The Chronicles of Evil (Korea)
Opening May 14
Thriller. Directed by Baek Woon-hak
A police officer named Chang-sik (Son Hyun-ju) is kidnapped by a taxi driver late at night. They get into a fight, and Chang-sik kills the driver. He cleans up the scene and returns home, but the next day the body is found hanging from a crane in front of the police station where Chang-sik works. Chang-sik is put in charge of the investigation, and he nervously watches his own team close in on him as he tries to find the person who witnessed his crime.
Unfriended (U.S.)
Opened May 7
Horror. Directed by Leo Gabriadze
Six high schoolers are in a video chat room when they receive a message from someone claiming to be their dead friend Laura Barns (Heather Sossaman). It is the one-year anniversary of Laura’s death, and the friends soon realize that this is no prank. The mysterious person begins to reveal the friends’ darkest secrets, one by one, threatening to kill them if they try to leave the chatroom. The entire movie takes place on one of the friends’ computer screens, with other characters seen only through the video chat.
Enemies-In-Law (Korea)
Opened April 29
Comedy. Directed by Kim Jin-young
In this lighthearted comedy, a young couple in love finds it’s more difficult to tie the knot when their families are completely incompatible. Young-hee (Jin Se-yun), the daughter of a policeman facing retirement, tries to marry Chul-soo (Hong Jong-hyun), the son of two criminal parents. Both sides are unwilling to budge, and both resort to wacky and extreme antics to stop the wedding between the two lovebirds.
Coin Locker Girl (Korea)
Opened April 29
Drama. Directed by Han Jun-hee
The dark underworld of loan sharks, drugs, and commissioned kills are all Il-young (Kim Go-eun) knows as she grows up under the wing of Mother (Kim Hye-soo), the crime boss who bought Il-young when she was a little girl. Il-young is blindly loyal to Mother until she catches a glimpse of the normal life through her unlikely friendship with Suk-hyun (Park Bo-gum), the son of a debtor. Chaos ensues as Il-young slowly turns her back on Mother.
The Avengers: Age of Ultron (U.S.)
Opened April 23
Adventure. Directed by Joss Whedon
Tony Stark attempts to revive a dormant peacekeeping program, but the situation takes a bad, dangerous turn. The Avengers — Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Captain America (Chris Evans), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), the Incredible Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) and Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) — team up again to save the world from the villainous Ultron’s plans, confronted by “enhanced” twins Pietro and Wanda Maximoff along the way.
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