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Hunt (Korean: 헌트; RR: Heonteu) is a 2022 South Korean espionage action film directed by Lee Jung-jae in his feature directorial debut, starring Lee and Jung Woo-sung.[4] It was invited to the non-competitive Midnight Screening section at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.[5][6] It was released theatrically on August 10, 2022 in South Korea.[7]

Hunt
Theatrical release poster
Hangul	헌트
Revised Romanization	Heonteu
Directed by	Lee Jung-jae
Screenplay by	Lee Jung-jae Jo Seung-Hee
Produced by	Lee Jung-jae Han Jae-duk
Starring	Lee Jung-jae Jung Woo-sung Jeon Hye-jin Heo Sung-tae Go Yoon-jung
Cinematography	Lee Mo-gae
Edited by	Kim Sang-Bum[1]
Music by	Jo Yeong-wook[1]
Production companies	Artist Studio Sanai Pictures
Distributed by	Megabox JoongAng Plus M
Release dates	May 19, 2022 (2022-05-19) (Cannes) August 10, 2022 (2022-08-10) (South Korea)
Running time	131 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Budget	₩20 billion[2]
Box office	US$33.8 million[3]

Plot

In the 1980s, when the military dictatorship reached its peak, KCIA Foreign Unit chief Park Pyong-ho (Lee Jung-jae) and Domestic Unit chief Kim Jung-do (Jung Woo-sung) are working together in Washington D.C., protecting the president. While they are on patrol, the CIA notices the enemy sniper and informs the Korean team about it. Park and Kim catch the sniper dead. After the sniper incident in Washington, the director of KCIA tells Park and Kim that there is a North Korean mole within the company, known as Donglim. According to intel from the CIA, he is a dangerous spy of North Korea who tries to assassinate the president of the South. While Kim and Park decide to take the chance together, a North Korean nuclear physicist staying in Japan tries the asylum of the South. Park's team conducts an operation in Tokyo to proceed with the exile of the physicist, but it fails. Afterwards, the two teams begin to pursue Donglim in their own way. After a long investigation, they uncover the truth about each other. Kim is planning to assassinate president with his followers, although he is not Donglim because he has faced the truth of Gwangju Democratic Movement, and the massacre of poor, innocent citizens, while Park is the actual Donglim. Park escapes the agents' pursuit and meets the informant to receive his orders. But he is soon shocked to find out that the operation is going differently from what he knows and Donglim will be killed once he completes his mission. After that, Kim decides to cooperate with Park to kill the president. He saves Park from the North-Korean agents and help to hide his identity from South. In Bangkok, Thailand, North Korean snipers and Kim prepare for the assassination on their way. When the president arrives, Kim fires a pistol to assassinate him, but Park disturbs it and fails. Meanwhile, a North Korean agent who is infiltrating detonates a bomb as a last resort, but the president escapes the explosion, and Kim is caught up in the explosion and dies. After the incident in Thailand, Park visits Kim's family to deliver a tribute, then goes south to prepare an escape to America. However, as he drives along the coast, North Korean agents appear and assassinate him with two pistol shots. The film ends with a sight of Park, who is shot and collapse in the car, and the calm waves of the sea.

Historical background

Film deals with actual historical events happened in 1980s; May 18 Gwangju Democratization Movement (1980), defection of North Korean pilot Lee Ung-pyeong (1983), and Aung San terrorist attack (1983).[8][9]

Cast

• Lee Jung-jae as Park Pyong-ho[10]

KCIA Foreign Unit Chief who has been working for the agency for 13 years, and is a highly respected agent.

• Jung Woo-sung as Kim Jung-do[11]

KCIA Domestic Unit Chief who is a former military officer.

• Jeon Hye-jin as Bang Joo-kyung[12]

KCIA Foreign Unit's ace agent who works alongside Park Pyong-ho.

• Heo Sung-tae as Jang Cheol-seong[13]

KCIA Domestic Unit agent and a loyal subordinate of Kim Jung-do.

