Confidential Assignment

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Confidential Assignment

2017

2h 5m

Action

Comedy

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A North Korean detective (Hyun-bin) works with his South Korean counterpart (Yoo Hae-jin) to take down a crime boss (Kim Joo-hyuk).

Justin Lowe

The Hollywood Reporter

Jan 27, 2017

Essentially tacking on a drawn-out fourth act after the 90-minute point, the film feels needlessly overblown by the time it hits the two-hour mark.

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Panos Kotzathanasis

Asian Movie Pulse

Dec 25, 2019

"Confidential Assignment" may not be particularly original, but is an impressive, funny, and very stylish action comedy that is bound to entertain its audience, particularly the ones who enjoy Hollywood blockbusters.

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Edmund Lee

South China Morning Post

Mar 1, 2017

3.5/5

Its narrative makes little sense, but the film is so entertaining audiences will overlook its ludicrous plotting and identify with the protagonists.

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David Noh

Film Journal International

Jan 26, 2017

This adrenaline-filled cop caper, featuring an unlikely Mutt-and-Jeff pair from two Koreas, delivers solid entertainment and lovable characters.

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william d

@acsdoug Oct 14, 2022

The story is pretty formulaic: taciturn, humorless super cop partners with loquacious, good natured doofus cop to catch a killer loose in the city and much violence ensues. However, the movie is rather well done, Kim Joo-hyuk is an excellent villain, and there are even a few laughs. Despite some preposterous moments here and there it's worth a watch.

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Federico

Sep 10, 2022

So much fun. I was afraid they were going for a western feel to this film, but it stays true to K cinema and the unique cultural traits only found there. Loved every minute of this.

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May 17, 2020

Very good action and extremely good plot.

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Jul 28, 2019

Im Yoona!! 2019-01-30

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Jun 2, 2019

Enough to watch. Comedy.. Buddy movie, and these two actors are so great.

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Jun 28, 2017

Awesome action scenes to the point to wonder is storyline was built around action scenes rather than the other around. The movie would have been fine without adding the twist at the end.

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Kim Seong-hun

Director

Hyun-bin

Im Cheolryeong

Kim Joo-hyuk

Cha Giseong

Yoo Hae-jin

Kang Jin-tae

Yoona

Park Minyeong

Jang Young-nam

Park Soyeon

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Synopsis

A North Korean detective (Hyun-bin) works with his South Korean counterpart (Yoo Hae-jin) to take down a crime boss (Kim Joo-hyuk).

Director: Kim Seong-hun
Producer: Yoon Je-kyoon
Screenwriter: Yoon Hyeon-ho
Distributor: CJ Entertainment
Production Co: HB Entertainment, CJ ENM, JK Film
Genre: Action, Comedy
Original Language: Korean
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 3, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 11, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $472.8K
Runtime: 2h 5m

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