Big Match (film) explained

Big Match
Director:	Choi Ho
Producer:	Park Sang-hyun
Starring:	Lee Sung-min BoA Kim Eui-sung
Music:	Lee Ji-su
Cinematography:	Choi Min-ho
Editing:	Shin Min-kyung
Studio:	BK Pictures
Distributor:	United International Pictures
Runtime:	112 minutes
Country:	South Korea
Language:	Korean
Gross:	^[1]

Big Match is a 2014 South Korean action film written and directed by Choi Ho, starring Lee Jung-jae, Shin Ha-kyun, Lee Sung-min and BoA.^{[2] [3]}

Plot

Choi Ik-ho (Lee Jung-jae), is a former footballer and UFC mixed martial arts star nicknamed "Zombie." When his older brother and coach Young-ho suddenly disappears, the police arrests him as the prime murder suspect. Then Ik-ho receives a phone call from Ace (Shin Ha-kyun), a genius mastermind who designs elaborate games for Korea's wealthiest citizens to bet astronomical sums of money on, conducted with real people in real-time using high-tech gadgets and CCTV cameras. To save his brother's life and his own, Ik-ho is forced to join Ace's game and follow instructions from a mysterious woman named Soo-kyung (BoA). Using his wits and skills against multiple adversaries, including cops and low-rent gangsters, Ik-ho completes seemingly impossible missions. Then he reaches the final round, during which he must find his brother in a huge soccer stadium, with a bomb strapped to his ankle and time ticking.

Cast

• Lee Jung-jae as Choi Ik-ho^{[4] [5] [6]}
• Shin Ha-kyun as Ace
• Lee Sung-min as Choi Young-ho
• BoA as Soo-kyung^{[7] [8] [9] [10]}
• Kim Eui-sung as Detective Do
• Bae Sung-woo as Axe, gang member
• Son Ho-jun as Jae-yeol, president of Ik-ho's fan club
• Choi Woo-shik as Guru, hacker
• Ryu Hye-rin as Twitter girl
• Kim Yoon-seong as Department head Jo
• Park Doo-shik as Detective Nam
• Ra Mi-ran as Young-ho's wife

Notes and References

1. Web site: Big Match (2014) . 2017-04-15 . 2015-01-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150109011154/http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20134590 . dead .
2. Web site: Conran. Pierce. SHIN Ha-kyun and LEE Jung-jae Play BIG MATCH. Korean Film Biz Zone. 2014-02-10. 11 November 2013.
3. Web site: Conran. Pierce. New Films: Big Match. Korean Cinema Today. 2014-11-27. 24 November 2014.
4. Web site: Ahn. Sung-mi. Herald Interview: Lee Jung-jae returns as invincible fighter. The Korea Herald. 2014-11-28. 26 November 2014.
5. Web site: Lee Jung-jae Proves He Has Yet to Peak. The Chosun Ilbo. 2014-12-06. 6 December 2014.
6. Web site: Lim. Ju-ri. Lee makes about-face in Big Match. Korea JoongAng Daily. 2014-12-15. 28 November 2014.
7. Web site: Conran. Pierce. BoA Gets in the Ring for BIG MATCH. Korean Film Biz Zone. 2014-02-10. 6 December 2013.
8. Web site: BoA the right Match for gaming film. Korea JoongAng Daily. 2014-11-11. 6 December 2013.
9. Web site: BoA Makes Korean Film Debut in Action Flick. The Chosun Ilbo. 2014-11-29. 26 November 2014.
10. Web site: Lee. So-dam. Interview: BoA Talks Filming Action Scenes in Negative Degree Weather for Big Match. enewsWorld. 2014-12-02. 30 November 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141204034026/http://mwave.interest.me/enewsworld/en/article/81674/interview-boa-talks-filming-action-scenes-in-negative-degree-weather-for-big-match. 4 December 2014. dead.