The roundup: No Way Out Movie (2023) Recap

The roundup: No Way Out Movie

After the 7years round up in Vietnam, Ma Seok Do has to deal withe anoter case in South Korea. This is the pill investigation of who is the accomplice of the Yakuza. The movie is directed by Lee Sang-Yong with a length of 1 hour and 45 minutes. The genre of the movie is action, crime, and thriller.

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A group arrive at Inchoen South Port South Korea in 2015 Where a policeman could be seen tied up by the Japanese. They tied him up because the police followed them with drugs on board the ship. Tomo the leader of the group was even scared because he was a Police Captain but Captain Joo Seong-Cheol hit him without a second thought and they reached for the bag with the money they haad earned.

The leader asked about the pills and Hiroshi said they have twenty kilogram of it and it will be ready. The Japanese threatened them to be careful because Boss Ichijo had spied on them in Japan sneaking pills. Captain Joo didn’t seem to care instead he told to Tomo to prepair their meeting with the buyer tomorrow. They threw the policeman into the sea even though he was still alive.

In the next scene, There was a commotion on the side of the road and a guard tried to stop them but he couldn’t do anything because of his thin body. Detective Ma Seok Do arrives and the detective disrespectfully answer his question which is chaos. The men were stubborn so they were beaten and the man who was left with his knife suddenly pulled out and threatened Seok Do not to come near but he also fell because of the trick so turned around.

They were in the office and their Captain Jang Tae Soo warned him to slow down on criminals. After Seok Do’s mischief with his Captain they are called because of a case in the Gangnam area. They went to it immediately and a 28 years old women fell on the eighth floor. According to their investigation she was with a man at the hotel but he left alone. That man has not benn identified as there is no CCTV in the area. Seok Do’s friend say that she was drunk with a guy and they sa “Club Orange” written on his wrist band.

They performed an autopsy on the body and found that it had head injuries and a cervial spine fracture that is common in deaths from a fall. The result also showed that the vicim has Hiper. Hiper is a new type of drug that has been reported very recently. The Doctor concluded that the woman was dead before she was fall from the building.

They took a statement from the victim’s companion, who explained that she passed out after taking the drug from a Korean-Japanese. Seok Do thinks their drinks are laced with pills. Here the Captain Jang says that they will forward the invitation to the Narcotic Divison but Detective Seok Do says that the case is a homicide and he will be the one to investigate it.

They went to Club Orange since they were not allowed to check the club’s CCTV cameras so they made a way to enter with the help of Seok Do’s connection Open Sesame, they entered the club and pretended to be Sesame’s rich guests. They looked around in the VIP area where the bouncer was guarding. Seok Do forbade him to enter but he persisted with just one punch that knocked the bouncer down. Here he was saw a man selling drugs. He entered the bathroom when the dealer left and Seok Do grabbed the pills. The man fought to get it but with the strength of the Detective he screamed when he touched his ear.

He gave the pill to Man-Jae and instructed him to bring the man to the precint and he would take care of the Club. He entered where the leader was. He put the pills in the plastic he brought and then took a picture one by one. The two fought and the dealer fell. The bouncer came, one of them was still angry because of his fall earlier. It fell him again trying to attack as well as it fellow bouncer.

Fearing that the dealer would be hurt again, He told where the owner of the was. The owner Sang-Cheol was still having fun and singing while Seok Do is by his side. he was shokced he ot angry but was tamed in the end and brought to the precint. On the other hand, Captain Joo and Tomo met with their Chinese buyers.

The deal was that they would give twenty kilos of pills in exchange for 30 million dollars and then they immediately gave a down payment. Captain Joo promises that he will take care of the custom so they have nothing to worry about.

The next day, They called Seok Do the owner of the club to get information. He was stubborn and said he didn’t know anything. This is where Seok Do uses the technique to say that this is ” The room of truth”. They took the cleaning supplies and cleaned one by one then pretended to clean the CCTV because of its dust. The owner of the club almost passed out this time when he said that there is a named Hiroshi who selling pills there and he only visit once a week. He only allowed it because his customers increased and their sales at the club increased. Afraid of being hurt again he also told that it might be in Gangnam or Incheon but he wasn’t sure.

They contacted Open Sesame and got information that Ms.Jung is the bar owner in gangnam who is secretly selling drugs and his gangster brother is also helping her. Seok Do and Man-Jae rushed to the club and saw the hidden pills in the drawer. They showed Hiroshi’s photo and Ms.Jung immediately recognized him and explained that Hiroshi comes to their bar once a week. He added to this that they themselves make the pills and that Hiroshi is a gangster.

On the other hand, They found Captain Jang’s location of Hiroshi and rushed to him. Hiroshi and his partner at that time had a blast. They were about to attack but fortunately he was ahead of him. They caught the two and Captain Jang happily informed Detective Seok Do on the phone that they also brought the pills.

When Captain Jang mentioned that he was going to drink, They were ambushed and they lost conciousness due to the strong impact. Captain Joo took the bag that only had pills and then took other evidence that could teach them. Hiroshi regains conciousness and asks not to leave him but Captain Joo mercilessly finishes him off. They immediately burned the evidence and their clothes after that.

