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Confidential Assignment

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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).

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Justin Lowe The Hollywood Reporter 01/27/2017
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. Go to Full Review Panos Kotzathanasis Asian Movie Pulse 12/25/2019
"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. Go to Full Review Edmund Lee South China Morning Post 03/01/2017
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. Go to Full Review David Noh Film Journal International 01/26/2017
This adrenaline-filled cop caper, featuring an unlikely Mutt-and-Jeff pair from two Koreas, delivers solid entertainment and lovable characters. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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william d @acsdoug 10/14/2022 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. See more Federico 09/10/2022 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. See more 05/17/2020 Very good action and extremely good plot. See more 07/28/2019 Im Yoona!! 2019-01-30 See more 06/02/2019 Enough to watch. Comedy.. Buddy movie, and these two actors are so great. See more 06/28/2017 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. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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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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Movie Info

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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