The Roundup

The Roundup is a 2022 South Korean crime action film directed by Lee Sang-yong, starring Ma Dong-seok, Son Suk-ku, and Choi Gwi-hwa. A sequel to the 2017 film The Outlaws and is the second installment of Crime City series. The film was released theatrically on May 18, 2022, in IMAX format. Set after 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. On accounting for its box office performance, the film opened at number 1 at the South Korean box office and mobilized 467,525 admissions, which is the best opening for a Korean film in the last 882 days. It became the first film in South Korea to register 10 million admissions in 2022 on 25th day. It is the 4th film starring Ma Dong-seok to break through the $10 million mark, and the 20th Korean film in history to achieve the feat. After being released in five countries, the film is currently ranked fifth in the global box office as of 12 June 2022. The film became the highest performing South Korean release since COVID-19 pandemic. Currently it is the top-grossing film of 2022 in South Korea, with a gross of US$100.06 million and 12.59 million admissions, and also figures in the List of highest-grossing films in South Korea at 3rd place on Domestic films by gross and at 9th place on the Domestic films by admissions as per the Korean Film Council. Plot Four years after the sweeping operation in Garibong-dong, Detective Ma Seok-do and Captain Jeon Il-man head to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam to extradite a suspect Yoo Jong-hoon. After their arrival, they meet some Koreans living in Vietnam. Ma interrogates Jong-hoon, who reveals that he turned himself in because Lee Jong-du tried to kill him. Ma and Il-man leave for Jong-du's hideout, only to find him dead, where they learn about the duo's involvement with Kang Hae-sang, a vicious killer who has kidnapped and killed Koreans and several tourists, in exchange for money. Kang's one such victim is a wealthy young Korean named Choi Yong-gi.