2019 · comedy · action · korean
Extreme Job
Directed by Lee Byeong-heon1h 51m2019
A drug squad attempts to take down a criminal organization and they must go undercover to do so, so they begin working at a chicken restaurant, that becomes famous for its delicious chicken. Due to the unexpected popularity, the detectives find themselves in a situation they never expected.
Our read: Extreme Job (2019) reads as a cosy, breathless, grounded comedy · action · korean entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, breathless, measured comedy / action, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, measured.
- cosy
- kinetic
- funny
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