Well Go USA today revealed the main key art and main trailer for upcoming Korean film, Ransomed (비공식작전), starring Ha Jung Woo and Ju Ji Hoon. Ransomed will premiere in North American theaters on August 4, 2023.
The upcoming Korean film “Ransomed” sheds light on the true events of a 1986 hostage crisis in Lebanon through the story of an unlikely duo’s perilous journey to rescue a South Korean diplomat.
In Beirut 1986, during the Lebanese civil war a Korean diplomat is taken hostage without a trace. Two years pass and long forgotten, a young diplomat Min-joon receives a phone call proving that the hostage is still alive. With the given mission, Min-joon is sent to Beirut to save the hostage with a bag of ransom money. However, Min-joon gets into trouble as soon as he sets foot in Beirut. As luck would have it, Min-joon manages to flee from the airport with help from a local taxi driver Pan-soo who he stumbles across. Despite the distrust toward Pan-soo of his obvious mischievousness, the two unlikely allies must navigate the demolished, war-raging streets of Beirut to bring the long-awaited hostage back home.
