The ostensible leading man for fright flick The Divine Fury is Park Seo Jun who plays Yong Hoo, a traumatized mixed martial artist who discovers mid-career, he's got a gift at fighting demons. Yong Hoo has a troubled past, however. After he loses his father (Lee Seung-joon) in a car accident caused by a Satanic serpent sectarian, he becomes a metaphorical killing machine in the MMA cages where his rage against the world — and the church — has earned him world champion status. Life's not all big gold belts and sponsorship money for our hero, though. He's an empty shell of a man plagued by mysterious stigmata that often erupt while he sleeps ruining countless top sheets and pillows at the finest hotels.
This malady drives him to seek help first from the medical establishment where doctors acknowledge he has a skin wound but can't fathom its underlying cause. Their stupefication leads him to consult a friend's psychic sister (Jo Eun-hyung) who directs him to follow a cross (quite literally) which leads him to his salvation in the shape of Father Ahn (Ahn Sung-ki). Ahn is a middle-aged exorciser who appears in better shape than his soon-to-be disciple. He's world-weary, tireless, and speaks Italian and Latin as well as Korean. In short, he's cooler than his charge and should've been the lead. Perhaps guided by the wisdom of age, he accepts second billing and celebrates his mentee's preternatural abilities at casting out evil spirits. Will the two be able to defeat the cult leader and disco entrepreneur (Woo Do-hwan) with his self-inflicted wounds, voodoo dolls, and Aquaman jumpsuit? Well, the thing about the Devil is you know he's always capable of making an encore.
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