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Detective K

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Detective K

2011

1h 55m

Comedy

Crime

Drama

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The king orders Joseon's top detective (Kim Myung-min) to investigate mysterious murders. As he goes under cover he teams up with an influential businesswoman and they uncover disturbing secrets that link the murders to a massive conspiracy.

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Anton Bitel

Sight & Sound

a delirious riot of odd-couple humour, political conspiracy, monster mayhem, over-the-top action and eighteenth-century detective work (complete with semi-anachronistic appearances of porn magazines, flashlights and even a Rubik's cube).

Dec 8, 2011

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Robert Abele

Los Angeles Times

A slapdash mixture of comedy, mystery, action and historical drama that proves diverting in spots but mostly exhausts with its genre-jumping restlessness.

Rated: 2.5/5

Mar 3, 2011

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Ernest Hardy

L.A. Weekly

Kim Suk-yoon becomes so heavy-handed in handling the issue of Christianity that the film winds up an infomercial for the religion, complete with syrupy strings playing on the soundtrack as poor believers are beaten by soldiers.

Mar 3, 2011

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A hyperactive Korean comedy thriller with action packed sequences unravelling at a frenzied pace which makes the story seem incredibly confusing and the film as a whole very clumsy.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/24/23

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This movie is really good. Worth your time watching. Very funny.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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Have been watching some Asian detective stories and came across this one at the rental store. It attempts at being humorous and serious at the same. The action sequence are no problem but the plot just has too many holes in them that it seems ridiculous and not funny. And the story just too predictable. Turn it off half way through the movie.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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really nice and funny!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/18/23

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Audience Member

Not as polished, flamboyant nor lavish as his chinese colleague D(ee), in the comedy-mistery arena Detective D defends well himself as yet another asian answer to Sherlock Holmes. Korea popular cinema found a kitsh, sometimes silly, but fresh way to wuxia with a cartooney, almost comicbook style .

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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The trailers sold this as a comedic martial arts romp, but it was more of a drama with a little comedy mixed in. Screened at CGV Cinemas in Koreatown, LA.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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Han Ji-min

Han Gaek-Joo

Lee Jae-yong

Minister Lim

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Synopsis

The king orders Joseon's top detective (Kim Myung-min) to investigate mysterious murders. As he goes under cover he teams up with an influential businesswoman and they uncover disturbing secrets that link the murders to a massive conspiracy.

Director: Seok-yun Kim
Producer: Jo Gwang-soo Kim
Screenwriter: Lee Nam-Gyoo
Production Co: Bakugan Zoobles Comics, Showbox/Mediaplex, Generation Blue Films, DMZ Comics, WithUs Films
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Original Language: Korean
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 31, 2020
Runtime: 1h 55m

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