They rushed Tomo because the police got the pills. Tomo also warned Captain Joo that he and his Boss Ichijo would be upset when everything was found out. Captain Joo didn’t care so he ordered the drugs to be packed so that the could give them to his buyers. Tomo went to Yang-ho and told him to forget the deal about twenty kilos of pills. According to him since Hiroshi gone. Yang-ho will be in charge of Hiroshi’s district which makes him happy.

Seok Do’s colleagues are still confined. They can’t eat because Seok Do’s questions about the ambush. Suddenly two police officers assigned to the Narcotic Division who were previously assigned to the Bukbu Station arrived. Dung-gu is one of Seok Do’s co-workers before they showed the photo of the gun colleagues said they found that gun among the pills they confiscating at Hiroshi’s lodging.

According to Dung gu. It was the gun of their Captain Jung-Kyung Sik. Who was assigned to Bakbu Station he also added that their Captain was missing two days ago. Outside Seok Do and Dang gu continue their conversation he promises that before he disappeared. Their Captain focused on the Hiper case in their area and decided to investigate alone and since then he has not returned.

He added that three years ago there was also a case regarding Hiper led by Yakuza and White Short Plan that is sold everywhere. The leaders of the White Short Plan was killed and all its members were captured but all the Hipers was lost. This Yakuza found a new partner and started selling again. Captain Joo was the one who caught the White Short Plan before. After that he was labeled as a genius and was promoted twice.

Seok Do went to Guryong station where Captain Joo was in charge. They were there because Seok Do was curious about the Hiper case and the Yakuzas. They didn’t get an answer from Captain Joo and they left but Seok Do couldn’t stop asking about Captain Jung if they knew him.

The three were obviously surprised to hear that a policeman had caught him that he had a problem with Seok Do’s curious and he asked what it was. There is where Captain Joo appeals not to ask because it is not appropriate for Seok Do to ask. As they left Seok Do suspected that the Captain Joo was hiding something because of his actions. He called Dang gu to talk to his sources about the Hiper case.

Cherry is their source. He is a businessman who sells used cars and is also the CEO of the club. They were going out with his girlfriend and he was furious because he blocked him from going out. Cherry is ready to attack Seok Do but he warns him that he will regret it if he goes ahead with it. He was so stubborn that he lost conciousness with just one blow.

The Cherry girlfriend is worried so Seok Do also wakes him up with another punch. After that they interviewed Cherry. He gave the information that Tomo goes to his club and selling a Hiper while reaching for her cell phone to show Tomo’s appearance. Seok Do asks where Tomo is and he tells him that he might be at the club. Cherry didn’t want to go to the club and was just going to call her staff but she stood up immediately to hear that Seok Do would hit him again if he didn’t will come.

Meanwhile, Ichijo found out what Tomo was doing in Korea. He sent Ricky to get the hipers and fix everything. That night Ricky arrived in Korea and went to Tomo’s office since Tomo’s staff did not know where it was. Captain Joo can be seen talking to his buyers and currently waiting for Tmo so that they can deal with the twenty kilos of pills.

During Tomo’s time he called here. He told Captain Joo that he knew that someone had reported to their Boss Ichijo that they had smuggled Hiper and he informed that Ichijo has sent a man to get them. It was here that Tomo said that he would first lay low to hide the pills. Captain Joo asked for a two day extension and the buyers agreed but threatened him that they will not scare him even though he is another policeman.

Tomo’s men quickly packed up the office but Ricky overook them. They were all killed and not even of his men was left. On the other hand, When they arrived a the club they looked for Tomo but he wasn’t there. The arrogant staff asked them but it was only thrown away by Seok Do’s slap here that the other staff rushed a them but everyone also fell down.

Yang-ho hides with Mimi’s help they catch him too. Tomo was in a hotel and in a hurry to leave Ricky caught up with them so they arrested him. Seok Do already know’s Tomo location and they go to the hotel immediately. They had jsut entered the parking area when Seok Do saw Tomo’s face and he immediately backed up the car.

They collided with it and collided. Tomo ran away but Ricky’s men caught up with him while Ricky’s group was running in the middle. He pushed Man-Jae and he was the one who got hit. Luckily he was not hurt. They managed to escape but thet couldn’t catch up with them because the car didn’t start.

Making Tomo admit where he hid the pills he made a deal with Ricky that he would only give them to him if he was released but it didn’t work for Ricky. He kill and said at the same time that he will be the one to find it.

Since Tomo is gone they interviewed Yang-ho about his role in the Yakuza. he replied to them that he only packed and delivered the pills. Yang-ho doesn’t know Ricky and who Tomo’s partners is because Tomo used to prefer not to find out who his partner is but he has a hint that Ricky was sent to recover the pills smuggled by Tomo. During their investigation Seok Do also did not know who the mystery guy was after the pills and ambushed their colleagues and Captain but according to Seok Do they should focus on finding whee Tomo hid the twenty kilos pills.

