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Korean businessmen try to stop a looming financial upheaval from ruining their country.

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Clarence Tsui The Hollywood Reporter Jan 10, 2019
An engaging multi-strand story about a nation in turmoil. Go to Full Review
Maggie Lee Variety Dec 25, 2018
Manages to make currency crashes and the Asian Financial Crisis a juicy subject onscreen. Go to Full Review
Noel Murray Los Angeles Times Nov 29, 2018
"Default" successfully turns a global financial crisis into a movie that's at once engaging and educational. Go to Full Review
CJ Sheu The News Lens International Jun 27, 2020
Most of the film is melodramatic rather than expository, befitting the stakes of the crisis. Go to Full Review
Richard Yu Cinema Escapist Jul 3, 2019
Default is still a relatively good introduction to an oft-forgotten (at least in the West) financial crisis. Go to Full Review
William Schwartz HanCinema Jun 21, 2019
Jeong-hak predicts every stage of the crisis simply by asking what's the most evil, unscrupulous thing powerful people would do in reaction to the latest piece of bad news Go to Full Review
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Anakin S Dec 16, 2018 The actors are so great. It is late but I could get the truth of those harsh times. Kim Hye Soo is the best actress ever. Even though I do not like the character/role of Jo Woo Jin, I can admit he is another genie as an actor. I really hated his role as a vice minister of economy department. Good movie for the people who went through the IMF era and survived from the harsh time in Korea. See more
Dec 1, 2018 America made Korea worse
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Cast & Crew

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Choi Gukhui

Director

Kim Hye-soo

Han Si-hyun

Yoo Ah-in

Yoon Jung-hak

Heo Joon-ho

Gap-su

Jo Woo-jin

Vice-Minister of Finance

Vincent Cassel

Michel Camdessus

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Movie Info

Synopsis Korean businessmen try to stop a looming financial upheaval from ruining their country.
Director
Choi Gukhui
Producer
Lee Eugene
Screenwriter
Eom Seong-min
Distributor
CJ Entertainment
Production Co
Zip Cinema
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Korean
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 30, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 8, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA)
$174.0K
Runtime
1h 54m
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