Confidential Assignment

Name: Confidential Assignment
Genre: Action, Drama, Comedy
Released: January 27, 2017
Duration: 125 min

2017

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CJ Entertainment | Release Date: January 27, 2017 | Not Rated

Summary: North Korean detective Im Chul-Ryung (Hyun-Bin) is sent to South Korea to catch Cha Ki-Sung (Kim Joo-hyuk). Cha Ki-Sung is the boss of a North Korean refugee crime organization. There, Im Chul-Ryung cooperates with South Korean detective Kang Jin-Tae (Yoo Hae-Jin). For the first time, the two countries cooperate to take down a criminal. [CJNorth Korean detective Im Chul-Ryung (Hyun-Bin) is sent to South Korea to catch Cha Ki-Sung (Kim Joo-hyuk). Cha Ki-Sung is the boss of a North Korean refugee crime organization. There, Im Chul-Ryung cooperates with South Korean detective Kang Jin-Tae (Yoo Hae-Jin). For the first time, the two countries cooperate to take down a criminal. [CJ Entertainment]… Expand

Director: Seong-hoon Kim

Genre(s): Action, Drama, Comedy

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 125 min

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Michael Rechtshaffen

Jan 27, 2017

South Korean filmmaker Kim Sung-hoon has clearly done his homework while injecting the action sequences with a terrific kinetic energy. Read full review

Justin Lowe

Jan 27, 2017

Kim keeps the action sequences tightly focused, particularly in the tense opening segment, but tends to let dramatic scenes go on for too long after they’ve conveyed their point. Read full review

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oneofjw

Nov 26, 2022

I like it. Its mindless fun. Nobody should take these kinds of movies seriously.

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JLuis_001

Aug 4, 2019

It lacks originality and only aims to entertain a while and although that is not a bad thing, this is risk-free entertainment that never tries to go beyond or a bit deeper.

At first it looked like a more serious film but that fades quickly and the predictable formula of buddy cops runsIt lacks originality and only aims to entertain a while and although that is not a bad thing, this is risk-free entertainment that never tries to go beyond or a bit deeper.

At first it looked like a more serious film but that fades quickly and the predictable formula of buddy cops runs immediately, even feeling very similar at times to Rush Hour and although their chemistry feels somewhat forced they manage to hold the film for most of its execution.
The problem is that it never becomes as funny as you would expect or as exciting as it think it is.

A simple entertainment of South Korean cinema.… Expand

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