Introduction of <The Hunt>, the most anticipated Korean movie this year, continues to receive favorable reviews

Introduction of <The Hunt> by E.G.

The moive <The Hunt>

The Movie <The Hunt>

 

The movie <The Hunt>, which is attracting attention as the directorial debut of actor Jung-jae Lee, was officially invited to the Midnight Screening of the 75th Cannes Film Festival ahead of its domestic release on August 10, and stood for 7 minutes at the Grand Lumière Theater full of 3,000 spectators. The world premiere ended successfully with applause.

The directorial debut of actor Jung-jae Lee

 

This movie is a work in which actor Lee Jung-jae, who became a global star in the Netflix original series  <Squid Game>, acted and directed at the same time.

Actor,&nbsp;Lee Jung-jae

 

Main Plot

 

The highly immersive psychological warfare between the overseas team led by 'Park Pyong-ho' and the domestic team led by 'Kim Jeong-do' to become a hunter rather than a prey to search for the spy 'Dongrim' gives the audience a high level of immersion.

 

At the center of the breathtaking psychological warfare, the National Security Agency agents 'Park Pyong-ho' and 'Kim Jeong-do' exist.

 

When a major operation fails due to a spy infiltrating within the organization, ‘Park Pyong-ho’ is an agent of the Ministry of National Security who fiercely pursues the essence.

Actor Lee Jung-jae, who played the role of Park Pyong-ho

'Kim Jeong-do', who opposes him, is a National Security Agency agent who receives orders from his superiors to search for spies in the organization, pursues them without hesitation, and approaches the reality.

Actor Jung Woo-sung, who played the role of Kim Jeong-do

 

The two of them suspect and drive each other to find the spy hiding within the organization, and rush to find evidence, creating a perfect psychological warfare. In particular, the unpredictable development unfolding between two people who face the huge incident of 'Korea's No. 1 assassination operation' as their beliefs are shaken increases the immersion of the play and adds to the genre's charm.

 

Above all, the psychological portrayal of Lee Jung-jae and Jung Woo-sung, who played the two characters, is a masterpiece, and the perfection of the film was enhanced by elaborately acting the aspects of the characters who fall into a dilemma as their beliefs are overthrown.

 

The tense psychological warfare between the two characters, who improved the level of perfection with the strong performances of Lee Jung-jae and Jung Woo-sung, makes it impossible to slow down the tension until the end of the movie, giving the audience a sense of immersion.

 

In addition, <The Hunt> draws attention with its solid story set in the 1980s in Korea. <The Hunt> is a fiction with cinematic imagination based on real events. Director Lee Jung-jae said, “I decided that the 1980s was the right time to make a work in the spy action drama genre in which the two main characters confront each other due to false beliefs. It was necessary to make the actual event unique to <The Hunt>,” he said, raising expectations for a dense story.

A fellow Actor who worked with [Squid Game]

Heo Seong-tae, who worked with director Lee Jung-jae in the Netflix original series [Squid Game], first tried to create a perfect character visual. [Squid Game] Heo Seong-tae, who gained 15 kg at the time, took on the character of 'Cheol-seong Jang' in <The Hunt> and lost 15 kg immediately, but also communicated with director Lee Jung-jae, even small actions and paces, and enhanced the details of the character.

Actor Heo Seong-tae

He also revealed that he had completed ‘Jang Cheol-seong’ through constant conversation with director Lee Jung-jae, saying, “The director prepared so much. Before the whole reading, we conducted one-on-one readings about five times, and we discussed deeply in order to show the acting that actor Heo Seong-tae had never done before. There was no separate reference for creating the character. Those times when I only communicated with the director through acting were the reference itself.”

 

Friendship with Jung Woo-sung

 

The movie <The Hunt> is attracting attention early on as it is the work that Lee Jung-jae and Jung Woo-sung met for the first time in 23 years. Lee Jung-jae and Jung Woo-seong, who quickly emerged as youth icons through the 1999 movie <No Sun> and became close friends, are captivating the audience by showing various performances in the best positions as actors.

The 1999 movie 'No Sun'

However, after <No Sun>, we have not met in a single work. Jung Woo-sung, who waited for the two of them to reunite on the screen more than anyone else, said, "Working together was more difficult, and the pressure of being careful and doing well was enormous. Our own meaning should not be everything. That's why I gave him a lot of cool advice." In this way, Jung Woo-sung's hot acting passion and cool judgment lead to explosive tension between 'Park Pyeong-ho' and 'Kim Jeong-do', which doubled the fun of the movie.

 

These two Korean actors do not age particularly well.