Seok Do is called who has seen the body of their Captain Dang gu in the autopsy results. He was still alive when they throw him. They continue their chase of Ricky killing one of Captain Joo’s men. This is where Captain Joo took action and called Ichijo in Japan. He wants to get his share because he is also one of the ones who made Ichijo rich but Ichijo does not agree because he is the owner of Hiper.

This is where Captain joo’s anger rises and he is ready to play but Ichijo doesn’t care. He was only told to enjoy the person he sent. Since Captain Joo had nothing to give he and Beak fought for the right hand woman buyer. Beak died after the clash and then he told the buyer that their deal was still going on.

When Seok Do found out the Captain Joo’s colleague had died they went to his station. The one who confronted them was Captain’s Joo staff and confronted hi, but no information was given as to why Captain Joo’s staff went to Tomo’s office at 2 o’clock in the morning. This is where Seok Do pulled away as if they were hiding something.

During the travel Yang-ho remembers that there is a yacht club run by the Yakuza. Seok Do was hapy with Yang-ho’s cooperation. This is where he granted his request to open the window at least a little every time they leave. Arriving at that place, Ricky’s Japanese crew were there. Another fight took place they tied him up and asked about the pills.

The Japanes admitted that they did not know because they also looked for it. They found the keys to the yatchs one of which was the key card for a special yatch. They search it and find the vault. Man-Jae tries to open it but lacks the strength so he pleads with Seok Do. The detective knew a special trick but it didn’t work so he just used force.

Inside it were all ropes Seok Do immediately went outside and pulled the rope with the bag full of pills. They immediately went to Cherry they planned to bait Captain Joo so they immediately made a deal with Cherry to be what he was looking for. Captain Joo agreed to that deal he told the address of the meeting place that Cherry should go alone.

Captain Joo previously had a plan to finish off Ricky but he changed his mind. He talked to Ricky that he would give the pills to the place where they would meet. Cherry has arrived at that place with Seok Do’s group just following and watching for him. I can see the fear and trembling in Cherry’s eyes and actions.

Inside he saw Ricky’s group. He immediately shouted for help because Seok Do came an hit him twice on the head causing him to lose conciousness. After opening the bag it was salt and not the pills. Cherry is asked where they are but he says he doesn’t know because only Seok Do knows about it.

Ricky realizes that Captain Joo tricked him. Man-Jae was a bit worried because it took a while for Seok Do to return so they followd him to the building but before even getting out of the car. Captain Joo suddenly appeared and quickly took the bag. Ricky brought Seok Do and Cherry to their hideout. When Seok Do regained conciousness he knocked them down one by one as well as ricky. It was too late when the police and their Captain Seok Do arrived. They took a car to the place where they could get the money of 30 million dollars.

He wispered to himself that they are always late. After that they followed Captain Joo’s location because they put a cellphone in his bag so that he could be easily tracked. They drove fast to get Guryong Station. On the other hand they quickly took the thing and put in the bag.

Seok Do was speeding and crashed into their car. Guryong policemen also intercepted them but the detective managed to escape. Inside Seok Do called the cellphone he put in his bag. The detective directly told the Captain that he even called his own police but they were killing people.

He replied that it’s just called Collateral Damage. When Seok Do entered he immediately attacked him. The clash between the two of them was intense/ Detectie even joked that his whole body was in pain from being knocked down and hitting Captain Joo’s ribs. Captain Joo’s offers that he will give Seok Do a part if he agrees to his offer.

Seok Do jokingly tells not to tell him what percentage he will ge because he knows it willl be lame. When he rejected his offer he decided to kill Seok Do. The detective once again joked that he met his lawyer and it turned out to be his fist. They fought again until he silenced Captain Joo.

Seok Do’s colleagues arrived late so he said they are always late. At the end of the story they celebrated. Captain Jang gave them a bunos one by one except for Seok Do because of the damage he did and Captain Jang let slip that he was going home because he had a meeting tommorow morning. It was here that Seok Do decided that Seok Do decided that he was treat that night so Captain Jang came back and started to carry around.

Cast of The Roundup: No Way Out

Ma Dong-Seok (Detective Ma Seok-Do)

Lee Junhyuk (Captain Joo Seong-Cheol)

Lee Beom-Soo (Captain Jang Tae-Soo)

Munetaka-Aoki (Ricky)

Jun Kunimura (Ichijo)

Kang Yoon (Hiroshi)

Ahn Se-ho (Tomo)

Bae Noo-ri (Mimi)

Min-Kim (Detective Man-Jae)

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTION

1. How long is The Roundup: No way out?
   • 1 hour and 45 minutes.
2. Who stars in The Roundup: No way out?
   • Ma Dong-Seok (Detective Ma Seok-Do)
   • Lee Junhyuk (Captain Joo Seong-Cheol)
   • Munetaka-Aoki (Ricky)
3. Who directed The Roundup: No way out?
   • Lee Sang-Yong

This is where the movie ends. It’s worth spending your time watching here.