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Hunt

Name: Hunt
Director: Lee Jung-jae
Genre: Crime/detective, Thriller, Action, Drama, Mystery
Released: 2022
Duration: 2 h 5 min
Cast: Lee Jung-jae, Jung Woo-sung, Jeon Hye-jin, Heo Sung-tae, Go Youn-jung

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Crime/detective
Thriller

2022
Lee Jung-jae
125 mins
15

Summary

Spy thriller starring Lee Jung-jae and Jung Woo-sung. In the 1980s, Park Pyong-ho and Kim Jung-do are agents in different units of the Korean Intelligence Agency. After an assassination attempt on the South Korean president, the CIA warns them about the presence of a North Korean mole in their organisation. As the investigation unfolds, the two men become increasingly suspicious of one another.

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A star rating of 3 out of 5.

James Mottram

Squid Game star Lee Jung-jae fronts this propulsive, and sometimes preposterous, political action thriller set in 1980s South Korea. Lee, who also makes his directorial debut, plays a member of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency during a time of authoritarian rule. When the KCIA discovers that there is a North Korean mole in the ranks, he is entrusted to root out the spy while also being investigated by a rival agent (Jung Woo-sung). Lee shows a flair for staging intense set pieces, and the film rarely pauses for breath between street shoot-outs and car chases. Unfortunately, any subtlety becomes lost in the emphasis on fast-paced action thrills over historical insight. Character motivations are left ambiguous, especially when a subplot to assassinate the South Korean president muddies the waters. Jung and Lee are charismatic leads, but a lack of restraint prevents Hunt from fulfilling its potential.

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6.7/10