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New World

New World

Thriller · Crime · Drama · 2013

An undercover cop has his loyalties tested when the boss of the corporate gang he's spent years infiltrating dies.

Movie details

New World

“Three Men. Three Ways. To A Different World.”

2013 Thriller · Crime · Drama 2h 14m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

7.5 / 10

28.6K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

63 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

58 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

7.4 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

An undercover cop has his loyalties tested when the boss of the corporate gang he's spent years infiltrating dies.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Park Hoon-jung

Written by

Park Hoon-jung

Lee Jung-jae

Lee Jung-jae

Lee Ja-sung

Choi Min-sik

Choi Min-sik

Kang Hyung-chul

Hwang Jung-min

Hwang Jung-min

Jung Chung

Park Sung-woong

Park Sung-woong

Lee Joong-gu

Song Ji-hyo

Song Ji-hyo

Shin-woo

Kim Yoon-sung

Kim Yoon-sung

Seok-mo

Na Kwang-hoon

Na Kwang-hoon

Yang Moon-seok

Court is in session

Put New World on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Big-Idea Head

“Ambition earns the room.”

The film reaches for consequence and scale, accepting the risk of seriousness instead of shrinking from it.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Importance has entered the chat.”

The production keeps announcing its significance, as though awards-season posture were proof of insight.