Shiri

Original title: Swiri

1999
12
2h 5m

IMDb RATING

6.5/10

8.8K

YOUR RATING

Home Video Trailer from Columbia Pictures

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Action Thriller

South Korean agents Ryu and Lee are tracking a female assassin from North Korea who has mysteriously disappeared. With new killings and the theft of a deadly bomb, time is running out to cat... Read allSouth Korean agents Ryu and Lee are tracking a female assassin from North Korea who has mysteriously disappeared. With new killings and the theft of a deadly bomb, time is running out to catch her.South Korean agents Ryu and Lee are tracking a female assassin from North Korea who has mysteriously disappeared. With new killings and the theft of a deadly bomb, time is running out to catch her.

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IMDb RATING

6.5/10

8.8K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 13 wins & 9 nominations total

Myung-hyun Lee
(as Yoon-jin Kim)
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Song Kang-ho

Jang-gil Lee

Johnny Kim

Dae-Ho Jung
(as Derek Kim)

Yu Ha-bok

Jang Hyun-sung

Special Investigation Team
(as Jang Hyeong-seong)

Eoh Seong-shik

Director
- Kang Je-kyu
Writer
- Kang Je-kyu
All cast & crew
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Trivia
Swiri was the first Hollywood-style big-budget blockbuster to be produced in the "new" Korean film industry. This was due to South Korea's major economic boom that occurred in late 90's.

Goofs
The CTX convoy is shown driving to the right, including throughout the tunnel just before the ambush, but then it suddenly switches to the left side of the stripe when stopping at the checkpoint.

Alternate versions
One scene was removed by the director from the 2 disc Korean special edition DVD: whilst running away with Hee, Park murders a Police Officer by spike through the heart. This cut was made because the murder did not make any sense during the scene before and immediately after. It is included in the deleted scenes section on the second disc.

Connections
Referenced in Bat sei ching mai (2001)

Soundtracks
When I Dream
Written by 'Sandy Mason Theortet'
Performed by Carol Kidd

User reviews93

Featured review

7/10

Excellent action and violent Korean film

It's a cool movie . From the beginning until the end the action is unstoppable .

The flick talks upon a counter-terrorism outfit that has to fight against a murderous terrorist group who creates terror by means of an explosive liquid with the aim to blow up a soccer stadium and getting the unification Korea .

The movie has a John Woo style , there are amount of shoot-outs, frenetic action and running men while they are shooting .

The film blends action-packed , rip-roaring , a love story , betrayal , drama , violence and is quite entertaining .

The movie will appeal to action lovers and Hong Kong films buffs , it's very spectacular , it's an exciting film for adrenaline lovers .

Rating : 7/10 , good .