Sharpshooter Kim Hye-joon runs A Shop for Killers

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Sharpshooter Kim Hye-joon runs A Shop for Killers

by solstices

Another teaser is out for Disney+’s action thriller A Shop for Killers, spotlighting the predicament our heroine finds herself in after receiving an unconventional inheritance from her late uncle. In order to survive, she’ll need to run the blood-stained business as both a fighter and an entrepreneur.

Kim Hye-joon (Connect) stars as the orphan Jung Ji-ahn, who’s grown up in the care of her uncle Jung Jin-man ever since losing her parents. Now that said uncle — played by Lee Dong-wook (Tale of the Nine Tailed 1938) — has also died, she’s all on her own.

In the wake of her uncle’s passing, Ji-ahn receives an inexplicably hefty bank transfer of a sum with too many zeroes to count. A little digging, assisted by her friend Park Ji-bin (Blind), reveals that Jin-man used to run a website that sells weapons — creatively named “murthehelp,” ha. Totally not suspicious, and totally not complicit in murder.

Through a flashback, we hear a piece of advice from Jin-man. If Ji-ahn is home alone, his “friends” will come knocking; at no point should she ever open the door for them. That’s easier said than done, since these unwelcome visitors are heavily armed. But Jin-man’s training is ingrained into Ji-ahn’s bones, and when she pulls out a sniper rifle to retaliate, her bullet finds its mark.

“Only when they answer your riddle correctly should you open the door for them,” Jin-man instructs, piquing my curiosity as to what puzzles Ji-ahn will set. No matter how much firepower her enemies — in the form of Seo Hyun-woo (Celebrity) and Geum Hae-na (Cannonball) — may bring to the table, Ji-ahn is determined to protect her uncle’s empire. “If you keep attacking this place in order to usurp it,” Ji-ahn warns, “then you shall all die here.”

Directed by Noh Kyu-yub and written by Ji Ho-jin, with Lee Kwon (Rescue Me 2) leading on both fronts, A Shop for Killers will commence operations on January 17.