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Runway Cop (2012)

Runway Cop poster
Original title
차형사
Directed by
Terra Shin
Genre
action film, action comedy film
Country
South Korea
Runtime
1h 50m
Rated
15
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 26 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An overweight detective goes undercover as a fashion model to solve a case. He struggles to fit into the high-fashion world while pursuing the investigation.

lightheartedcomedicenergeticsillyupbeatfunplayfulfast-paced

What happens

Runway Cop (Korean: 차형사; lit. 'Detective Cha') is a 2012 South Korean action comedy film, starring Kang Ji-hwan and Sung Yu-ri and directed by Shin Tae-ra. It tells the story of an overzealous and overweight detective Cha Cheol-soo who goes undercover as a fashion model in order to solve a case. It reunites the two leads since the television series Hong Gil-dong (2008), and is the second film Kang has worked on with Shin since My Girlfriend Is an Agent (2009). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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