Fun movie!
STORY:The story doesn't shine because of its complexity and depth. It is a straightforward spy movie with a simple plot involving many spies and thugs and other gangsters. It is an action packed buddy movie very fast paced but you don't feel like it is missing something. The pace is good and events are unexpected, fun and entertaining.
ACTORS/CHARACTERS:
The main quality of the movie is the numerous characters who allways bring something to the movie, most of the time something funny or a good fighting scene. The main couple is the best of them. Their good chemistry reminded me of Mr and Mrs Smith.
I have watched Kim Young Kwang in the Secret life of my Secretary, Go Ho's starry night and On our wedding day. I feel like he is always the same dumb but caring character who finally does the right thing. Here he had a particular set of skills which gave him a nice dimension. He can be an action hero (anti hero).
First time watching Lee Sun Bin in a lead role. She was surprisingly good.
OST: Nothing special. It supported well the action scene.
REWATCH VALUE: Yes, for the jokes, the fun and the fighting scenes, in particular the last one.
OVERALL: The movie does the job at entertaining the audience. It looks a pretty success in South Korea and there is possibility to make sequels. Highly recommended especially if you like action packed and comedy in movies.
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Nice action scenes and nice comedy, both in balance
Honestly, I went into this movie just based on its tags: action, comedy and it delivered what it said it will. I laughed, and I got a good deal of action scenes. There are some plot twists here and there which was nice. Overall, if you want to watch a movie to relax and enjoy and feel good, this is the perfect choice.I didn't really liked Kim Young Kwang in the only drama I've seen from him (my secret secretary) (completely personal, his acting was good and I liked the show. but I just didn't like the character he played that much) and I think this goofy action type is a better match for him.
I really want to see a second movie with this cast and I think the storyline has the potential for the second movie. And I hope in the second movie we see Lee Sun Bin having a more active role. I feel like her role was a little bit inferior to Kim Young Kwang, and it wasn't very clear whatever she was a rookie or a skilled agent.
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Simpatica commedia action
Il film è una simpatica commedia action senza grandi pretese.La storia non è originalissima, ma non scade mai nel banale, Kim Hyung Joo che scrive e dirige la pellicola è riuscito ad alternare momenti da classica commedia a momenti action equilibrandoli abbastanza bene, senza dimenticare il lato pseudo drammatico del passato del protagonista.
La main lead couple inizialmente mi aveva lasciato un po' perplessa, ma invece risulta avere una bella chimica anche nelle scene di azione, Lee Sun Bin l'avevo già vista in altre produzioni precedenti, anche Kim Young Kwan mi ha convinto rendendo nel ruolo del finto idiota. Ho molto apprezzato che non ci fossero implicazioni amorose tra i due se non per qualche accenno, il mood della storia non ne aveva bisogno.
La storia getta le basi per un eventuale sequel che vedrei molto volentieri.
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