Night in Paradise is a 2021 South Korean neo-noir thriller directed by Park Hoon-jung that ventures into the darkest depths of betrayal and revenge in an almost poetic fashion. Hoon-jung's picture uses the serene and picturesque Jeju Island as a haunting backdrop for the film's characters Tae-goo (Uhm Tae-goo) and Jae-yeon (Jeon Yeo-been). Tae-goo is a loyal gang member who goes to the island to seek refuge after a brutal act of vengeance against a rival syndicate leader following the murder of his sister and niece. What he doesn't know is that there is more than meets the eye in the whole ordeal, as some of those he trusts are involved in chasing after him. It's the ultimate act of betrayal. Park contrasts the lush, open spaces of Jeju with the suffocating tension surrounding Tae-goo, who finds that vengeance, rather than bringing liberation, only tightens the chains it promised to break.