One car, three desperate losers, and a bag of cash that ruins everything. Korean noir at its messiest.
Taxi driver Tae-gyun receives a call from his younger brother Tae-min. He asks Tae-gyun for help, saying that his car "Thunderbird" was pawned and in it, there is a lot of money that he won from gambling. Now Tae-gyun, who urgently needs money, Tae-min, a gambling addict sitting in a pile of debt, and Mi-young, Tae-min's girlfriend who is a former casino dealer, all go out to get the car back. But nothing goes according to their plan. Towards the end of the night, Tae-gyun decides to ditch them and get the money all alone.
Writing
Tae-gyun's heel turn hits harder than expected.
Production
Pawn shop nocturne: Seoul's underbelly never looked this sweaty.
Director
Lee Jae-won
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Thunderbird name nods to American muscle car dreams colliding with Korean debt culture—aspiration as trap.
Director Lee Jae-won reportedly shot the pawn shop sequence in a real closing business at 4am, hence the authentic desperation.
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