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6.8/10 • 30

2023-08-022h 12m

DramaThriller

Two men. Bag of money. No support.

In Beirut 1986, during the Lebanese civil war a Korean diplomat is taken hostage without a trace. Two years pass and long forgotten, a young diplomat Min-jun receives a phone call proving that the hostage is still alive. With the given mission, Min-jun is sent to Beirut to save the hostage with a bag of ransom money.

Directors
Kim Seong-hun
Writters
Kim Jung-youn, Yeo Mi-jeong
Editors
Kim Jung-youn, Kim Chang-ju

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Ha Jung-woo

    Ha Jung-woo

    Lee Min-jun

  2. Ju Ji-hoon

    Ju Ji-hoon

    Kim Pan-su

  3. Lim Hyung-kook

    Lim Hyung-kook

    Oh Jae-seok

  4. Kim Eung-soo

    Kim Eung-soo

    Director

  5. Kim Jong-soo

    Kim Jong-soo

    Minister Choi

  6. Park Hyeok-kwon

    Park Hyeok-kwon

    Manager Park

  7. Yoo Seung-mok

    Yoo Seung-mok

    Vice-minister Lee

  8. Jang So-yeon

    Jang So-yeon

    Jae-seok's Wife

  9. Choi Jung-woo

    Choi Jung-woo

    Chief secretary

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CinemaSerf

Aug 24, 2023

7/10

When a Korean diplomat is kidnapped in war-torn Lebanon, his government is conflicted about paying his ransom demand. It falls to "Min-joon" (Ha Jung-woo) to travel there and execute quite a complex plan to extricate their citizen and stay one step ahead of the warlords and the authorities who all want a share of his rather valuable luggage! Luckily, his airport-escaping antics find him in the back of the taxi driven by "Pan-soo" (Ju Ji-hoon). Now this fellow just happens to be a Korean ex-pat, he's also a slightly dubious character who can think on his feet, and who has had dealings with their government in the past. What now ensues is quite an engaging series of adventures as the pair face more and more perilous tasks trying to stay alive and rescue "Mr Oh"! It is too long, and at times it drags a little - but director Seong Hun Kim manages to create one of the more authentic looking desert adventures featuring loads of gunfire, some rabid dogs, a fun car chase down an alleyway and I found this to be way more watchable than some more recent, bigger budget, action films with Hollywood stars atop them. It's a fun watch this, with a good dynamic between the two men on their quest; the script is occasionally quite funny and the whole thing has a sort of light-heartedness to it that I quite enjoyed. Based on a true story, too - who'd be an emissary?

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Status
Released
Original Language
Korean
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
diplomattaxi driverrescue mission1980slebanon