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Overview
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Director:
Writer:
Je-gyu Kang (writer)
Release Date:
13 February 1999 (South Korea)
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Plot:
North Korea's 8th Special Forces hijacks a shipment of CTX, a potent new liquid explosive, and threatens...
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Plot Keywords:
Korea
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Explosive
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Terrorist
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North Korea
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Special Agent
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Awards:
3 wins
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2 nominations
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Slick, action-packed Korean political thriller
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Cast
(Credited cast)| Suk-kyu Han | ... | Jong Won Yu | |
| Min-sik Choi | ... | Mu-young Park | |
| Yunjin Kim | ... | Myung-hyun Lee / Bang-hee Lee (as Yoon-jin Kim) | |
| Kang-ho Song | ... | Jang-gil Lee | |
| Johnny Kim | ... | Dae-Ho Jung (as Derek Kim) | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Jeong-min Hwang | |||
| Hyeong-seong Jang | |||
| Su-ro Kim | |||
| Seung-Shin Lee | |||
| Yong-woo Park | ... | Sik | |
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Also Known As:
Shiri (Hong Kong: English title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong violence and some language.
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Runtime:
125 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Brazil:14 |
South Korea:15 |
South Korea:12 (DVD rating) |
Spain:18 |
Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) (cut) |
Argentina:16 |
Australia:R |
Finland:K-15 |
France:-12 |
Germany:16 |
Hong Kong:IIB |
Norway:15 |
Singapore:PG |
UK:18 |
USA:R
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German film fans were astonished when this film passed the ratings board FSK (known for its extensive dislike of excessive violence) uncut with a "Not under 16" rating. It was expected that the film would not get a rating at all and had to go for a JK approval from SPIO (Head organization of German film business).
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Continuity: The CTX convoy is shown driving to the right, including throughout the tunnel just before the ambush, but then it suddenly switches to the left side of the stripe when stopping at the checkpoint.
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Always You
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Security agent Ryu stumbles upon a plot by North Korean fanatics (led by terrorist Park and assassin Hee) to disrupt peace and re-unification efforts by North and South politicians using high tech explosives and the hunt is on to stop them. Much gun play follows, as well as much talk about the politics and sociology of possible Korean re-unification. Given North Korea's history of selling weaponry to anyone with hard currency and South Korea's position as an important diplomatic and military ally of the U.S., such discussions are actually of worldwide interest. Since emerging in the mid-90s as a distinct cinematic power, South Korea has become filmdom's leading edge for cult actioners and this movie shows why. It is fast paced, uberviolent, with a polished look, tightly crafted plot line and strong performances by its ensemble cast.