Extreme Job
극한직업
"There’s lots of absurdity in what we do," says Ko - and when it comes to crazy laughs and over-the-top fighting, Extreme Job delivers to order. (AB)
Remember Los Pollos Hermanos, the fast-food outlet in TV's Breaking Bad that serves as a front for the Southwestern United States' most lucrative methamphetamine distribution network? That idea is turned on its head in this action comedy feature from director Lee Byeong-heon (What A Man Wants, 2018), as an incompetent and dysfunctional five-person police team takes over a run-down chicken shop in order to observe and infiltrate a drug syndicate's headquarters across the road. When their special chicken recipe becomes a massive hit with the public, it is a case of stakeout meets takeout, as cooking and crime-busting get ever more confused, until this ensemble of misfits finally learns why they were put together in the first place, and why their leader Captain Ko (Ryu Seung-yong, Seven Years of Night, 2017) has the nickname 'Zombie'.
This screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Lee Byeong-heon.
Director: Lee Byeong-Heon
Writer: Lee Byeong-Heon
Producer: Kim Sung-Hwan
Cast: Ryu Seung-Yong, Lee Hanee, Jin Sun-Kyu, Lee Dong-Hwi
Production Company: About Film
International Sales: CJ Entertainment
Comedy, Action / 2018 / 111 min / CERT. 15 / Colour / DCP
Filmography
What a Man Wants (2018)
Twenty (2014)
Cheer Up Mr. Lee (2012)
Smell (Short, 2009)
