Midnight (Korean: RR: Mideunaiteu) is a 2021 South Korean thriller film, written and directed by Kwon Oh-seung. The film starring Jin Ki-joo, Wi Ha-joon and Kim Hye-yoon, depicts a life-threatening hide-and-seek scenario between a psychopathic killer and a deaf woman. The film was slated to release in 2020 but its release was postponed due to the resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic. Finally the film was released simultaneously in theatres and via streaming media TVING on June 30, 2021. Midnight is also available on iQIYI from 18 September 2021.
Kyeong-mi (Jin Ki-joo), a deaf woman, works as a sign language counselor at the sign language call center. One night she witnesses So Jung-eun’s (Kim Hye-yoon) stabbing and becomes a new target for the Jekyll and Hyde serial killer Do-sik (Wi Ha-joon). It now turns into a silent chase. Jong Tak (Park Hoon), So Jung-eun’s brother, a security guard has to protect his sister. On the other hand Kyeong-mi’s deaf mother (Gil Hae-yeon) will do anything to protect her daughter.