• Go Yoon-jung as Jo Yoo-jeong[14]

A college student who has been under Park Pyong-ho's protection and guidance.

• Kim Jong-soo as Director Ahn

Newly appointed KCIA director and a former military officer.

• Jung Man-sik as Agent Yang

An ambitious agent of Park Pyong-ho’s Foreign Unit.

• Kang Kyung-heon as Kim Jeong-do's wife[15]

Special appearance

• Park Sung-woong[16] as Tokyo branch agent 1
• Jo Woo-jin[16] as Tokyo branch agent 2
• Kim Nam-gil[16] as Tokyo branch agent 3
• Ju Ji-hoon[16] as Tokyo branch agent 4
• Hwang Jung-min[17] as Lieutenant Lee
• Lee Sung-min[17] as Cho Won-sik
• Yoo Jae-myung[17] as CEO Choi

Production

Development

The film was first known as a movie titled Namsan in which Lee Jung-jae decided to take the lead role in 2017 and had to cancel the production before filming due to various circumstances. Then Lee himself refined its script and prepared for 4 years. In addition to directing, starring and contributing to the screenplay, he also co-produced the film.[18][19]

Filming

Filming began on May 8, 2021 and concluded on November 13, 2021.[20][21]

Post production (re-editing for international release)

On August 3, 2022, Lee revealed that he re-edited the film after Cannes screening and the new version will be screened at Toronto International Film Festival for its North American premier. However the original will be used for the theatrical release in South Korea.[22]

To help global audiences get a better understanding of the political era depicted in the film, Lee revised several key lines and scenes which made some actors re-record the dialogues. Explaining, Lee stated, “When writing the script of 'Hunt,' I set younger generations in South Korea who learn about the era from history textbooks as the target audience. I thought foreign viewers would be the same,... But at Cannes, about 30% of foreign media reviews complained that it was hard for them to keep up with the story, as they didn’t know about Korean politics in the 1980s.”[23]

Release

The film premiered at the 75th Cannes Film Festival on May 19, 2022 at the Lumière Theater, where it received a seven-minute standing ovation.[24][25] It was released in theaters on August 10, 2022 by Megabox.[7] The film's distribution rights were pre-sold to 207 territories.[26] The film was invited to 2022 Toronto International Film Festival and will be screened at the Gala Presentations section in September 2022.[27] Magnolia Pictures acquired the distribution rights for a U.S. theatrical release in December of 2022.^{[citation needed]}

Reception

Critical response

On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 52 out of 100, based on 11 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[28]

International

Pete Hammond in his review for Deadline praised the direction, cinematography and performance of main and supporting cast.[29] Peter Debruge writing for Variety described Hunt as a "long but lightning-paced film with a jolt of adrenaline" and appreciated Lee's direction and acting.[30] Lou Thomas of BFI wrote that the film is packed with "thrillingly violent action scenes and jaw-dropping shocks" but "Lee occasionally forgets to keep things comprehensible or believable" and called the movie fun to watch.[31] David Rooney writing for The Hollywood Reporter stated that the film lacks character depth and storytelling coherence and called it "an increasingly frustrating movie that loses its way amid a dense thicket of plot complications, double-dealings, counterplans and surprise revelations."[32] David Ehrlich of IndieWire graded the film as C, described it as "hopelessly convoluted espionage thriller that doesn’t tell a story" and stated "Lee’s debut is little more than a chattering Pez dispenser full of plot twists."[33] In his review for South China Morning Post, Clarence Tsui wrote that the film is "excessively bombastic and muddled" except for history junkies and hardcore action-movie fans, called the storyline messy and confusing for audiences who are unfamiliar with the historical setting of the film, and gave 2 stars out of 5.[34]

