Mission: Cross

While action dramas are not my favorite genre, I do occasionally enjoy them for a change of pace and this film filled the niche nicely. I really enjoyed the plot line - it has some good twists that are well set up by the previous story-line (I hate plot twists that are set up via misleading scenes and fortunately, this show doesn't stoop to that level).

I thought the action scenes were very well played except for the climactic scene which did go for the cannon fodder trope (having masses of enemy combatants blindly run thru doors or around corners so they can be mowed down by the protagonists). I'll give them a pass on it since it was at the end and thus did not detract from the rest of the show.

I really enjoyed the nuanced humor that was interspersed within the more series aspects of the show and I thoroughly enjoyed the dynamic between the two leads, Hwang Jung-min and Yum Jung-ah. Their interactions as a married couple was fun to watch.

Well worth the 100 minute run time.

A tough female cop is married to a house husband who secretly turns out to be an agent with skills. When he is lured out of his retirement to help rescue another colleague. His actions overlap with his wife's investigatio. The story is fast actually too fast. It is not confusing just if they had slowed things down now and then I would have understood the jokes better.

The action sequences are inventive and original and funny. Generally the humor is quite good with some laugh out loud moments amidst the fighting and shooting. Hwang Jung Min is versatile and adept at comedy. Look out for a homage to his other roles.

MISSION: CROSS is kind of the Korean version of MR & MRS SMITH, following the story of an unhappily married suburban couple. The wife is a top police officer while the husband stays at home and runs the place, but of course he holds some secrets too and eventually the characters collide in a typical spy/action/suspense plotline. I found this one a bit of a disappointment as although the action is okay, it's too mannered and hyper-stylised to really work. Hwang Jang Min is a reliable screen presence but the actress playing his wife overacts horrible and the repeatedly forays into slow motion just look silly. It's an entirely forgettable action comedy.

I love this very star studded movie bought by netflix !! Its very entertanining hilarious me and my wife are laughing so hard .. feel good movie with some tough of western style spy or CIA thingy .. but its good writing this review while on my smoke break we havent finished the movie yet but im rating it now to be first person to rate this.. so far we are enjoying this too much .. that we have to pause while we go the comfort room or have a smoke .. very entertaining with likeable actors and very famous korean actors .. watch and enjoy it you will have a good luaGH WATCH IT WITH YOUR PARTNER to enjoy it.

That enjoyment is largely drawn from the relationship between the married couple at the centre of this drama. Their misadventures provide plenty of room for sparky dialogue amid a journey of mutual discovery.

The action that otherwise dominates the film is well-staged but not remotely believable. So if you like slick action it might do it for you. If, like me, action gains from emotional investment in the plight of those involved or a sense of palpable threat, then you will gain less pleasure from the shootings and explosions.

But I did still enjoy the husband and wife in the middle of it all.