Today, I have brought a 2008 crime drama action thriller film called, “The Chaser.”
The film is based on a real-life serial killer named Yeong-cheol, who was convicted in 2005
of murdering 20 people.
Most of his victims were prostitutes, whom he would call to his house, and then murder
them with a hammer.
He was arrested multiple times by the police, but since there was no proof against him,
he was released every time.
How did he manage to get away from the police?
To know what happens, watch till the end.
The film takes place in South Korea, where Joong-ho, a dishonest ex-detective turned
pimp, learns that two of his prostitutes have gone missing.
Because of this, he is in financial trouble, as he has taken a lot of debt.
One night, he gets a call from a customer who tells him to send one of his prostitutes
to a given address.
So he sends Sung-hee, one of his prostitutes, to the given address.
Just as she is about to offer her services to the client, she learns that her client
wanted to take some pictures of her secretly.
So she decides to leave and calls her client a pervert.
The client’s ego is hurt, so he attacks Sung-hee.
Sometime later, Joong-ho arrives there and learns that the client has beaten Sung-hee.
So Joong-ho attacks the client and demands a lot of money in return.
Sung-hee tells him that she doesn’t want to continue working anymore.
While driving back, she inquires about the disappearance of two of his prostitutes and
asks him to track them.
But Joong-ho doesn’t care about their disappearance, as all he cares about is money.
Sung-hee gets furious at him and walks away in the middle of the road.
Joong-ho then gets a call from his assistant, who tells him that a client has rejected all
their girls, and now no one is left to send.
So Joong-ho decides to send Mi-jin, who is currently on leave as she is sick.
Despite her protests over her sickness, Joong-ho forces her to meet the client right away.
While driving back to his office, he finds a cell phone that belonged to one of his missing
girls.
He checks the cell phone’s call log, and learn that this client was the last to see
his missing girls.
Joong-ho realises that this client is trafficking his girls.
But instead of stopping Mi-jin, he tells her to go with the client, and text her the address
when she arrives at his house so that he can catch the man.
Joong-ho then seeks help from his old police task group, but they are unable to help because
the mayor of Seoul, whom they were guarding, has been attacked with faeces.
Meanwhile, Yeong-min, the client, takes Mi-jin to his residence.
Although Mi-jin hesitates to go inside, she follows Yeong-min, fearing that Joong-ho would
scold her if she doesn’t.
Sometime later, Joong-ho arrives at the place where Mi-jin has parked her car.
Soon after entering the house, Mi-jin heads to the bathroom to contact Joong-ho but fails
to message him due to the bathroom having no cell service.
As she tries to find service near the window, she learns that it is blocked by a wall.
So Mi-jin makes some excuses to go outside, but she learns that Yeong-min has locked the
door.
He binds Mi-jin and opens a bag full of tools, which he intends to torture Mi-jin with.
Mi-jin begs Yeong-min to let her go as she has a six year old daughter, but it doesn’t
affect him.
As he is about to murder Mi-jin with a chisel, Mi-jin struggles to prevent her murder.
So Yeong-min hits her with a hammer and knocks her out.
Just when he is about to murder Mi-jin, an elderly couple from the local church arrive
and inquire about the real house owner, Mr Park.
Yeong-min tells them that no one lives there by that name, but the elderly couple recognizes
Mr Park’s dog and suspects that something is wrong.
So Yeong-min invites the elderly couple in and murders them.
Meanwhile, Joong-ho tries contacting Mi-jin but fails to do so.
He realises that something is wrong and conducts a search to find Mi-jin.
After murdering the couple, Yeong-min heads out to ditch the couple’s car, but accidentally
collides with Joong-ho’s car.
Joong-ho goes to Yeong-min and asks for his phone number to pay for the damage.
But Yeong-min refuses to give his number and tells him that it’s fine.
Joong-ho sees blood on his shirt and gets suspicious about him.
So Joong-ho calls the client’s number and Yeong-min’s phone rings.
Yeong-min runs away but is eventually caught by Joong-ho after a long chase.
Joong-ho beats him badly and brings him to his car.
But before he could leave, the police come there and arrest both the men.
At the station, Yeong-min casually admits that he has committed nine murders.
Sometime later, Joong-ho’s ex-partners arrive at the station and demand the officers to
hand over Yeong-min.
On their way, Yeong-min reveals that Mi-jin may still be alive, but the police doubt it.
At the station, the officers interrogate Yeong-min.
He reveals that after killing his victims using the chisel, he would drain their blood
and hang them on the wall, just like the butchers do with pigs.
All the officers believe his confession, except for Joong-ho, who thinks that Yeong-min is
lying and hasn’t killed anyone.
To confirm the confession, the police officers want to test the DNA from the blood on Yeong-min’s
shirt with Mi-jin’s DNA.
