Ak-ui yeon-dae-gi

Must be airing in Netflix. This Original better than remake. Solid script. See other side of Park Seo Joon... his acting. Hyun Joo and Ma Dong Seok too ... Captain Choi: It's easy to be kind, but hart to be fair...

Randomly came upon this movie and I have to say this was a great movie that I was totally not expecting in terms of the quality of this story. There are more than one twist and you have to watch till the end to experience this uniquely interesting story.

I've seen cops, gangsters, thriller, action etc Korean movies and generally get a good feel about the movie with few surprises here and there. But I have to say this movie took another step.

Watch it and you will know what I mean and I am pretty sure you will enjoy it even if you are not a fan of Korean movies. This is a good solid movie worth spending couple of hours.

Just when you think you've got the story figured out, everything flips and those who, till then displayed the most innocence and integrity become the driving narrative - the evil. Meanwhile, the overtly self-serving character shines with a good albeit misguided heart in the end. Incidentally, this was the first pairing of Park Seo-joon and Son Hyeon-ju; they would team up later in Itaewon Class as father and son, reprising the flavour of the relationship they seemed to have in this film.

I love the twists in Korean movies. They are obvious once you know them, but the whole trick is that you would have never guessed that this is the way it is going to happen. Here we are given many clues and still it isn't until the very end when everything becomes clear. I was positively surprised by Hyeon-ju Son playing the main character. I watched him at the same time in The Phone (2015) and thought here his role was much better. The movie is a nice introduction to Seo-Joon Park, who is recently becoming quite popular. If you liked him go and check 'Midnight Runners'.

Another fun Korean cop thriller in which a corrupt cop finds himself caught in a devious, ever-tightening trap. There are stylistic similarities to genre classics like A HARD DAY and that '80s classic NO WAY OUT, but this one manages to plough its own furrow. The film benefits from the usual high quality production values we associate with Korean cinema, and delivers plenty of narrative in the running time. The protagonist is realistic rather than sympathetic, although you do get a winning turn from Ma Dong-seok, on the cusp of super stardom. Despite the familiarity of the story there's some good tension here and a twist ending that genuinely surprises.