Reviewing The First Film Hunt Lee Jung Jae As Director

Hunt (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Since playing in the drama series "Squid Game", actor Lee Jung Jae has continued to be flooded with offers to play roles, including for the series franchise "The Acolyte" and most recently "Hunt" where he started trying new things by occupying directors and producers, as well as the main actor.

Quoting Antara, Sunday, "Hunt" took the background in the 1980s about the military environment in South Korea. Head of the Foreign Unit of the Korea Central Intelligence Agency (KCIA) Park Pyong Ho (Lee Jung Jae) and Head of the Kim Jung Do Domestic Unit (Jung Woo Sung) were assigned to reveal who North Korean spies are known as Donglim.

The spy is considered to have leaked big secrets that could endanger national security. This then made the two KCIA units and the Head of the Domestic Unit have to investigate each other. Because the spies are suspected to be in their midst.

In those tense times, Park Pyong Ho and Kim Jung Do actually found the truth that led to an attempted attack on the South Korean president in a way they had never imagined before.

Debut at the Cannes Film Festival to the top of millions of viewers

Even though this is the first time he has become a director, Lee Jung Jae's film immediately debuted at the Cannes Film Festival on May 19 by getting standing ovation from the audience.

In South Korea, "Hunt" gets more than five hundred thousand views in two days, and now millions of viewers have been watching.

Unexpected path

The success achieved by the film "Hunt" is not without reason. Even though it was the first time working on a film, Lee Jung Jae managed to make a film with an unexpected flow.

Throughout the film, the audience was curious to guess the figure of Donglim who disguised himself between the two units. Is Donglim really there? Or Donglim was just an enemy's trick to break up the KCIA unit and the Domestic Unit. So, the film is not boring to watch even though it lasts two hours.

"Hunt" also presents dangerous action scenes that seem to be able to add to the excitement and horror that is a special attraction for the film.

Star-surfing

In this film, Lee Jung Jae competes acting with South Korean stars, one of which is veteran actor Jung Woo Sung.

Despite appearing amazing in the film "Hunt", Jung Woo Sung apparently turned down Lee Jung Jae's offer three times. However, the actor was willing to undergo the casting process and finally played a role in Lee Jung Jae's film.

"Hunt" is also known to be Jung Woo Sung and Lee Jung Jae's reunion project after "City of the Rising Sun" in 1999.

Besides Lee Jung Jae and Jung Woo Sung, "Hunt" stars Jeon Hye Jin, Heo Sung-Tae, Goo Youn Jung, Kim Jong Soo and Jung Man Sik. Not only in Korea, the film "Hunt" will also be shown in Indonesian cinemas on September 14, 2022.