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Rating: 7 stars

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Korean

All movies seen on 09/06/2004

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Spy Girl (2004)

Directed by Park Han-jun

Comedy | Romance | Action

Overview

The plot of this film has a young beautiful spy from North Korea going south to capture another rogue spy. She goes undercover at Burger King and soon she’s battling with her co-workers for the affections of the local boys, dealing with a culture clash between North and South, and a very cute young man who’s posted pictures of her on a website of local “angels” possibly blowing her cover.

Length 102 minutes

Actors

Kim Jung-hwa | Yoo Gong | Nam Sang-mi | Jadu | Baek Il-seob | Kim Ae-kyung | Jo Dal-hwan | Ahn Hae-Suk | Kim Myeong-kuk | Yoo In-young | Park Kyeong-Hwan | Kim Ki-Hwan | Lee Kwang-Ki | Baek Seung-Hee | Park Jin-Taek | Lee Yong-Jik | Yoo Soon-chul | Kang Joo-sang

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

I watched the Korean comedy Spy Girl which kept me captivated for the entire 2hrs (not easily done these days). This is not a great movie but very watchable and reminded me of lot of the late 80s Patrick Dempsey teen/romance-comedies (Loverboy, Can’t Buy Me Love, etc.) of which I am rather fond of, good or bad. 

Kim Jeong-hwa in the lead “spygirl” role is the ice queen hottie that you expect will melt by films end. But Spy Girl sidesteps the easy “hollywood” ending offering a sly finale (possibly signaling a sequel; hell, they sequeled My Wife The Gangster so why not?). I recommend it, natch.

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