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Stakeout (2013)

Stakeout poster
Original title
감시자들
Directed by
Cho Ui-seok
Genre
action film, thriller film
Country
South Korea
Runtime
1h 58m
Rated
IIB
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 382 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A team of surveillance detectives tracks a highly organized criminal crew through Seoul. The police and the thieves play a tense game of following and escaping each other.

tensesuspensefulfast-pacedmethodicalcerebralgrittycat-and-mouse

What happens

Cold Eyes (Korean: 감시자들; RR: Gamsijadeul; lit. 'Stakeout' or "Surveillance") is a 2013 South Korean action thriller film starring Sul Kyung-gu, Jung Woo-sung, and Han Hyo-joo. A remake of the 2007 Hong Kong film Eye in the Sky, Cold Eyes is about detectives from the surveillance team of a special crime unit who work together to track down a highly efficient and dangerous robber and the crew he leads. It made its North American premiere at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival, and also screened at the 2013 Busan International Film Festival in the Open Cinema section. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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