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Did you hate Believer 2 on Netflix? The 10 best Korean film sequels to watch instead, from Confidential Assignment 2: International to My Wife Is a Gangster 3 and The Roundup

  • Believer 2 may be one of the worst sequels for a long time, but Korean cinema has produced a number of great follow-up films down the years
  • We rank the 10 best Korean movie sequels, from Voice, starring Kim Ok-bin, to K-horror film Memento Mori and The Roundup with Ma Dong-seok

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Han Hyo-joo as Big knife in a still from “Believer 2”. Photo: Jung Jaegu/Netflix.
Pierce Conran
The hit 2018 Korean film Believer, a remake of Hong Kong director Johnnie To Kei-fung’s Drug War, received a hotly anticipated sequel this month.
The only problem was that Believer 2, currently one of the most streamed new movies on Netflix, is also one of the worst sequels anywhere in recent memory.
Han Hyo-joo as Big Knife in a still from “Believer 2”. Photo: Jung Jaegu/Netflix
Han Hyo-joo as Big Knife in a still from “Believer 2”. Photo: Jung Jaegu/Netflix

While they are standard business practice in Hollywood, sequels have been a relatively rare phenomenon in the Korean film industry. But that’s not to say it hasn’t produced some very worthwhile ones over the years.

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Here is our pick of the 10 best Korean film sequels, many of which even surpassed their originals.

10. Battlefield Heroes (2011)

Period drama specialist Lee Joon-ik is more well-known for his hits The King and the Clown and The Throne, but among his best regarded films are a pair of period war comedies, starting with Once Upon a Time on the Battlefield in 2003.

The 2011 film Battlefield Heroes continues to follow the shenanigans that take place during the war between the Korean states of Shilla and Goguryeo in 668.

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