Kundo: Age of the Rampant

Set in mid-nineteenth-century Joseon-era Korea amid famine and unrest, Kundo: Age of the Rampant follows Dol Moo-chi, a poor butcher's son who strikes a bargain with the wealthy and ruthless noble Jo-yoon. The deal goes disastrously wrong, and after Jo-yoon's men kill his mother and sister, Dol Moo-chi is saved by the Kundo, a band of fighters who rob corrupt officials and share what they take with the poor. He joins them, trains hard, and eventually confronts the man who destroyed his family.

Yoon Jong-bin directed and co-produced the film, following his 2012 debut feature Nameless Gangster, with The Spy Gone North coming later in 2018. Jeon Cheol-hong and Jung Jae-woong wrote the screenplay. Ha Jung-woo plays Dol Moo-chi and Gang Dong-won plays Jo-yoon, with supporting turns from Lee Kyung-young, Lee Sung-min, Cho Jin-woong and Ma Dong-seok among a credited cast of thirty. The film runs 137 minutes.

Reception was moderate. On IMDb it holds 6.8 out of 10 from around 4,100 votes, and on TMDB 6.6 from 135, both suggesting a generally favorable but not enthusiastic audience response from a relatively modest number of viewers. A critics' score of 6.4 from ten reviews places professional assessment close to the audience figures.