Long Live the King (2019): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2019, Long Live the King is an action film directed by Kang Yun-sung, running about 118 minutes. “An accident overturned one man’s world, and now he overturns a corrupt world!” — that tagline sets the tone.

What it’s about. By an encounter with a wiry female lawyer So-hyun at the redevelopment protest site, a cold mobster JANG Se-chool decides to be ‘a good person’ as she advised. One day accidentally he saves people from a bus crash, becomes a hero of the city at a bound and it even leads him to run for the National Assembly. But his luckiest chance to be ‘a real good person’ is yet to come until the rival candidate Choi conspires with Se-chool’s enemy clan boss Gwang-chul.

Who’s in it. Long Live the King stars Kim Rae-won as Jang Se-chool, Won Jin-a as Kang So-hyeon, Jin Sun-kyu as Cho Gwang-chun and Choi Gwi-hwa as Choi Man-soo, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 6.8/10, Long Live the King has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. In US you can stream it on fuboTV. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Long Live the King page.

If you liked it. Fans of Long Live the King tend to enjoy The Dark Knight, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Inception and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.