The Spy: Undercover Operation (2013)

About an agent who is undercover in a foreign country while his wife has no idea what he does for a living.

Directors:

Lee Seung-jun (as Lee Seung-Joon-I), Lee Seung-jun

Writers:

Su-jin Park, JK Youn (as Je-kyoon Yoon)

Stars:

Kyung-gu Sol, Moon So-Ri, Daniel Henney

Cast

Credited cast:
Kyung-gu Sol	...	Chul-Soo
Moon So-Ri	...	Young-Hee
Daniel Henney	...	Ryan
Yeri Han	...	Baek Sul-Hee (as Ye-ri Han)
Chang-Seok Ko	...	Department Head Jin
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dean Dawson	...	Head C.I.A. Agent
Seol Kyeong-gu	...	Cheol-soo
Na-ra Lee	...	Flight Attendant (as Eun-woo Lee)
Mi-ran Ra	...	Yogurt delivery woman
Kahlid Elijah Tapia	...	C.I.A. Agent 2
Do-Yeon Yang	...	Incheon port coroner
Troy Zitzelsberger	...	CIA Agent

Storyline

The Spy: Undercover Mission is an espionage comedy that follows Chul-Soo, a super spy whom is hiding his true identity under the cover of working as a civil servant, not even his wife Young-Hee knows about his true identity. Come the bombing at the heart of Seoul, Chul-Soo is sent to Bangkok to investigate a lead that could prove to solve the case. While on the job, Chul-Soo comes to find his wife Young-Hee, whom is supposed to be in South Korea, with a handsome foreigner named Ryan. Chul-Soo is now facing two difficult tasks; a mission to save his beloved country, but also to save his own marriage.

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Plot Keywords:

missile | helicopter crash | helicopter | fertility clinic | sperm sample | 

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Genres:

Action | Comedy

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

'Myung-se Lee' (0497934) was originally set to direct but dropped out due to creative difference and production cost.

User Reviews

The Spy Review: Full-on entertainment!

Movie: The Spy (15): Action/Comedy - Korean

Positives:

• Sol Kyung-gu impresses once again. His comic timing is excellent and he even excels in the action department as usual, while Moon So-ri is also quite entertaining as his wife. All actors deliver terrific performances.
• The plot is very fast paced and quite simple to follow.
• The action scenes are excellent.
• The editing also works big time as the film rarely has any boring moments.
• The humour also is actually hilarious.
• The screenplay is quite impressive.

Negatives:

• Nil.

Repeat value: Yes

THE SPY is a completely entertaining action comedy which is gripping from the start to finish. Do watch it, and especially, don't miss the end!

Details

Official Sites:

CJ Entertainment [South Korea] Official site

Country:

South Korea

Language:

Korean English Chinese Japanese

Release Date:

5 September 2013 (South Korea)

Also Known As:

The Spy

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$22,468,512

Company Credits

Production Co:

CJ Entertainment, JK Film, The 6th Element

Technical Specs

Runtime:

121 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1