To say that the hottest star in South Korea in the past two years is Lee Jung-jae.
As the protagonist of "Squid Game", he became popular all over the world, and won the Emmy Award by the way, which was in the limelight for a while.
Acting and directing, Lee Jung-jae's ambition is not satisfied with only being a good actor, he also wants to be a good director.
Recently, he directed a new spy film with gunfights, action, explosion scenes, and very sensitive political issues, and the rating rose all the way to 7.6...
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Hunt
Douban: 7.6
South Korea, 1983.
After the assassination of President Park Chung-hee, South Korean politics descended into unprecedented chaos.
Chun Doo-hwan came to power in a military coup, imposed a repressive dictatorship, and suppressed the opposing people by force, causing social unrest.
North Korea is watching the tiger, and under the internal worries and external troubles, intelligence work is very important.
Lee Jung-jae's Park Vice Chan and Jung Yu-sung's Kim Vice Chan are the heads of agents responsible for internal and external security, respectively.
They seem to be responsible for each other, but in fact, the two are incompatible and attack each other.
On this day, during a meeting of international leaders in Washington, the South Korean president was assassinated in broad daylight at the hotel where the South Korean president was staying.
No matter how much I tracked it down afterwards, I couldn't find any clues about the assassins.
Under pressure from the Americans, South Korean intelligence could only torture an innocent teacher to extract a confession, and then push him out to be a scapegoat.
Soon after, South Korean agents prepared to infiltrate North Korea to do subversive work, but as soon as the entire team landed, it was completely annihilated by the North Korean side.
This operation obviously leaked the wind in advance.
Then, a North Korean pilot prepared to leave the north and surrender to Chengcheng, bringing with him a large number of secrets and lists.
Vice Minister Park plans to take action at an international conference in Japan to take advantage of the chaos to bring people over.
But as soon as the person arrived at the door of the car, a group of heavily armed killers suddenly rushed out and fired fiercely at the South Korean side.
The North Korean pilots directly beat them into a sieve.
At this time, the South Korean intelligence department reacted, and there were definitely undercover agents inside.
Because what was leaked was high-level secrets, it was enough to show that the level of this spy was not low.
This mysterious figure is a legendary spy sent by North Korea, codenamed "Donglin".
Everyone in the South Korean intelligence department is at risk, and Vice Minister Kim and Vice Minister Park aimed their spearheads at each other at the same time, and this struggle is endless...
During the investigation, Park was beaten to the head by a group of mysterious people, dying, and in danger,
The nemesis, Vice Commander Jin, actually saved him at the most critical moment and extended a helping hand...
The main story of "The Hunt" is the bombing in Myanmar in 1983.
In 1983, while visiting Burma, North Korean agents detonated a bomb that killed 16 people, all senior South Korean officials, including the deputy prime minister and foreign minister.
However, Quan Doo-hwan escaped because he was late.
After learning that it was a North Korean agent who assassinated him, Chun Doo-hwan wanted to return the color, but because the Olympics were to be held the following year, he gave up.
The film fictionalizes the storyline from this history, and the meaning of "The Hunt" is to assassinate the president.
The time is set in the eighties of the last century, the costume combing and furnishing props are full of reproduction nostalgia, and the mink coat of Huang Zhengmin, who came to make a cameo, is quite like a Northeast nouveau riche...
At that time, South Korea's economy grew rapidly, and after hosting the Busan Asian Games and Seoul Olympics in succession, its international status was also greatly improved.
With the help of the dividends of the times, South Korea was able to shake off the ruins of the Korean War and become an emerging power in Asia.
But beneath the surface of the glory are decades of dictatorship corruption, the monopoly of the oligarchy, and the unbridled state violence.
The mouth shouts justice, but the hands are crippled.
In the context of such an era, people cannot get out of the political vortex at all.
Minor figures like Vice Chan Park and Vice Chancellor Kim are also destined to fall victim to power struggles.
Even if they have faith and ideals, they are powerless in the face of this chaotic world.
Kill one president, the successor is more brutal, what's the point of effort and sacrifice ...
I really didn't expect that such an excellent script was actually written by Lee Jung-jae.
Lee Jung-jae, who is an actor, served as a director for the first time and also served as a screenwriter, and the overall completion of the film was very high.
As a novice director's work, it can almost give a perfect score.
The story of the movie is very tight, with constant reversals and confusing plots.
The scale has also been maintained, and the degree of absolute ban on films in different countries.
The code name "Donglin" used by the North Korean spies in the film should be from the political group "Donglin Party" formed during the Wanli period of the late Ming Dynasty and mainly based on the Jiangnan civilian system.
Koreans are quite obsessed with our history, often using the old Chinese North-South party struggle to allude to the current division of the North and South on the Korean Peninsula.
Even if you don't know much about this process of Korean democratization and don't have much empathy, you can still experience the excellence of "The Hunt" because it is a fairly high-level action film.
The plot is exciting, the reversal process is logically rigorous, and the sound and light effects of the shootout are full of presence.
Coupled with the tacit cooperation between Lee Jung-jae and Zheng Yusheng, two acting male gods (they themselves are good friends in reality), the movie "Hunting" is really worth watching, and it is recommended by four stars.