Confidential Assignment

2017 • 124 minutes

About this movie

North Korean detective Lim Cheol-ryung (Hyun Bin) lost his wife and unit when his superior Cpt. Cha (Kim Joo-hyuk) betrayed him in order to steal engraving plates that print U.S. counterfeit bills. He joins a delegation to South Korea after learning that Cha has defected there. South Korean detective Kang (Yoo Hae-jin) is assigned to the covert joint investigation in order to find Cha, but he’s only told that Cha is a simple murderer and nothing more. The South Korean Intelligence Agency believes that there is an ulterior motive behind finding Cha and asks Kang to interfere with the investigation until they can find out what’s really going on.

Ratings and reviews

When I saw the previews I knew I had to watch this movie. It's hilarious at first, and the comedic timing is fantastic. Then there's drama, romance, stunts action sincerity and friendship. It's a little bit long, and the plot is far fetched, but worth it. I like that the weaker lazier cop turns out to be brave too. I am a picky viewer and this movie was great. The actors are great, the story is over the top, but just enjoy and go with it and you'll love this movie. The Korean Lethal Weapon 1.

The best Korean movie I have ever watched. Of course, it had Hyun Bin in it. That might have had something to do with it. Loved the action scenes!!! They were DAEBAK!

Hollywood A-movie quality! The action scenes and comedic scenes are the best!