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So I know I usually do my movie reviews on the weekend but this one comes to you in the middle of the week because it actually took me more than a weekend to finish itš„±...so lets get on with the review!
Secretly, Greatly
Actors:
Kim Soo Hyun (Dream High, Moon & Sun show)
Park Ki- Woong (Gaksitalll~)
Lee Hyun Woo
So Secretly, Greatly, unfortunately turned out to not be so "great" in any means...even though I love Kim Soo Hyun and everything he does, this movie sadly, did not do it for me, but hey, this is my opinion and only mine so feel free to check it out. Slight spoilers below, you are warned.
The first quarter of this movie is actually pretty good. You're introduced to Lt. Won Ryun Hwan (Kim Soo Hyun), who is a elite North Korean spy working undercover in South Korea as a - wait for it - viliage idiot. Yes, the premise is pretty brilliant and actually funny, where Ryun Hwan aka. Dongu - actually schedules his daily tasks which comprise of things like "falling down the stairs 3 times a day" and "takes a dump on the street once a month" - LOL so needless to say, Kim Soo Hyun pretty much nails it. After 2 long years of being undercover, Dong finally hears from his team in North, in the form of another solider, Park Ki Woong - whose role is to be a "rockstar" in South Korea (and he's pretty funny too) - the two of them discover Lee Hyun Woo - the youngest member of their team in North whose role is to be a "highschool" student - in the South and find out that all is not what it seems, that the people they have come to spy for, may not want them at all. The three band together to fight for their lives and being elite trained North Korean soliders, this makes for some high paced action and fighting scenes.
What failed me is the story line - too many plot holes, too much nonsense when I wanted more funny. The movie isn't too long, but the story didn't keep me very interested and I am a fan of spy movies in general, so it's not even going against my bias genres.
Reasons to Watch (need I say more? and sadly, this is the only reason):
The first quarter of this movie is actually pretty good. You're introduced to Lt. Won Ryun Hwan (Kim Soo Hyun), who is a elite North Korean spy working undercover in South Korea as a - wait for it - viliage idiot. Yes, the premise is pretty brilliant and actually funny, where Ryun Hwan aka. Dongu - actually schedules his daily tasks which comprise of things like "falling down the stairs 3 times a day" and "takes a dump on the street once a month" - LOL so needless to say, Kim Soo Hyun pretty much nails it. After 2 long years of being undercover, Dong finally hears from his team in North, in the form of another solider, Park Ki Woong - whose role is to be a "rockstar" in South Korea (and he's pretty funny too) - the two of them discover Lee Hyun Woo - the youngest member of their team in North whose role is to be a "highschool" student - in the South and find out that all is not what it seems, that the people they have come to spy for, may not want them at all. The three band together to fight for their lives and being elite trained North Korean soliders, this makes for some high paced action and fighting scenes.
What failed me is the story line - too many plot holes, too much nonsense when I wanted more funny. The movie isn't too long, but the story didn't keep me very interested and I am a fan of spy movies in general, so it's not even going against my bias genres.
Reasons to Watch (need I say more? and sadly, this is the only reason):
Reasons to Not Watch: if you don't like Kim Soo Hyun, then there's really nothing thereš
Till the next movie review, goodbye!
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