Synopsis
The Chaser (추격자, 2008) — watch online one of South Korea's most relentless crime thrillers on iFILM. Director Na Hong-jin's debut feature follows Joong-ho, a disgraced ex-cop turned pimp who notices that every girl who's gone missing lately was booked by the same phone number.
He finds the suspect fast. That's where it gets brutal: a serial killer is in police custody but there's no body, no evidence, and the system won't act on a pimp's hunch. The clock runs out in real time. Ha Jung-woo plays the killer with flat, uncanny calm — not a growling villain but something quieter and worse. Seo Young-hee as the trapped woman holds the film's emotional centre without a single false note.
On release in 2008, the film cracked the year's top-grossing Korean features and drew comparisons to the best of Bong Joon-ho. The tension isn't in the chase — it's in bureaucratic helplessness while minutes tick away. Stream The Chaser online on iFILM and see why it still turns up on every best-of-Korean-cinema list.
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