Public Enemy Returns is a 2008 South Korean neo-noir action thriller film directed by Kang Woo-suk.

This resulted in production costs rising, a series of box office failures, and the number of Korean films sold overseas dropping.

During May 2008, only 7.8% of films shown in South Korea were Korean, the lowest level since records began in 2000.

[6][7] In debt and out of money, Kang Chul-joong (Sul Kyung-gu) is tired of being a cop and looking to retire.

But his boss gives him one last case, an investigation of the president of Geo Seong Enterprises, Lee Won-sool (Jung Jae-young), and some recent murders.