Pop star-actor Rain portrays a pilot in new action movie

By Jeff Chung

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Aug 26, 2012

~~<p>Pop star-actor Rain released a new action movie, "R2B: Return to Base," in Korea on Aug. 15 and it just opened Friday at the Consolidated Pearlridge multiplex, making for one of the quickest releases in Hawaii for a major Korean film.</p>
<p>Rain plays Tae-hun, a South Korean Elite Black Eagles Air Force pilot who finds himself transferred to a combat flying unit after a cocky, unplanned and dangerous air show demonstration. On the first day of his transfer, he meets Cheol-hui, the unit's own top gun. Tae-hun is free-spirited, whereas Cheol-hui plays by the rules, and the two come into conflict almost immediately.</p>
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Pop star-actor Rain released a new action movie, "R2B: Return to Base," in Korea on Aug. 15 and it just opened Friday at the Consolidated Pearlridge multiplex, making for one of the quickest releases in Hawaii for a major Korean film.

Rain plays Tae-hun, a South Korean Elite Black Eagles Air Force pilot who finds himself transferred to a combat flying unit after a cocky, unplanned and dangerous air show demonstration. On the first day of his transfer, he meets Cheol-hui, the unit's own top gun. Tae-hun is free-spirited, whereas Cheol-hui plays by the rules, and the two come into conflict almost immediately. Login for more...