The Merciless

The story is about the loyalty and betrayal between an inmate leader and an undercover cop/prisoner, who team to take over a gang.It centers around the main character Hyun soo, the undercover cop, and Han Jaeho the inmate leader.

• Sol Kyung-gu as Jae-ho
• Im Si-wan as Hyun-soo
• Kim Hee-won as Byung-gab
• Jeon Hye-jin as Chun In-sook
• Lee Geung-young as Byung-chul
• Jang In-sub as Min-chul
• Kim Ji-hoon as Jung-sik
• Lee Ji-hoon as Public prosecutor Oh
• Choi Byung-mo as Captain Choi
• Moon Ji-yoon as Young-geun
• Nam Gi-ae as Hyun-soo's mother
• Jin Seon-kyu as Prison Security Section Chief

• Heo Joon-ho as Kim Sung-han

• Shin So-yul as Osean Trading advertisement beauty 1
• Kim Bo-mi as Osean Trading advertisement beauty 2
• Lee Mi-so as Osean Trading advertisement beauty 3
• Kim Sung-oh as Jung Seung-pil

Prior to its local release, the film has been pre-sold to 85 countries including France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Japan, Australia, India, Taiwan, the Philippines and Singapore at the 2017 Hong Kong Film Mart.^[3] According to the distributor CJ Entertainment the film was later sold to additional territories, reaching a total of 117 countries worldwide.^[4]

The film was released in French cinemas on June 28, 2017, by ARP Distributors.^[5][6]

The film received a seven-minute standing ovation at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival.^[7]

Michele Halberstadt from ARP Films praised the film for its screenwriting, direction and characters.^[8][9]

According to the Korean Film Council, the film topped the Korean box office on the first day of release and sold 95,261 tickets.^[10][11]

On December 28, 2017, CJ E&M, the production company of The Merciless, announced a television adaptation of the film. According to the company, the script will be written in 2018, and the drama would be produced in 2019.

• The Merciless at HanCinema
• The Merciless at IMDb