Believer (2018 South Korean film)

Believer
Theatrical release poster
Hangul
독전
Revised RomanizationDokjeon
Directed byLee Hae-young
Screenplay byJeong Seo-kyeong
Lee Hae-young
Based onDrug War
by Johnnie To
Produced byJung Hee-soon
Starring
CinematographyKim Tae-kyung
Edited byYang Jin-mo
Music byDalpalan
Production
companies
Yong Film
Kidari Ent
Distributed byNext Entertainment World
Release date
  • May 22, 2018 (2018-05-22)[1]
Running time
123 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Box officeUS$39.2 million[2]

Believer[3] (Korean독전; RRDokjeon) is a 2018 South Korean action crime film directed by Lee Hae-young. It is a remake of the 2012 Johnnie To film Drug War. The film features actor Kim Joo-hyuk's final film performance.[4][5][6][7] The film was released in South Korea on May 22, 2018. An extended version was released theatrically on July 18, 2018.[8]

A sequel, titled Believer 2, was released on Netflix on November 17, 2023.[9]

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  5. ^ "DRUG WAR ganhará remake coreano - Action News". Archived from the original on September 12, 2017. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
  6. ^ "Remakes of foreign hit series fill up local TV screen". The Korea Herald. April 29, 2018.
  7. ^ "Yonhap News Agency". yonhapnews.co.kr.
  8. ^ "Believer" Extended Cut to Be Released on the 19th
  9. ^ Ha Ji-won (September 27, 2023). "조진웅 차승원 한효주 '독전2' 11월 17일 넷플릭스 공개 확정 [공식]" [Jo Jin-woong, Cha Seung-won, Han Hyo-joo's 'Solo War 2' confirmed to be released on Netflix on November 17 [Official]] (in Korean). Newsen. Retrieved September 27, 2023 – via Naver.