Hitman: Agent Jun
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| Hangul | 히트맨 |
| Revised Romanization | Hiteumaen |
| Directed by | Choi Won-sub |
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| Cinematography | Park Se-seung |
| Edited by | Kim Chang-ju |
| Music by | Park Gi-heon |
Production company | Berry Good Studio |
| Distributed by | Lotte Cultureworks |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Budget | ₩9 billion[1] (~$7.3 million) |
| Box office | $16,814,256[2] |
Hitman: Agent Jun (Korean: 히트맨; RR: Hiteumaen; lit. Hitman) is a 2020 South Korean action comedy film directed by Choi Won-sub, starring Kwon Sang-woo, Jung Joon-ho, Hwang Woo-seul-hye, Lee Yi-kyung and Lee Ji-won. It was released on January 22, 2020.[3][4]
Plot
Jun is a webtoon artist whose published comics were full of negative comments as they were not "fun and entertaining". Jun's actual livelihood was being subsidized by working hard at the construction site as a side job. Jun gets sick about his situation and draws a webtoon in a drunken state, where the webtoon becomes a huge hit. It was a very happy moment for Jun's family to finally escape from obscurity, but Jun faces bigger problems and it is revealed that the webtoon is actually based on Jun's life as a secret agent.
Past: Jun is an orphan who possess excellent fighting and drawing skills. One day, a person arrives to see Jun, who followed the man and later became an NIS agent with the title of Elite Assassin. However, Jun's passion for webtoons still remained and usually drew pictures in his spare time while doing his duty. Realizing that drawing occasionally was not enough to achieve his true goal, Jun fakes his death by jumping out of a helicopter on a stormy night and disguised himself as if he had died in an accident.
Present: Jun realises about his family's condition, where he soon publishes the webtoon's next episode. The NIS agency soon discover that the episode of the webtoon is actually based on a previous top-secret operation and realises that Jun is alive. The NIS agents tracks down Jun and interrogates him, but Jun receives a call from his nemesis Jason (who is the antagonist in the second episode) that his wife is held hostage and demands to bring Chief Cheon.
The NIS agents capture Jun's daughter, but Jun's former colleague Cheol escapes with her and heads to Jun's location. Cheol and Chief Cheon teams up with Jun and the trio realize that Jason wants to avenge his brother's death by Jun and Chief Cheon. Jun, Cheol and Chief Cheon tracks down Jason's location, where they finally finishes Jason and his henchmen. Jun is finally proven innocent and lives a peaceful life with his family, where he also begins to write the third episode of the webtoon.
Cast
Main
- Kwon Sang-woo as Jun
- Jung Joon-ho as Deok-gyu
- Hwang Woo-seul-hye as Mi-na
- Lee Yi-kyung as Cheol
- Lee Ji-won as Ga-young
Supporting
- Heo Sung-tae as Hyung-do
- Jo Woon as Jason
- Heo Dong-won as Jerome
- Lee Jun-hyeok as Gyu-man
- Lee Joong-ok as Foreman
- Joo Seo-eun as Eun
- Oh Ja-hoon as Young-joon
Special appearances
- Kim Hee-min as situation room NIS agent
- Choi Yo-han as PC bang boss
- Han Chul-woo as helicopter pilot
- Lee Sang-won as Seong-tae
- Kim Gil-dong as Jason's subordinate
- Bae Jin-woong as Jason's subordinate
- Kim Seon-hyeok as NIS informant
- Park Doo-shik as Simon
- Kim Poong as himself
- Hwang Byung-gook as orphanage director
Production
Principal photography began on May 21, 2019, and filming ended on September 11, 2019.[5]
Reception
The film surpassed 1 million moviegoers five days after its release.[6]
As of May 19, 2020, the film has reached 2,406,232 total admissions grossing $16,814,256 in revenue.[2]
References
- ^ 설 연휴 한국 영화 삼파전…코미디 vs 정치 드라마. MK (in Korean). May 19, 2020. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
- ^ a b "Hitman: Agent Jun (2020)". Korean Film Council. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
- ^ Kwak, Yeon-soo (January 19, 2020). "Action comedy 'Hitman' is contender for genre-confused film". The Korea Times. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
- ^ Kim, Bo-ra (January 22, 2020). '히트맨', 관객이 뽑은 2020년 설 최고의 기대작 등극. Osen (in Korean). Retrieved May 19, 2020.
- ^ Jung, Kyu-jin (January 19, 2020). 권상우 매력 충만한 '히트맨', '코믹·액션' 불씨 되살릴까. Oh My News (in Korean). Retrieved May 19, 2020.
- ^ Cho, Yeon-kyung (January 26, 2020). [공식] "감사합니다"…'히트맨' 100만 돌파, 단체 인증샷(feat.만물가방). JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). Naver. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
External links
- Hitman: Agent Jun at the Korean Movie Database (in Korean)
- Hitman: Agent Jun at HanCinema
- Hitman: Agent Jun at IMDb