"Crime City 2" Ma Dong-seok, Will He Deliver a Knockout Punch to the Endemic Theaters?[Comprehensive]

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Isul] "Press the bell if you want to get off."

Who cares about Ma Dong-seok or Ma Seok-do? Actor Ma Dong-seok's wit and thrill shine as Detective Ma from 'The Outlaws' returns. Will he deliver a blockbuster punch to the endemic theaters? The supply of one theater, one Dong-seok is urgently needed.

On the afternoon of the 11th, at the press screening of the movie 'The Outlaws' (director Lee Sang-yong) held at Megabox COEX in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Ma Dong-seok said, "When I was young, I dreamed of becoming a police officer and wanted to be an actor and do detective stories, and I achieved that through movies."

'The Outlaws 2,' opening on the 18th, depicts the operation of monster detective Ma Seok-do (Ma Dong-seok) and the Geumcheon Police Station's violent crimes unit to catch Kang Hae-sang (Son Seok-gu), who has taken control of the Vietnamese area. As a sequel to 'The Outlaws,' which was released in October 2017 and attracted 6.68 million viewers, Ma Dong-seok takes the lead again, and action director Heo Myung-haeng, who has worked on every film, completed the action scenes.

On this day, Ma Dong-seok expressed special affection, saying, "Ma Seok-do is a character that contains a lot of me. I spent half my life on movies and the other half on boxing, and I wanted to show that in an action movie. He is the character that matches me the most."

Ma Dong-seok, who is credited as both lead actor and producer in the sequel as well as the original, said, "The title reflects the hope that the city will be free of crime."

He also expressed his desire to expand 'The Outlaws,' which succeeded at the box office despite receiving a restricted rating for youth, into a large series. Ma Dong-seok said, "I planned up to eight installments even before the first script came out," adding, "You can expect a movie centered on Detective Ma that maintains the framework of an action film while introducing a new villain each time."

In 'The Outlaws 2,' actor Son Seok-gu plays the villain Kang Hae-sang, who gained over 10 kg and trained in boxing and judo to face off against Ma Dong-seok.

Ma Dong-seok said, "Yoon Kye-sang, the villain in the previous film, did well, but Son Seok-gu did well too," adding, "If a tiger appeared in the first film, a lion appears in the second. It’s a different kind of fierce beast."

While the first film was set in 2004, the second is set in 2008. Ma Dong-seok said, "It was made with reference to actual incidents that occurred between 2007 and 2010."

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