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The Suspect

Original title: Yong-eui-ja
  • 20132013
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 2h 17m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
6.3K
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Gong Yoo in The Suspect (2013)
Dong-chul (Gong Yoo) is the best field agent in North Korea – until he’s abandoned during a mission, his wife and daughter murdered.
On the run, torn between grief and vengeance, he’s desperate to uncover the truth – and he’ll start a war to get it.
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Betrayed and on the run, a North Korean agent tries to uncover the volatile secrets hidden inside the eyeglasses of a dead man.Betrayed and on the run, a North Korean agent tries to uncover the volatile secrets hidden inside the eyeglasses of a dead man.Betrayed and on the run, a North Korean agent tries to uncover the volatile secrets hidden inside the eyeglasses of a dead man.
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
6.3K
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  • Director
    • Shin-yeon Won
  • Writer
    • Sang-yoon Lim
  • Stars
    • Gong Yoo
    • Hee-soon Park
    • Song Boo-gun
Top credits
  • Director
    • Shin-yeon Won
  • Writer
    • Sang-yoon Lim
  • Stars
    • Gong Yoo
    • Hee-soon Park
    • Song Boo-gun
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 26User reviews
    • 36Critic reviews
    • 63Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 2 nominations

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    Top cast

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    Gong Yoo
    Gong Yoo
    • Ji Dong-cheolas Ji Dong-cheol
    Hee-soon Park
    Hee-soon Park
    • Min Se-hoonas Min Se-hoon
    Song Boo-gun
    • Research Agentas Research Agent
    Jong-ryol Choi
    • Butler Moonas Butler Moon
    Kim Eui-sung
    Kim Eui-sung
    Jo Jae-yoon
    Jo Jae-yoon
    • Choas Cho
    • (as Jae-yun Jo)
    Won Poong-Yeon
    • Kim Seok-Ho's underlingas Kim Seok-Ho's underling
    Kim Seong-gyoon
    Kim Seong-gyoon
    • Lee Gwang-joas Lee Gwang-jo
    Jo Sung-ha
    Jo Sung-ha
    • NIS director Kim Seok-hoas NIS director Kim Seok-ho
    • (as Seong-ha Jo)
    Won Jin
    • SA1as SA1
    Da-in Yoo
    • Choi Kyeong-heeas Choi Kyeong-hee
    Lee Chae Yun
    • Park Hwi-Soon's daughteras Park Hwi-Soon's daughter
    • Director
      • Shin-yeon Won
    • Writer
      • Sang-yoon Lim
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      To create the right physique for his role, Gong went on a diet for three months to reduce his body fat. He learned the Russian martial art Systema for the film's fight scenes, and performed car chases, rock climbing and skydiving at the Han River without using stuntmen.
    • Goofs
      All entries contain spoilers
    • Connections
      References Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002)

    User reviews26

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    Top review
    7/10
    Bourne Identity meets Korean cinematography
    Impressive.. Mr.Won and Mr.Yoo...

    I feel like the director is a big fan of the Bourne trilogy. The dry fight scenes without music, focusing on the raw sounds of a close quarter fight. The rattling camera angles, the zoom ins and outs. The car chase scenes and a pounding drum music. The earlier chase scenes with the monitors reminded me of the Subway chase in Ultimatum. I feel like some of the more heart-pounding scenes they could have added more ambient sounds and one shots of the civilians. (i would be either cursing or screaming if a car just drove by me in a tight alley)

    Don't get me wrong I loved this film and Bourne, it was just something I didn't expect from Korean cinema and I was pleasantly surprised. The director took the best things from it and well integrated it into his own flavor.

    Gong-Yoo really shined with the cold look of a trained specialist. He also showed signs of vulnerability and really sold the performance. I never thought he would do a film like this because of the 'pretty guy' impression I got from him in dramas such as '1st shop of coffee prince' however I did notice his talent for a more serious toned role such as in 'Silenced'.

    Overall I am very satisfied after watching this film. It kept the very 'Korean' feel of the action film while taking bits from the template of Doug Liman's work.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • January 10, 2014 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • South Korea
    • Official sites
      • Official site (Japan)
      • Official site (South Korea)
    • Language
      • Korean
    • Also known as
      • Truy Lùng
    • Filming locations
      • Seoul, South Korea
    • Production companies
      • Green Fish Pictures
      • Musa Productions
      • Showbox/Mediaplex
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $218,693
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $86,137
      • Jan 12, 2014
    • Gross worldwide
      • $28,674,130
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 17 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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