Cannes 2022: Hunt review - Korean spy thriller directed by and starring Squid Game star Lee Jung-jae proves bombastic and muddled

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2/5 stars Hunt will be remembered for a film which would count history junkies and hardcore action-movie fans as its aficionados. Only them, that is: everybody else would probably find South Korean actor and Squid Game star Lee Jung-jae 's espionage thriller excessively bombastic and muddled. Serving as his own producer and top-billing star, Lee seems hell-bent in throwing all...

Lee Jung-jae plays an intelligence officer in a still from South Korean spy thriller Hunt, directed by Lee Jung Jae.Hunt will be remembered for a film which would count history junkies and hardcore action-movie fans as its aficionados. Only them, that is: everybody else would probably find South Korean actor and Squid Game star Lee Jung-jae 's espionage thriller excessively bombastic and muddled.

Once wielding unchecked powers within the agency, he finds himself investigated by his nemesis, the soldier-turned-spy Kim Jung-do The whole thing spirals further when it emerges there's a bigger "hunt" going on, with the subject being the president himself.

 

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