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A decorated detective involved in a taxi driver's death realizes he is caught in a trap and must untangle past mistakes to figure out why he was targeted in the first place.A decorated detective involved in a taxi driver's death realizes he is caught in a trap and must untangle past mistakes to figure out why he was targeted in the first place.A decorated detective involved in a taxi driver's death realizes he is caught in a trap and must untangle past mistakes to figure out why he was targeted in the first place.
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The movie starts with assassinator trying to kill Choi who is the best police officer of the town. To save his ownself, he killed the assassinator. He removes all the prints and evidences and leaves the place. Next morning everyone finds a dead body hanging on the crane in front of the police station. Where the chief officer is pressing him to solve the case, he is hiding evidences against himself. At the point, he remember a case where four officers worked together and all are dead except him. He starting digging things more and more and find himself more entangle in this more. On the other hand, office officers get the video evidence of his murdering. What did the four officer do? Who is behind all this?
Personally, I loved it. It is quite interesting from starting to ending. It is hard to not keep on eye in it. I really didn't predict the last twist and the framing with a crime was mindblowing.
Personally, I loved it. It is quite interesting from starting to ending. It is hard to not keep on eye in it. I really didn't predict the last twist and the framing with a crime was mindblowing.
Another fun Korean cop thriller in which a corrupt cop finds himself caught in a devious, ever-tightening trap. There are stylistic similarities to genre classics like A HARD DAY and that '80s classic NO WAY OUT, but this one manages to plough its own furrow. The film benefits from the usual high quality production values we associate with Korean cinema, and delivers plenty of narrative in the running time. The protagonist is realistic rather than sympathetic, although you do get a winning turn from Ma Dong-seok, on the cusp of super stardom. Despite the familiarity of the story there's some good tension here and a twist ending that genuinely surprises.
The story revolves around the cop who killed a unknown man for self-defense during a murder attempt, trying to connect the mystery behind the murder attempt . The performances of lead actors are fine. The biggest strengths of the movie are well crafted screenplay and unexpected twist in climax.
The way they solving the mystery behind the series of events is very impressive.
The emotional connect shown in climax of the movie is worked really well
This thriller is actually really interesting. It is rather exciting to see the main character prevent himself from being discovered by the rest of his team. This movie starts out strong and has a good pace throughout, with the final act containing most of the action. This movie does end in a twist, and depending on how you feel, you can either go with it or completely black out. The twist is rather over the top, but it does make sense. The only issue I have is that during the final few minutes, this movie becomes a little bit too melodramatic, with characters crying, and the music becoming very sentimental and over-dramatic. This actually is something that is a trend in South Korean Action Thrillers (Example: Man From Nowhere, I saw the Devil, Taegukgi).
I love the twists in Korean movies. They are obvious once you know them, but the whole trick is that you would have never guessed that this is the way it is going to happen. Here we are given many clues and still it isn't until the very end when everything becomes clear.
I was positively surprised by Hyeon-ju Son playing the main character. I watched him at the same time in The Phone (2015) and thought here his role was much better. The movie is a nice introduction to Seo-Joon Park, who is recently becoming quite popular. If you liked him go and check 'Midnight Runners'.
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $105,057
- Gross worldwide
- $15,460,494
- Runtime
- 1h 42m(102 min)
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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