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  1. The Villainess (Korean: 악녀, romanized: Ak Nyeo) is a 2017 South Korean action thriller film directed by Jung Byung-gil, starring Kim Ok-vin. The film had its world premiere at the 70th Cannes Film Festival in May 2017.. According to Jung, the movie was inspired by La Femme Nikita by Luc Besson, which he had seen at the age of 10.

  2. Jun 8, 2017 · Yes, "The Villainess" is a blatant remake of Luc Besson's "Nikita", but with added sadistic blood-gore elements that can only come from Korean(and Japanese) filmmakers(I don't know why, but it seems that Korean and Japanese filmmakers have a knack and niche talent for cornering the violent-gore movie genre)

  3. Watch The Villainess | Netflix. In exchange for freedom to live a normal life, a trained assassin begins a 10-year service as a sleeper agent for a government's secret organization. Watch trailers & learn more.

  4. Summaries. A female assassin leaves a trail of bodies behind her as she seeks revenge. Sook-hee is a trained assassin who was born to kill. She was just a little girl when the training started in Yanbian, China. After the death of her mentor, when the chance of starting a new life was given to her, she came to South Korea as a government agent.

  5. Aug 25, 2017 · THE VILLAINESS: Watch Now On Digital, Blu-ray, and DVD |Bloody revenge is at the heart of this stylish action-thriller that injects the classic femme fatale ...

  6. Alexandra Heller-Nicholas AWFJ.org The Villainess is an action film that simultaneously echoes the spirit of 90s Asian action movies, the cinema of Park Chan-wook and even Euro crime-thriller ...

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  7. Aug 25, 2017 · The first two or three major set pieces in the South Korean action film "The Villainess" feel like a tossed gauntlet. In these early scenes, writer/director Byung-gil Jung confirms his status as a filmmaker to watch through his brazen, often effective use of long takes, trick photography, copious gore, and ostentatious fight choreography.

  8. THE VILLAINESS (2017) Official Trailer: Watch the trailer for the action thriller directed by Jung Byung-gil and starring Kim Ok-bin.Presented at 70th Cannes...

  9. Aug 25, 2017 · The Villainess - Metacritic. Summary Honed from childhood into a merciless killing machine by a criminal organization, assassin Sook-hee is recruited as a sleeper agent with the promise of freedom after ten years of service - and she jumps at the chance for a normal life. But soon enough, secrets from her past destroy everything she’s worked ...

  10. From a tender age, Sook-Hee has been ruthlessly raised in China as a deadly assassin in-waiting, primed to kill upon command. After the death of her mentor, she arrives in South Korea to contract as a government agent, with a promise of freedom after 10 years of loyal service. However, two men from her past make an unexpected appearance in her life, bringing out dark secrets from her past.