The protagonist of ‘The Squid Game’ makes his directorial debut with this film about an assassinated president and an infiltrated spy to catch.
In John le Carré’s ‘The Mole’, George Smiley, the fictional spy who best understood the mystery of human behavior, defined treason as a matter of habit. Well, this electric yet unbalanced thriller is about moles, betrayals and spies, which represents the directorial debut of actor Lee Jung-jae, the protagonist of ‘The Squid Game’. Electric, basically because it doesn’t let up, making evident the influence of action movies made in Hong Kong with lucky directorial decisions in those portentous action scenes that go beyond simply placing the camera and that’s it.
However, the script is not up to par. Beyond the continuous plot twists, an intrinsic element to this type of story and accepted as one accepts squid as a companion animal, the script conveys a certain confusion in some parts of the story, which advances like a runaway horse, with little transitions. clear and sowing confusion in a viewer in need of some context. However, if going downhill and no brakes is your thing, fasten your seatbelts, because ‘Hunt. Hunt the spy ‘is his film.
For addicts to spy thrillers that don’t give up.
DATA SHEET
Direction: Lee Jung Jae Distribution: Lee Jung-jae, Jung Woo-sung, Heo Sung-tae, Jeon Hye-jin, Jeong Man-shik, Go Youn-jung Country: South Korea Year: 2022 Release date: 4–1-2023 Gender: thriller Script: Lee Jung Jae Duration: 125 min.
Synopsis: South Korea, 1980. After the assassination of President Park by the Korean intelligence agency, the army once again seizes power. North Korea sees this as an opportunity for a future invasion and sends one of its spies. Two senior officials of South Korean security have the mission of chasing the infiltrator. Thus begins a terrifying race against time.
Source: Fotogramas
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