Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Lee Jung-jaePark Pyong-ho
- Jung Woo-sungKim Jung-do
- Jeon Hye-jinBang Ju-kyung
- Heo Sung-taeJang Chul-sung
- Go Youn-jungCho Yoo-jung
- Kim Jong-sooDirector Ahn
- Jeong Man-sikYang Bo-sung
- Lim Hyung-kookTransposer
- Jung Kyung-soonChun Bo-san
- Jeong Jae-seongPyo Dong-ho
Recommendations
- 80
Slashfilm
Lee does a commendable job as a first-time feature director, with a confinement sense of pace and framing that keeps "Hunt" thrilling and engaging despite its 131-minute runtime. ... Though "Hunt" does not break the spy thriller mold, it does provide plenty of thrills that should play like gangbusters. - 70
Screen Daily
The plotting may sometimes be convoluted, but the picture rolls along so forcefully that its familiar genre trappings hardly hamper the proceedings. - 70
Variety
A twisty, action-packed political thriller — one that keeps you guessing even as it spirals into ever-crazier realms. - 60
TheWrap
A dense and bloody spy thriller with enough twists, turns, double agents, defectors and buried secrets to confuse even viewers who know the geopolitical players without a scorecard. For those of us who are struggling to figure out who’s who and where their sympathies lie on the fly, it can get downright impenetrable. - 60
Total Film
At two hours and change Hunt definitely outstays its welcome, while it’s disappointing Lee has room for only two notable female characters. If you are up for some robust, relentless, blood-splattered mayhem, though, it’s well worth hunting down when it makes its way into cinemas. - 58
The Film Stage
The explosiveness and wavering intrigue and sleek blue-gray cinematography minted for a cop movie––the kind that reflects thematic consideration and well-crafted execution in matching the steeliness of its hard-nosed leads––can’t do enough to save it. - 50
IndieWire
An energetic yet hopelessly convoluted espionage thriller that doesn’t tell a story so much as it chronically bumps into one. ... Lee’s debut is little more than a chattering Pez dispenser full of plot twists. - 30
The Hollywood Reporter
What this twisty espionage thriller ... doesn’t have enough of is character depth or storytelling coherence.
