Mafia King Don Lee -

When you hear the phrase “Mafia King,” your mind might drift to Marlon Brando’s Vito Corleone or Al Pacino’s Tony Montana. You probably don’t picture a gentle giant from Seoul who hugs zombies before punching them.

In an era of CGI superheroes and wire-fu, Don Lee is the real deal. He is the Don of the fist. Long live the king. Do you agree that Don Lee is the ultimate cinematic crime boss? Or do you prefer the old-school Italian classics? Sound off in the comments below.

But if you search the internet for “Mafia King Don Lee,” you aren’t looking for a biography of a real-life gangster. You are looking for Ma Dong-seok—the actor known in the West as —specifically his legendary, scene-stealing role in the 2017 crime classic The Outlaws .

He shot to global fame as the husband with a heart of gold in Train to Busan , where his final sacrifice broke the internet. But before he was fighting zombies, he was the undisputed king of the Korean crime genre. In The Outlaws , Lee plays Ma Seok-do , a detective in Seoul’s Chinatown. But here is the twist: Ma Seok-do doesn't act like a cop. He acts like a mob boss.