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This is actually a remake of the Man from Nowhere, A south korean movie

posted 8 years ago by randomguy777
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Its pretty obvious, filmmakers remaking South korean movies and the east asian wave has only begun..

Now hong kong movie "the bodyguard" (by andy lau)remaking this one too lol.

coming out of hiding theme plots are being excessively used. Now donnie yen's movies noodleman etc

[–] SamoanJoes 8 years ago

Are you aware this is adapted from a TV series?

[–] randomguy777 8 years ago

Antoine Fuqua is a big fan of south korean movies so is Nicolas Winding Refn. Pretty much all the hollywood writers, directors watch east asian cinema. You can see it in their work. (I am Selling nootropics to boost iq)

[–] firefly900 8 years ago

I saw the man from nowhere and apart from that movie having a girl protaginist who makes friends with an ex spec ops operator whose wife has died there are no other similarities.

There are numerous ex (insert blank) takes on criminals movies. And they themselves are derived from one man against many stories.

[–] red95king 8 years ago

Very loosely based on the TV series.

[–] gwhutton 7 years ago

Kevin Costner in Open Range is another similarly themed movie. Mellow guy with a bad axx past wakes up and starts killing people without breaking a sweat.

This one borrowed from quite a few.

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