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Extreme Job

Original title: Geukhanjikeob
  • 2019
  • 1h 51m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
15K
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Ryu Seung-ryong, Lee Hanee, Jin Seon-kyu, Lee Dong-hwi, and Gong Myoung in Extreme Job (2019)
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A police undercover operation takes a delicious, unexpected turn.A police undercover operation takes a delicious, unexpected turn.A police undercover operation takes a delicious, unexpected turn.

  • Director
    • Lee Byeong-heon
  • Writer
    • Bae Se-yeong
  • Stars
    • Ryu Seung-ryong
    • Lee Hanee
    • Jin Seon-kyu
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.1/10
    15K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Lee Byeong-heon
    • Writer
      • Bae Se-yeong
    • Stars
      • Ryu Seung-ryong
      • Lee Hanee
      • Jin Seon-kyu
    • 64User reviews
    • 44Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 11 wins & 27 nominations total

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    Ryu Seung-ryong
    Ryu Seung-ryong
    • Captain Ko
    Lee Hanee
    Lee Hanee
    • Detective Jang
    Jin Seon-kyu
    Jin Seon-kyu
    • Detective Ma
    Lee Dong-hwi
    Lee Dong-hwi
    • Young-ho
    Gong Myoung
    Gong Myoung
    • Jae-hoon
    Shin Ha-kyun
    Shin Ha-kyun
    • Lee Moo-bae
    Oh Jung-se
    Oh Jung-se
    • Ted Chang
    Kim Eui-sung
    Kim Eui-sung
    • Police superintendent
    Song Young-kyu
    Song Young-kyu
    • Captain Choi
    Yang Hyun-min
    Yang Hyun-min
    • Hong Sang-pil
    Heo Joon-seok
    Heo Joon-seok
    • General Manager Jung
    Jang Jin-hee
    • Sun-hee
    Kim Jong-soo
    Kim Jong-soo
    • Chicken restaurant owner
    Lee Joong-ok
    Lee Joong-ok
    • Hwan-dong
    Jun-ho Cheon
    Na Chul
    Na Chul
    • Ansan branch gang member
    Lee Dong-yong
    Lee Dong-yong
    • Nail salon mahjong man 1
    Jeong Jae-kwang
    Jeong Jae-kwang
    • Gungpyeong Port uniformed police
    • Director
      • Lee Byeong-heon
    • Writer
      • Bae Se-yeong
    • All cast & crew
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    User reviews64

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    9Moreme_NB

    Hilarious

    It is comedy but also packed in action. If you're not person that so into Korean movies, you might experience effort to adapt with Korean accent and gesture. But after 15 minutes you would get there for no doubt. Thumbs up for all actors and director.

    Somehow it touched me by one scene when original sound track from legendary A Better Tomorrow was in it. I laughed alone since I guess none of other spectators in theater aware of it.

    Again, everyone is perfectly in the right place to produce this movie.
    8growns_up

    Ocean's 11 Korean style

    This movie has plenty of twists and turns...and does not disappoint. I suspected a lot of things halfway through because I've come to expect it of these types of movies but I still enjoyed it. What's more interesting is the actors that I keep seeing pop up in varying roles. For instance I'd just seen one of the actors as a very chillingly convincing serial killer and another as a contract killer/cop and both were very different in this film. Love the variety! Overall this movie has a good mix of comedy, mystery, drama and suspense.
    8miho-dae

    Can't stop to laugh

    This buddy cop movies is not just awesome at comedy, but best at fight scene too. Trust me, it will not disappoint you.
    8alisonc-1

    Bonkers Undercover Caper

    Captain Ko (Ryu Seung-ryong) leads a ragtag team of undercover narcotics officers, who have the reputation of bungling the simplest job. They have been trying for ages to catch a big drug lord, and when they discover that he and his gang are staying across the street from a chicken joint about to go out of business because there are never any customers, they take over the restaurant with the aim of spying on the kingpin and, hopefully, bringing him down. Unfortunately, the chicken that they cook is a massive hit and soon they have no time at all to spy because they're busy serving an unending stream of customers. Are they really so competent in cooking chicken when they're so incompetent of cops? Do they need to reconsider their career choices? Only time will tell....

    This is a very funny movie, full of good humor, sight gags and, of course, lots and lots of staged fights between the heroes and the bad guys. Some of those are so over-the-top that it feels perfectly right to throw in a little music of the spaghetti western variety - fits right in! My only quibble is that during the fight scenes, the director (Lee Byeong-heon) chose to use the wobbly camera method, which always tends to irritate my eyes; otherwise, it's not surprising that this is a big hit in its home country, or (on the negative side) that a Hollywood remake is already in the works!
    8Misss25

    Hilarious!!

    I watched the movie with my cousins at the midnight , truly speaking, we laughed so loud that we woke up almost all the family members. It wasn't the end, it happened again and again :3 This movie is a perfect mixture of Comedy, Crime, and Action. The storyline was prettyy good, cant compliant. The artists did a fabulous job. I loved the ending action scene most, though I really can't call it action scene as it was the funnest moments of the entire movie.

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    Leslie Nielsen in The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
    Slapstick
    Bruce Willis in Die Hard (1988)
    Action
    Will Ferrell in Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
    Comedy
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    Crime

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    • Trivia
      "Extreme Job," from South Korea, and "Lobster Cop," from China, share similar stories and tones as they are based on a script written by the South Korean writer Choong-Il Moon. The script won a contest held in South Korea in 2014 by the Korea Creative Content Agency. As part of their global marketing strategy, the agency formed partnerships with other countries such as China, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam, which is why there's also Vietnamese version of Extreme Job, titled "Nghe Sieu De" or "Extremely Easy Job."
    • Connections
      Featured in Class of Lies: The Chauffeur (2019)

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    • Release date
      • June 21, 2019 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • South Korea
    • Official site
      • Official Site (Japan)
    • Languages
      • Korean
      • Mandarin
    • Also known as
      • Nghề Siêu Khó
    • Filming locations
      • Seoul, South Korea
    • Production company
      • About Film
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $1,565,885
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $42,587
      • Jan 27, 2019
    • Gross worldwide
      • $119,932,733
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 51m(111 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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