The Roundup, a box office hit in South Korea starring Eternals actor Ma Dong-seok, has been banned in Vietnam. The action-comedy, which is the highly anticipated sequel to 2017’s The Outlaws, has been a worldwide hit. However, Vietnam’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism refused to distribute the film due to its depiction of excessive violence.
Lotte Entertainment, which is in charge of the film’s international distribution, requested a review of The Roundup from the Vietnam Film Office of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. Unfortunately for the film, this did not go well.
According to a corporate spokeswoman, The Korea Herald:
“Vietnam Bans The Roundup Because It Contains Too Much Violent Images.”
There are numerous brutal action-packed sequences in Ma Dong’s Seok. While some fans hailed the savagery of the film and praised the outstanding execution of the action sequences on screen as a significant asset, the Vietnamese censor board apparently noted the same as a concern. An unidentified film industry expert told The Korea Herald that the portrayal of Ho Chi Minh as a chaotic, crime-ridden city may have influenced the authorities’ decision.
Roundup grossed more than $20 million in its opening weekend in Korea.
Ma Seok-do’s Dong-Seok Ma, the ‘beast cop’ from Train to Busan, is back to reprise his role. He flew to Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City with his subordinate colleagues to extradite the Korean suspect. He became involved in the city’s search for the psychopath responsible for the disappearance of numerous Korean residents in Vietnam.
The sequel received praise for its outstanding performance and established itself as an example of a successful sequel to a very popular game. According to Variety, the film earned $21.1 million in its first week in Korea. Furthermore, more than 10 million tickets were sold, which is the first picture in three years to do so in the country. It was also the fastest movie in Korea to reach one million viewers since the beginning of the epidemic. Roundup has sold over 12 million tickets and grossed more than $98 million at the time of writing, according to KOBIS, the monitoring service of the Korea Film Council (Kofic).
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Source: HIS Education