Escape (2024)
Fear a meaningless life, not death itself.
Director: Lee Jong-pil · Writers: Kwon Sung-hui, Kim Woo-geun
After completing his required decade of military service and being honored as a hero, a North Korean sergeant makes a sudden shocking attempt to defect to the South, risking life and limb for the chance to finally determine his own destiny.
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Trailer
Director
Lee Jong-pil
Cast
Lee Je-hoon
Lim Kyu-nam 
Koo Kyo-hwan
Lee Hyun-sang 
Hong Xa-bin
Kim Dong-hyuk 
Seo Hyun-woo
Major Cha 
Lee Sung-wook
Lieutenant Hong 
Yoo Tae-joo
Captain Ryu 
Jung Jun-won
Second Lieutenant Park 
Jang Young-nam
Dong-hyuk's Mother 
Song Kang
Min Sun-woo 
Esom
Nomad Leader 
Lee Ho-jung
Girl with Rifle 
Shin Hyun-ji
Sang-gu's Sister User Reviews (1)
Having seen the trailers for Escape I looked forward to this film but somehow, it didn't quite live up, to my expectations. On the upside there is a lot of decent action and characterisations. The two main protagonists, the soldier trying to defect to the South and the North Korean senior officer, pursing him, are well rendered and inherently interesting. That said, Escape fails to bring things together in a wholly satisfying way. It repeatedly builds and dissipates tension over the course of the film, making the experience feel uneven and at times, a little repetitive. On a different note there's also a dash of the by now usual woke nonsense, clumsily designed to highlight the "intolerance" of the North Korean regime towards people of differing sexual proclivities. I don't really care but the incessant politicking is tiresome. You could argue too, there's a counter argumen…
