The Mob Epic Hidden Gem You Can Watch On Netflix

Directed by Park Hoon-jung, the director of "The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion" and writer of the popular crime thriller "I Saw the Devil," "Night in Paradise" follows a mobster named Park Tae-goo (Uhm Tae-goo) whose entire family is murdered after he declines to betray his gang to join another. In retaliation, Tae-goo kills the men who did it, then traveling to Jeju Island to hide. Despite knowing that the gang will eventually find him, Tae-goo meets a young woman named Kim Jae-yeon (Jeon Yeo-been, who some might recognize from Netflix's "Vincenzo" series, another mob story) and they start to grow close, but Jae-yeon is battling her own demons as well. Unfortunately, the gang quickly closes in on Jeju Island, leaving Tae-goo and Jae-yeon to do anything they can to survive.

"Night in Paradise" is a violent drama all about vengeance, centering around a young man who loses his whole family due to his career working as an assassin for a gang. While the relationship between Tae-goo and Jae-yeon creates a strong emotional storyline for the film, if you are simply looking for well-designed action, "Night in Paradise" delivers on that too. The movie impressed critics and has a 72% on Rotten Tomatoes, with Rhian Daly of NME giving the movie four out of five stars and declaring that "'Night In Paradise' is up there with the most compelling Korean gangster movies in recent years." So if that sounds like your style, check out the film now on Netflix.