (2018)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Rampant (2018)". Korean Film Biz Zone.
  6. ^ "현빈X장동건 '창궐', 10월25일 개봉확정[무비타이밍]". Star News (in Korean). 17 September 2018.
  7. ^ "'Rampant,' a zombie blockbuster set in the Joseon era". Yonhap News. 28 September 2018.