Things heat up, however, when the detectives get some inside information on the murderer, a clue which leads them to the killer's girlfriend (Choi Ji Woo, from Everybody Has Secrets and Winter Sonata). This move puts them on a collision course with the murderer, a man who's not only even more vicious than they are, but is perhaps the most evil man they've crossed paths with during their entire career in law enforcement. The killer in question is Chang Sung Min (Ahn Sung Ki, from Musa: The Warrior and Arahan), a brilliant, dastardly, yet altogether refined sociopath who makes things decidedly personal with the detectives. Who will live and who will die? Don't miss the dramatic rain-drenched finale that inspired the climactic battle in The Matrix Revolutions! Full of breathtaking images, stylish camerawork, and an undeniable visceral punch, Nowhere to Hide is a cat and mouse thriller like no other! It's no wonder that the film emerged as the winner of the Blue Dragon Award for Best Film in 1999!

The plot of the film is strikingly plain and straightforward. Don't expect any witty run and escape scenes as you have seen in the Hong Kong films Running Out Of Time or The Longest Nite, nor any heroic duel like in A Hero Never Dies, it is not like that at all. The story is a cliche. A drug boss is killed by Chang Sung-min (Ahn Sung-Gi). Detective Woo (Park Joong-Hoon) is assigned to investigate the case. Together with his partner (Jang Dong-Gun), they pursue the cunning Sung-min in a maze-like chase. The whole film is about the chase itself. At last, Woo and Sung-min have a final encounter in a coal mining town...

I belive the cliche of the story is done on purpose. Director Lee Myung-Se wants to use the ... [Read more]