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The Spy: Undercover Operation

Original title: Seu-pa-i
  • 20132013
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 2h 1m
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6.2/10
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Moon So-ri, Sol Kyung-gu, and Daniel Henney in The Spy: Undercover Operation (2013)
Chul-soo is one of KoreaÂ’s best intelligence agents and a negotiator who perfectly accomplishes any given mission. There is only one person in the world whom his negotiation skills do not work on, and it is his wife Young-hee. She, who believes that Chul-soo has an average white-collar job, disapproves of his measly salary and frequent business trips. One day, a mysterious explosion takes place in the middle of Seoul. Korean intelligence agency as well as other nationsÂ’ intelligence agencies, search for the terrorists behind the scheme. Chul-soo flies to Thailand on a mission to rescue a person who holds clues to the incident. In Thailand, he repeatedly encounters an unidentified man named Ryan. Meanwhile, Young-hee travels to Thailand on a business trip and gets entangled with Chul-sooÂ’s mission. Will KoreaÂ’s best intelligence agent Chul-soo accomplish his mission that holds the nationÂ’s destiny and save his wife at the same time?
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About an agent who is undercover in a foreign country while his wife has no idea what he does for a living.About an agent who is undercover in a foreign country while his wife has no idea what he does for a living.About an agent who is undercover in a foreign country while his wife has no idea what he does for a living.
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    • Lee Seung-jun
    • Su-jin Park
    • JK Youn
  • Stars
    • Sol Kyung-gu
    • Moon So-ri
    • Daniel Henney
    • Lee Seung-jun
    • Su-jin Park
    • JK Youn
  • Stars
    • Sol Kyung-gu
    • Moon So-ri
    • Daniel Henney
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    • 7Critic reviews
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    Sol Kyung-gu
    Sol Kyung-gu
    • Chul-Soo
    • (as Kyung-gu Sol)
    Moon So-ri
    Moon So-ri
    • Young-Hee
    • (as Moon So-Ri)
    Daniel Henney
    Daniel Henney
    • Ryan
    Yeri Han
    Yeri Han
    • Baek Sul-Hee
    • (as Ye-ri Han)
    Chang-Seok Ko
    Chang-Seok Ko
    • Department Head Jin
    Dean Dawson
    Dean Dawson
    • Head C.I.A. Agent
    Seol Kyeong-gu
    • Cheol-soo
    Na-ra Lee
    Na-ra Lee
    • Flight Attendant
    • (as Eun-woo Lee)
    Ra Mi-ran
    Ra Mi-ran
    • Yogurt delivery woman
    Eun-yeong Park
    Kahlid Elijah Tapia
    • C.I.A. Agent 2
    Do-Yeon Yang
    • Incheon port coroner
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      • Su-jin Park
      • JK Youn
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    6/10
    Fast paced action comedy...
    Not being familiar with "The Spy: Undercover Mission" was not a hindrance for me when I decided to sit down to watch it. All that really was needed was the fact that the movie was South Korean. I am a big fan of Asian cinema, and South Korea make some really great movies. And the fact that this was an action comedy just made it so much more appealing.

    The movie starts out at a really great pace, showing Chul-Soo (played by Kyoung-gu Sul) during an undercover operation gone bad, all the while his wife Young-Hee (played by So-ri Moon) is constantly calling him. Then it changes to Chul-Soo's mother's 70 year old birthday, where the wife is being scolded for not having had any children and with Chul-Soo running very late. So this pretty much sets the atmosphere of the movie and showcase what we can expect from very early on in the movie. And I must admit that I thoroughly enjoyed this introduction, because it puts the audience into the movie from the very beginning, and there is no having to sit through a prolonged introduction of characters and establishing of storyline.

    Already from the very beginning it is quite obvious that the production value to "The Spy: Undercover Mission" is quite impressive. So you know that this is going to be a fun ride.

    The characters in the movie were quite good, and also very likable. Chul-Soo was especially interesting, as he transferred the rules of negotiation even to his marriage. And his wife Young-Soo was also a good character, because she was a very good counter-piece of character to his character.

    As for the cast recruited to perform in the movie and perform as the various characters and roles throughout the movie, well then I will say that they had a good assembly of good acting performers. It is always nice to see Kyoung-gu Sul in a movie, because he is a diverse actor. I can't really claim to be particularly familiar with So-ri Moon, but she performed quite well alongside Kyoung-gu Sul.

    The storyline is a good combination of a good story, comedy, action and character development. So writers Su-jin Park and JK Youn really did come up with something quite clever and entertaining. And director Lee Seung-jun brought the script and storyline onto the screen quite well.

    The action sequences are quite nicely choreographed and equally so executed on the screen by the performers. There is a good flow to them and they seem quite believable.

    The movie gets wide and far around, because there are Koreans, Japanese, Thai, Chinese and Americans present throughout the course of the movie. So there is also an abundance of different languages being spoken, most of which is Korean, of course.

    If you enjoy South Korean cinema, or Asian cinema in general, then you should definitely take the time to watch "The Spy: Undercover Mission".
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      • September 5, 2013 (South Korea)
      • South Korea
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      • CJ Entertainment (South Korea)
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