An ace crisis negotiator faces off against a cold-blooded hostage taker. Over the course of 21 hours, she attempts to crack his unusually calm demeanor and force him to reveal his motivations.
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Son Ye-Jin | ... | Ha Chae-yun | |
Hyun Bin | ... | Min Tae-gu | |
Sang-ho Kim | ... | Ahn Hyuk-soo | |
Lee Joo-Young | ... | Lee Da-bin | |
Jang Young-Nam | ... | Section Chief Han | |
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Lee Shi-Ah | ... | Yoo Yeon-joo |
Gwang Jang | ... | Hwang Soo-suk | |
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Byung Mo Choi | ... | Secretary Kong |
Mun-shik Lee | ... | Team Leader Jung | |
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Ahn Seong-Bong | ... | Parking lot janitor |
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Soo-Young Park | ... | Section Chief Choi |
An ace crisis negotiator faces off against a cold-blooded hostage taker. Over the course of 21 hours, she attempts to crack his unusually calm demeanor and force him to reveal his motivations.
A negotiator, tired of seeing bad outcomes, decides to make a career change but before she can get out, she's called into a special negotiation where her boss is the hostage. This case is more than it seems but will she be able to avoid another bad outcome.
While this wasn't an awful film, it kinda goes haywire after what seemed to be a solid start. I thought the actors all played their roles well but the way that the script is put together had me struggling to keep up with whom did what, where, when, why and how. I had no problems with the effects or the pace. It just felt like there was too much going on.
I did like the film. I thought it was a decent thriller that had a few flaws. There are times when I watch foreign films and I start to wonder if maybe it might have been better had I been able to understand the language or had better subtitles. This might be one of those films. Check it out though. Maybe you can catch something I missed and it might just be the thing that makes this "Just Ok," film into an "Awesome" film.