Hunt

2022

2h 11m

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6.7/10

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After a high-ranking North Korean official requests asylum, KCIA Foreign Unit chief Park Pyong-ho and Domestic Unit chief Kim Jung-do are tasked with uncovering a North Korean spy, known as Donglim, who is deeply embedded within their agency. When the spy begins leaking top secret intel that could jeopardize national security, the two units are each assigned to investigate each other.

Directors

Lee Jung-jae

Writers

Lee Jung-jae(writer by)

Jo Seung-hee(writer by)

Lee Young-jong(adaptation by)

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Lee Jung-jae

Jung Woo-sung

Jeon Hye-jin

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Park Pyong-ho

Kim Jung-do

Bang Ju-kyung

Jang Chul-sung

Cho Yoo-jung

Director Ahn

Yang Bo-sung

Transposer

Chun Bo-san

Pyo Dong-ho

Director Kang

Lieutenant Ri

Cho Won-sik

CEO Choi

Jung-do's Wife

Security Command Investigator

Jeong Seong-mo

General Kim Soon-sik

Paul Battle

CIA Chief of East Asia

Directors

Lee Jung-jae

Writers

Lee Jung-jae(writer by)

Jo Seung-hee(writer by)

Lee Young-jong(adaptation by)

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7/10

Hunt is a fictionalised tale, based in a very dark period, of South Korea's recent history. Superficially, Hunt is an espionage tale but, more than that, its true core theme, examines the price of becoming locked into a system that is cruel and dehumanising. In this case, a dictatorial, South Korean, military government, that came to power in the 1980's, off the back of a bloody coup d'etat. The main characters, in their own way, try to minimise the suffering and death of ordinary people but the cycle is unbreakable and inevitably, any attempt to end suffering and death always leads to more. This is because the system of government itself, in North and South Korea, is broken and dictatorial. There's a lot of pretty gut wrenching violence and scenes of torture, in this film. As participants, willing or otherwise, its impossible to like any of the main characters. That said, you can empathise with their efforts, to try and put an end to the soul destroying system, they find themselves trapped within. In summary, well acted, unrelentingly cruel and violent, fast paced, with a sophisticated, underlying message, about the price of being part of a system of dehumanising tyranny.

MovieGuys17 Nov, 2022