Extreme Job (2019)

Original title

극한직업

Directed by

Lee Byeong-heon

Genre

comedy film, action film

Country

South Korea

Runtime

1h 51m

Rated

12

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 355 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A team of bumbling narcotics detectives runs a fried chicken restaurant as a cover to bust a drug ring. Their business unexpectedly becomes wildly popular and creates chaos.

chaoticenergeticcomedicupbeatfast-pacedsillylightheartedoutrageous

What happens

Extreme Job (Korean: 극한직업) is a 2019 South Korean action comedy film directed by Lee Byeong-heon and written by Bae Se-young. It follows a police narcotics unit that runs a fried chicken restaurant as an undercover front for their investigation. It stars Ryu Seung-ryong, Lee Hanee, Jin Seon-kyu, Lee Dong-hwi and Gong Myung. The film was released on January 23, 2019. The film has become a major box office success in South Korea, grossing ₩91.5 billion (US$81.6 million) on a production budget of ₩6.5 billion (US$5.8 million) and surpassing 10 million ticket sales in just 15 days. As of June 2022, Extreme Job is the highest-grossing film and the second most viewed film in South Korean film history. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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