The Roundup (2022 film)

The Roundup
Theatrical release poster
Hangul
범죄도시2
Hanja
犯罪都市2
Literal meaningCrime City 2
Revised RomanizationBeomjoedosi2
McCune–ReischauerPŏmjoedoshi2
Directed byLee Sang-yong
Written byKim Min-seong
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJu Seong-rim
Edited byKim Sun-min
Music byKim Tae-seong
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release date
  • May 18, 2022 (2022-05-18)
Running time
106 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Budget₩10.5 billion[1]
Box officeUS$101.2 million[2][3]

The Roundup (Korean: 범죄도시2; lit. Crime City 2) is a 2022 South Korean action crime film directed by Lee Sang-yong, starring Ma Dong-seok, Son Suk-ku, Choi Gwi-hwa, and Park Ji-hwan.[4] It is the second installment of The Roundup series and the sequel to The Outlaws (2017), director Lee Sang-yong was an assistant director in the first film. The film was released theatrically on May 18, 2022, in IMAX format.[5][6] Set 4 years after the previous film, Detective Ma Seok-do travels to Vietnam to extradite a suspect, but comes across some gruesome murders of Korean tourists by a vicious killer named Kang Hae-sung.

The film became the highest performing South Korean release since the COVID-19 pandemic.[7][8] It grossed $101.2 million worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing Korean film of 2022 and the third-highest-grossing Korean film of all time.[9] A sequel, The Roundup: No Way Out, was released in May 2023.

  1. ^ Jeong Hyung-hwa (June 13, 2022). "팬데믹 첫 천만 '범죄도시2' 2월에 개봉할 뻔..막전막후 뒷이야기" [Pandemic first 10 million 'Crime City 2' almost released in February... Behind the scenes]. Star News (in Korean). Retrieved July 27, 2022 – via Naver.
  2. ^ "The Roundup". Box Office Mojo. IMDb.
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  4. ^ Bae Dong-mi (January 13, 2022). "2022년 한국영화 신작 프로젝트: '범죄도시2' 이상용 감독" [A new Korean film project in 2022: 'Crime City 2', directed by Lee Sang-yong] (in Korean). cine 21. Retrieved April 9, 2022 – via Naver.
  5. ^ Kim Min-hwa (April 20, 2022). "'범죄도시2' 5월 18일 개봉 확정..마동석vs손석구" ['Crime City 2' to be released on May 18th... Ma Dong-seok vs Son Seok-gu] (in Korean). Star News. Retrieved April 21, 2022 – via Naver.
  6. ^ Kwak Myeong-dong (May 13, 2022). "'범죄도시2' 5월 18일 IMAX 개봉, "마동석의 어마어마한 액션 쾌감 경험하라"" ['Crime City 2' IMAX release on May 18th, "Experience Ma Dong-seok's immense action pleasure"] (in Korean). My Daily. Retrieved May 13, 2022 – via Naver.
  7. ^ Kim Boram (May 26, 2022). "'The Roundup' becomes most-watched Korean film in pandemic era". Yonhap News. Retrieved July 28, 2022 – via Naver.
  8. ^ Jeon In-deok (July 22, 2022). "범죄도시2가 이끈 회복세…영화 매출액 팬데믹 이전 절반 수준까지 회복" [The recovery trend led by Crime City 2… Movie sales recover to half of pre-pandemic levels] (in Korean). Retrieved July 28, 2022 – via Naver.
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference box:all was invoked but never defined (see the help page).