Hunt

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Hunt

2022

2h 11m

Drama

Action

Mystery & Thriller

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After a high-ranking North Korean official requests asylum, KCIA Foreign Unit chief Park Pyong-ho (LEE Jung Jae) and Domestic Unit chief Kim Jung-do (JUNG Woo Sung) are tasked with uncovering a North Korean spy, known as Donglim, who is deeply embedded within their agency. When the spy begins leaking top secret intel that could jeopardize national security, the two units are each assigned to investigate each other. In this tense situation where if they cannot find the mole, they may be accused themselves, Pyong-ho and Jung-do slowly start to uncover the truth. In the end, they must deal with an unthinkable plot to assassinate the South Korean president...

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Critics Consensus

Although it frequently forsakes action in favor of a needlessly knotty narrative, Hunt has enough thrills to satisfy more forgiving espionage fans.

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Tim Cogshell

FilmWeek (LAist)

12/06/2022

All of these things were huge [historical] events during that period, if you know all of this stuff, this movie is way better.

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Noel Murray

Los Angeles Times

12/02/2022

“Hunt” works fine as a slam-bang action movie; but at heart it’s more of a cautionary tale.

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Brian Tallerico

RogerEbert.com

12/02/2022

2/4

Hunt has some excellent bang-bang escapism, but it's ultimately too shallow to recommend.

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Julian Singleton

Cinapse

07/11/2025

Hunt is a jaw-dropping, relentlessly-paced thriller, full of gripping tension, thought-provoking political intrigue, and edge-of-your-seat action set pieces.

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Jana Monji

Age of the Geek

09/25/2023

3/5

Director and star Lee Jung-jae mixes action with espionage but serves neither as well as it could, but this film opens an opportunity to learn more about the two Koreas in modern history.

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Hector A. Gonzalez

InSession Film

07/25/2023

C-

There are some sparks to Lee Jung-jae’s directorial talents, Hunt is bombastically muddled and doesn’t know if it wants the audience to take it seriously or indulge in its explosive subplot-covered demeanor.

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tatere

12/05/2022

A good demonstration of the uselessness of torture. No good guys, only bad guys with some valid points and also guns. Well done.

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Steve D

@RT45279372 07/12/2023

Excellent movie. Far better than most of the movies now showing.

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05/22/2023

Just wow!! Amazing movie

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Jeremy S

@Greenranger117 03/31/2023

Lee is the king of filming!!!

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Daniel M

@MazzaQuePasa 03/14/2023

The movie was filmed incredibly well with some awesome action and directing, but it was a bit hard to follow the story and understand what was going on.

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Abdullah Yahya A

@RT05773068 03/10/2023

This espionage period thriller has some exciting elements, and I admire the production values and attention to details of the period. It also delivers some riveting action set-pieces, and the two lead performances by Lee Jung-jae as Park and Jung Woo-sung as Kim are outstanding. That said, the film lack tension, and has way too many twists and turns to be comprehensible. The events also requires an inexplicable negligence and incompetence from the security services in order for the plot to unfold, and not because in real life these lapses are possible. These problems with the plot machinations took away from my engagement with the film. It's still not a bad film, just not as good as I wanted it to be.

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Synopsis

After a high-ranking North Korean official requests asylum, KCIA Foreign Unit chief Park Pyong-ho (LEE Jung Jae) and Domestic Unit chief Kim Jung-do (JUNG Woo Sung) are tasked with uncovering a North Korean spy, known as Donglim, who is deeply embedded within their agency. When the spy begins leaking top secret intel that could jeopardize national security, the two units are each assigned to investigate each other. In this tense situation where if they cannot find the mole, they may be accused themselves, Pyong-ho and Jung-do slowly start to uncover the truth. In the end, they must deal with an unthinkable plot to assassinate the South Korean president...

Director: Lee Jung-jae
Producer: Han Jae-duk, Lee Jung-jae
Screenwriter: Lee Jung-jae
Distributor: Magnet Releasing
Production Co: Sanai Pictures, Artist Studio
Genre: Drama, Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: Korean
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 2, 2022, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 2, 2022
Box Office (Gross USA): $26.0K
Runtime: 2h 11m