ErnestHemingway’sinfluentialshortstoryTheKillers(1927)，hasbeenadaptedtofilmbyRobertSiodmakandAndreiTarkovsky，whileEdwardHopper’spaintingNighthawks(1942)isalsosaidtohavebeeninspiredbythestory.TheKillers，anomnibusfilmcomprisedoffour-shorts，takesmotifsfromthesetwoclassicsandborrowssomeoftheirimageryasmise-en-scène.The4directorsunfoldthenoirworldofdeathandwaitingwithdifferentsensesandsensibilities.KimJong-kwan’sMetamorphosis，whichdepictstheawakeningandmanifestationofpowerfollowingbloodsucking;RohDeok’sContractors，apyramidofcontractkillingsandsubcontractedlabor;ChangHang-jun’sEveryoneisWaitingfortheMan，whichtracksdownaghostlyfigurecalledamysteriouskiller;andLeeMyung-Se’sSilentCinema，anallegoryofhislongtimedreamofcinemaandtheworld.Notably，ActorShimEun-kyungappearsinallfourfilms，eachtimeinacompletelydifferentrole，addingtothedelight.It’sanunconventionalcollectionofemotional，psychological，andaction-orientedfilms.