The Divine Move 2: The Wrathful

The Divine Move 2: The Wrathful is a 2019 South Korean neo-noir action crime film directed by Lee Khan. A prequel spin-off to the 2014 film The Divine Move, it stars Kwon Sang-woo, Kim Hee-won, and Kim Sung-kyun. The film premiered in South Korean cinemas on November 7, 2019.

Synopsis
Gwi-soo (Kwon Sang-woo) loses everything due to the game of baduk. With the help of his baduk teacher Heo Il-do (Kim Sung-kyun) and Teacher Ddong (Kim Hee-won), Gwi-soo jumps into the high stakes baduk game. He goes up against masters from all over the country.

Cast

 * Kwon Sang-woo as Gwi-soo
 * Park Sang-hoon as young Gwi-soo
 * Kim Hee-won as Teacher Ddong
 * Kim Sung-kyun as Heo Il-do
 * Heo Sung-tae as "Busan Weed"
 * Woo Do-hwan as "Loner"
 * Won Hyun-joon as Shaman Jansung
 * Stephanie Lee as Hwang Sun-hee
 * Jung In-gyeom as Hwang Duk-young
 * Shin Soo-yeon as Soo-yeon
 * Kim Jung-pal as Son-hyung

Special appearance

 * Go Se-won as Priest
 * Yoo Sun as Madam Hong
 * Park Kyung-hye as train station clerk
 * Lee Byung-joon

Production
Filming began on September 15, 2018 and was wrapped up on January 14, 2019.

Critical response
The film received generally positive reviews from critics.

Yoon Min-sik from The Korea Herald wrote, "One-dimensional characters, comic-bookish exaggeration, numerous plot holes and no real twist -- yet the film still manages to be quite fun with adrenaline-pumping action and excitement. It’s not a masterpiece, but it manages to create an intriguing, messed-up world."

Box office
On its opening day, the film finished first place at the box office by attracting 176,604 moviegoers, ahead of Terminator: Dark Fate and Kim Ji-young: Born 1982. During its opening weekend, the film topped box office with US$6.74 million gross from 879,000 admissions. The film surpassed 2 million admissions on November 22.

As of June 20, 2022, the film attracted 2,159,081 admissions with US$14.3 million gross.