So Joong-ho takes one of the officers to Mi-jin’s address to collect her samples.
There they find Eun-ji, Mi-jin’s daughter, who is all alone in the house.
So Joong-ho decides to take care of her for the time being.
After some investigation, the police officers learn that this is not the first time that
Yeong-min has been arrested for murder.
But since there wasn’t any proof of the murders, he was set free in the past.
Meanwhile, Joong-ho follows up a lead in Yeong-min’s hometown, where he learns that Yeong-min was
jailed for three years for attacking his own nephew.
Sometime later, Joong-ho learns that there is one girl, who was hired by Yeong-min a
long time ago and is still alive.
She tells Joong-ho that Yeong-min is impotent.
Meanwhile, Joong-ho’s assistant manages to find Yeong-min’s hideout.
Joong-ho goes to the place, but there is no trace of Mi-jin there.
He learns that Yeong-min once lived there, but not anymore.
There Joong-ho discovers religious drawings on the room’s walls.
Eun-ji, who is waiting outside sees a woman who looks like her mother and follows her.
Meanwhile, Yeong-min is being interrogated by an officer about the murders that he confessed
to.
The interrogator questions him if his impotency is the reason why he kills prostitutes.
Yeong-min loses his calm and attacks the interrogator.
Joong-ho returns to his car, only to find that Eun-ji is missing.
He finds that Eun-ji met with an accident and rushes her to the hospital for treatment.
Joong-ho is frustrated with everything and heads to the police station to beat Yeong-min.
The officers are also frustrated and turn a blind eye to the assault.
After some beating, Yeong-min finally reveals the location where he has buried the bodies.
The police take the entire police force and turn the place upside down to find any evidence
against Yeong-min.
Joong-ho knows Yeong-min is just stalling time and have given them a false lead, but
the officers don’t believe him.
The prosecutor discovers Yeong-min’s injuries and demands the police chief to release Yeong-min.
The prosecutor also refuses to wait for the DNA test results, as he believes that the
police officers are just trying to save their faces.
The prosecutor also demands Joong-ho’s arrest for injuring Yeong-min.
So the officers arrest Joong-ho and take him to the police station.
On their way, Joong-ho attacks the officers and causes an accident.
With the help of a former teammate, Joong-ho escapes and goes after Yeong-min, who is now
set free.
Meanwhile, Mi-jin regains consciousness and manages to free herself.
She escapes from the house and runs to a nearby shop seeking help.
She calls Joong-ho, but he does not answer as he is running from the police.
Sometime later, Yeong-min arrives at the shop to buy some cigarettes.
Not knowing that Yeong-min is the killer himself, the shopkeeper tells him about Mi-jin’s
story and asks him to stay to protect them from the killer until the police arrive.
The shopkeeper tells him that she informed the officers a while ago, but the nearest
officers are fast asleep.
Yeong-min asks the shopkeeper to give him a hammer.
Thinking that he would protect her, she gives him a hammer.
Yeong-min kills the shopkeeper with the hammer and finds Mi-jin resting inside.
He ruthlessly attacks Mi-jin multiple times with the hammer and eventually kills her.
Joong-ho hears the police sirens and arrives at the shop, only to find the police had cordoned
off the bloody shop.
Joong-ho feels helpless, as he couldn’t do anything to save Mi-jin.
Yeong-min escapes back to Mr Park’s house and stores Mi-jin’s severed head and hands
in a fish tank.
The police are humiliated by the incident and throw everything into the search for Yeong-min,
as the story is leaked to the public.
Meanwhile, Joong-ho arrives at the bloodied shop.
He checks his phone and finds Mi-jin’s last message, where she apologized to him and told
him that she wants to quit the job, as she is scared and doesn’t want to die.
Meanwhile, Yeong-min buries the elderly couple’s bodies at Mr Park’s backyard and kills Mr
Park’s dog.
A distraught Joong-ho follows a lead to the local church, where he notices that the church
statue matches the drawings he had seen in Yeong-min’s old room.
Joong-ho learns that Mr Park was the sculptor of the statue and Yeong-min was his assistant.
Joong-ho arrives at Mr Park’s house and finds Yeong-min, who was about to leave the
city.
Joong-ho drags Yeong-min back inside and brutally attacks him.
After beating him ruthlessly, Joong-ho sees the severed head of Mi-jin in the fish tank.
Joong-ho wants revenge for her death and attacks Yeong-min.
Despite being injured and fatigued, Joong-ho gets the upper hand in the fight.
Just when he is about to take his revenge, the police arrive there and restrain Joong-ho.
Yeong-Min is arrested by the police.
The police excavate the yard and find several bodies of people buried by Yeong-min.
Joong-ho goes to the hospital, seats silently near Eun-ji, and holds her hand.
So this was the story of “The Chaser.”
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