Ak-ui yeon-dae-gi
- 2015
- 1h 42m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
2.5K
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A decorated detective involved in a taxi driver's death realizes he is caught in a trap and must untangle past mistakes to figure out why he was targeted in the first place.A decorated detective involved in a taxi driver's death realizes he is caught in a trap and must untangle past mistakes to figure out why he was targeted in the first place.A decorated detective involved in a taxi driver's death realizes he is caught in a trap and must untangle past mistakes to figure out why he was targeted in the first place.
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- 1 win & 6 nominations total
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The story revolves around the cop who killed a unknown man for self-defense during a murder attempt, trying to connect the mystery behind the murder attempt . The performances of lead actors are fine. The biggest strengths of the movie are well crafted screenplay and unexpected twist in climax.
The way they solving the mystery behind the series of events is very impressive.
The emotional connect shown in climax of the movie is worked really well
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.
Valuable for our time. This film keeps the audience engaged throughout the end with a mystery. The expected the unexpected twist was really awesome. An huge advantage of this film was, it can be seen by any age sort of people because there was no any adult content. A good entertainer in this pandemic situation. Don't miss this film.
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.
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.
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'.
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- Chronicles of Evil
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $105,057
- Gross worldwide
- $15,460,494
- Runtime
- 1h 42m(102 min)
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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