Hunt
헌트
2022South KoreaLanguage: koDirected by Lee Jung-jae★ 6.8
Available in English: subtitled
After a high-ranking North Korean official requests asylum, KCIA Foreign Unit chief Park Pyong-ho and Domestic Unit chief Kim Jung-do 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.
Themes and style
Tone
tensebleakcold and detachedbrutal
Pacing
relentlessescalatingslow build to explosion
Story
investigationpursuitunraveling
Emotion
paranoialoyalty under pressurefiguring out who you areguilt
Themes
life under oppressioncorrupt institutionsnational identity
Feel
exhaustingcerebraldiscussion startergut punch
Violence
graphic