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.
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Extreme Job is a refreshing breather from reality and emotionally heavy content dominating the industry.
Genuinely funny and entertaining- although utterly ridiuclous, the humour is well-executed with a charming ensemble cast. The characters, the direction, the climax, and the conflict come together flawlessly creating this unique film.
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.
I watched it twice and surely would watch it again.
Characters are very Manga like and so fun to watch them do anything.
I just hope the dialogues are well translated to be able to pass the comedy to international audience. I suppose that's pretty challenging.
Good Korean movie to enjoy with all audience.
And I hope you have fried chicken on your table while watching this.
Characters are very Manga like and so fun to watch them do anything.
I just hope the dialogues are well translated to be able to pass the comedy to international audience. I suppose that's pretty challenging.
Good Korean movie to enjoy with all audience.
And I hope you have fried chicken on your table while watching this.
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!
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!
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.
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.
Did you know
- 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."
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- Also known as
- Nghề Siêu Khó
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,565,885
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $42,587
- Jan 27, 2019
- Gross worldwide
- $119,932,733
- Runtime
- 1h 51m(111 min)
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- 2.35 : 1
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