South Korean

Kim Seon-woo reviewing for JTBC praised the film's great visuals, detailed mise-en-scène, and spectacular action scenes and added that the large and small reversals in the plot maintain the tension of the film until the very end.[35] Ryu Ji-yoon writing for Dailian praised the portrayal of Park Pyeong-do and Kim Jeong-do, who have the same goal but different methods, being densely designed to fill the cinematic imagination and fun and added, "It is not difficult to understand historical events without prior knowledge, but the more you know, the more you see."[36] Choi Young-joo of No Cut News stated, "although it is called an espionage action genre, it is regrettable that the center of gravity is focused on the rushing 'action' rather than 'espionage' that goes back and forth in suspicion" but praised the film's sounds, sets and props that made the audience feel the atmosphere of the 1980s and the direction of Lee who reached his goal with a formidable theme and content.[37] Song Kyung-won of Cine21 outlined the film as "a film that takes a motif from a true story, but makes the most of the historical imagination, and is essentially focused on action rather than espionage" and concluded, "Despite some expediency that fills in the holes in the narrative, it is a decent debut that blends historical imagination and commercial achievements."[38]

Box office

The film was released on 1548 screens on August 11, 2022 in South Korea. The opening recorded 210,000 admissions and topped the South Korean box office.[39] The film surpassed 1 million admissions in 4 days of release[40] and 2 million admissions in 7 days of release.[41] On the 12th day, Hunt became the third South Korean film in 2022 to cross 3 million admissions.[42] On the 25th day, it surpassed 4 million admissions.[43]

As of September 12, 2022^[update], it is the 4th highest-grossing Korean film of 2022 with gross of US$33,814,228 and 4,352,407 admissions.[3]

Accolades

Award	Date of ceremony	Category	Recipient(s)	Result	Ref.
Blue Dragon Film Awards	25 November 2022	Best Film	Hunt	Pending	[44]
		Best New Director	Lee Jung-jae	Pending
		Best Actor	Jung Woo-sung	Pending
		Best Supporting Actress	Jeon Hye-jin	Pending
		Best New Actress	Go Yoon-jung	Pending
		Best Cinematography and Lighting	Lee Mo-gae	Pending
		Best Screenplay	Lee Jung-jae, Cho Seung-hee	Pending
		Best Music	Cho Yeong-wuk	Pending
		Best Art Direction	Park Il-hyan	Pending
		Best Editing	Kim Sang-beom	Pending
Buil Film Awards	6 October 2022	Best New Director	Lee Jung-jae	Won	[45][46]
		Best Actor	Jung Woo-sung	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor	Heo Sung-tae	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actress	Jeon Hye-jin	Nominated
		Best New Actress	Go Yoon-jung	Nominated
		Best Screenplay	Lee Jung-jae, Cho Seung-hee	Nominated
		Best Art Direction	Park Il-hyan	Nominated
Grand Bell Awards	9 December 2022	Best Film	Hunt	Pending	[47]
		Best New Director	Lee Jung-jae	Pending
		Best Actor	Jung Woo-sung	Pending
		Best Supporting Actress	Jeon Hye-jin	Pending
		Best New Actress	Go Yoon-jung	Pending
		Best Screenplay	Lee Jung-jae, Jo Seung-hee	Pending
		Best Cinematography	Lee Mo-gae	Pending
		Best Film Editing	Kim Sang-beom	Pending
		Best Art Direction	Park Il-hyun	Pending
		Best Lighting	Lee Seong-hwan	Pending
		Best Costume Design	Jo Sang-kyung, Choi Yun-seon	Pending
		Best Music	Jo Yeong-wook	Pending
Korean Association of Film Critics Awards	23 November 2022	Best New Director	Lee Jung-jae	Won	[48]
		Best Actor	Jung Woo-sung	Won
		Best Supporting Actress	Jeon Hye-jin	Won
		Korean Association of Film 10 selections of Kim Hyun-seung	Hunt	Won
		Best Supporting Actor	Jo Woo-jin	Won	[49]
London Asian Film Festival	19 October 2022	Honorary Award	Lee Jung-jae	Won	[50]

References

External links

• Hunt at IMDb 
• Hunt at the Korean Movie Database
• Hunt at HanCinema
• Hunt at Naver (in Korean)
• Hunt at Rotten Tomatoes
• Hunt at Metacritic

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