Commitment (2013)

The son of a North Korean spy decides to follow in his father's footsteps to protect his little sister.

Director:

Hong-soo Park

Writer:

Soo-young Kim (screenplay)

Stars:

Seung-Hyun Choi, Yeri Han, Je-mun Yun

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Seung-Hyun Choi	...	Ri Myung-hoon / Kang Dae-ho
Yeri Han	...	Lee Hye-in (as Ye-ri Han)
Je-mun Yun	...	Cha Jung-min
Jo Sung-ha	...	Moon Sang-chul (as Sung Ha Jo)
Kim Yoo-Jeong	...	Ri Hye-in
Jeong Ho-bin	...	Big Dipper
Joo-sil Lee	...	Hwang Jeong-sook (as Ju-shil Lee)
Sun-kyung Kim	...	Head's Wife
Min-seok Kwak	...	Butler Kim
Ji-il Park	...	South Korean Agent
Lee Sin-Seong	...	Dong-Seob
Min-Jae Kim	...	Glasses
Yun-min Jeong	...	Scar
Ik-Hoon Jyeok	...	Homeroom Teacher
Gwang-jae Seo	...	Science Teacher

Storyline

After his father's botched espionage mission, North Korean Myung-hoon and his young sister Hye-in are sent to a labor prison camp. In order to save his sister's life, Myung-hoon "volunteers" to become a spy and infiltrates the South as a teenage defector. While attending high school in the South (his cover), he meets another girl named Hye-in and rescues her when she comes under attack by school bullies. South Korean Intelligence soon discovers Myung-hoon's activities and begins tracking him, all the while as his own government sends a vicious assassin to eliminate him.

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Plot Keywords:

spy | assassin | prison camp | shootout | diamond | 

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Taglines:

He'll stop at nothing to save her

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Genres:

Action | Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

During a fight scene, actor Seung-hyun Choi (Ri Myung-hyoon) cut his hand from a glass window and was admitted to the hospital for surgery.

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Goofs

Lee Hye-in receives a facial gash along his left cheekbone thanks to a knife during his fight with Big Dipper, but for the rest of the film there is neither scar nor skin discoloration upon his cheek.

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Quotes

Moon Sang-chul: I wanted to make you our nation's hero.
Ri Myung-hoon: But you... made me into a killer.

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Soundtracks

Mein Herr Marquis
(from "Die Fliedermaus" (as die Flaitermous))
Written by Johann Strauss (as J. Strauss)

User Reviews

Good Drama and Political Intrigue

After his father is killed by South Korean security police, his teenage son, "Ri Myung-hoon" (Seung Hyun Choi) and daughter "Ri Hye-in" (Yoo-Jeong Kim) are sent to a North Korean concentration camp as punishment for their father's failed mission. At least that's what they are told. The real reason behind their imprisonment is to entice Ri Myung-hoon into volunteering for a highly classified mission in which he is to assassinate North Korean agents working in the South but under a rival official. Naturally, he isn't told anything but what he needs to know and since his sister's life depends on him he doesn't ask any questions. However, upon getting into South Korea he is then instructed to assume the identity of a high school student and this makes his mission even more difficult. Now rather than reveal any more of this film I will just say that I thoroughly enjoyed the political intrigue and accompanying drama. Although Seung Hyun Choi looked a bit too old for a high school student he still managed to perform in an excellent manner as did Ye-ri Han (as "Lee Hye-in") to a lesser degree. In any case, as anyone who has been to South Korea surely knows, the North Korean mindset is more than a little fanatical and this movie manages to capture it pretty well. That's not to say that this movie is totally realistic because it isn't. But it's still enjoyable all the same. I have rated the film accordingly. Above average.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan] Official site [South Korea]

Country:

South Korea

Language:

Korean

Release Date:

6 December 2013 (USA)

Also Known As:

Commitment

Filming Locations:

Seoul, South Korea

Box Office

Gross USA:

$76,543

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$6,834,802

Company Credits

Production Co:

CJ Entertainment, The Lamp, Golden Fish Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

113 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1