Ransomed
Two men. Bag of money. No support.
Directed by Kim Seong-hun
Produced by Wind Up Film, Why Not Film
A tense, gritty rescue thriller set against the chaos of 1980s Beirut, where a young diplomat must navigate a dangerous hostage situation with limited resources and no institutional support.
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-jun receives a phone call proving that the hostage is still alive. With the given mission, Min-jun is sent to Beirut to save the hostage with a bag of ransom money.
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