The Secret Reunion

Song Kang Ho movies are generally good because he is so watchable. He has a good enough rapport with younger actor Gang Dong Won who looks tortured enough as N Korean agent with a heart. It's watchable to see how they bond and come to help each other. As always with these North South movies there is a bond of reconciliation. The plot is quite clear and neartly constructed if predictable. I liked the tone is fairly comic and doesn't take itself too seriously.

I watched this film in theaters at AMC with some of my relatives, and I must say it was pretty entertaining. Now did it beat my expectations? That I would have to say no, but I still enjoyed this film and was worth watching it on the big screen. I don't really like the actor Kang-ho Song he seems to play the same obnoxious and very uncool character in just about every movie he is in so far but I must say he fit right in with his character. He plays a agent of the National Intelligence Service. Kang Dong-won did a alright job playing the North Korean spy although he was more of a way to get younger teens to go watch the movie. Lot of the entertainment comes from both character acting all buddy buddy at first just so they can dig at one another for information, and also enjoyed there awkward bonding later on. This isn't one of those groundbreaking movies from Korea or anything, but it was well worth the time to watch.

7.8/10

Nice scenario, about spying and relationship between South and North Korea. Not a spy movie though, human-oriented instead.

Not really exciting compared to other South Korean masterpieces. But entertaining and appealing.

I love the movie concept how it shows the brotherhood and Partnership in it. It is likely impossible to think about a bonding between North Korean Spy and South Korean NSI agent, however I amazed by the way this movie beautifully shown this. Not only about agent spy things but also family bondings, relationship, longings for their family are shown. The actions are amazing and comedy scenes are few but these are enough to make anyone laugh. I can say, it is combination of spy agent, comedy movie.

Bromantic thriller involving sleeper agents tasked with silencing North Korean defectors. Well-made but mostly by the numbers plot enlivened by Korean favorite Song Kang-Ho (The Host, Memories of Murder) acting among weaker supporting characters. Some nice action scenes with co-lead Kang Dong-won keep things moving at a brisk enough pace. Story doesn't aim very high and wraps with a finish that's a little too tidy, despite the two hour runtime.

Forgettable but ultimately fun, probably for Korean thriller fans only. Jang Hoon also directed the similarly competent Korean War drama The Front Line (2011).