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Two gangs, the Yang and Bukseong, have gathered for a summit to stem the hemorrhaging of goons from both. The negotiations, which will end some lives and save others, unfold across a table headed by Police Director Ma (Cha Seung-won). It has a built-in rotating tray, allowing those seated to fetch sauces and pour drinks as needed. But this turntable also neatly illustrates one of
Night In Paradise’s major ideas: that in a world where everyone thinks themselves smarter and more ruthless than everyone else, no one is really in charge of anything. They’re all on the same circular path, headed nowhere.