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Tube (2003)

Tube poster
Original title
튜브
Directed by
Baek Un-hak
Genre
action film, thriller film
Country
South Korea
Runtime
1h 52m
Rated
15
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 50 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A subway police officer mourns his lost lover while working. A pickpocket with a crush on him warns him about a government assassin who hijacks a subway car. Both end up trapped in the targeted car when the hijacking begins.

tenseaction-packedmelancholicgrittysuspensefulfast-pacedromanticdark

What happens

Tube (Korean: 튜브) is a 2003 South Korean action thriller film directed by Beak Woon-hak (or Baek Woon-hak). The film features police officer Jay (Kim Suk-hoon) who is a subway police officer who spends his days reminiscing over his lost lover. The pickpocket Kay (Bae Doona) becomes infatuated with Jay and tips him off about the government assassin Bishop (Park Sang-min) hijacking a subway car. Both Jay and Kay find themselves in the target car when the Bishop makes his move. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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