578 Magnum is a 2022 Vietnamese action-thriller film about a father who is ready to hunt the whole criminal underworld down for his daughter.
Written and directed by Luong Dinh Dung (Drowsy City; Father and Son).
The movie stars Alexandre Nguyễn, Hoang Phuc Nguyen, H’Hen Niê, Nguyen Lam Thao Tam, Jessica Minh Anh and Anh Tuan Hac Martial Art.
The action director was Oh Sea Young (The Yellow Sea; The War of Arrows; Snowpiercer; Avengers: Age of Ultron; Parasite; Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance).
Plot:
A container truck driver, Hùng, lives an idyllic life with his little daughter, An. The father and daughter become the closest companions in every journey with their orange container truck. Life goes on like that until An has to leave her father to go to school.
One day, Hùng is informed that An is suffering from severe depression. Relying on his old skills in the past and finding out the truth, Hùng becomes enraged and painful to know that his little girl was kidnapped and abused by a male stranger. Starting his lone and intense journey looking for and chasing after the unknown abuser, Hùng realizes that to hunt down that psychopath he has to counter the massive underground forces behind…
Release date:
The film opens in Vietnam on March 25th 2022.
Original title:
578: Phát đạn của kẻ điên
Technical details:
1 hour 35 minutes
Teaser (no English subtitles):
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