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Confidential Assignment 2: International

The film depicts an unpredictable global cooperative investigation by South Korean, North Korean, and American detectives who have come together for their own purposes. The film depicts an unpredictable global cooperative investigation by South Korean, North Korean, and American detectives who have come together for their own purposes. The film depicts an unpredictable global cooperative investigation by South Korean, North Korean, and American detectives who have come together for their own purposes.

• Seok-hoon Lee
• Im Seong-soon
• Je-Gyun Yoon
• Yoo Hae-jin
• 11 User reviews
• 5 Critic reviews
• 3 wins & 2 nominations

• Im Chul Ryung

• Park Min Young

• Kang Jin Tae

• Jang Myeong Jun
• Eel restaurant male agent

• Lee Hyeong Sa
• Park Sang Wi

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• Kang Yeon Ah

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• Feb 25, 2023
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Confidential Assignment 2: International (2022) Review

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Director: Lee Suk-Hoon Cast: Hyun-Bin, Yu Hae-Jin, Lim Yoon-A , Daniel Henney, Jin Sun-Kyu, Jang Young-Nam, Park Hoon, Im Sung-Jae, Yoon Sang-Hwa, Park Min-Ha Running Time: 129 min.

By Paul Bramhall

In 2016 Yoo Hae-jin and Hyun Bin played a South Korean detective and North Korean agent who team up to track down a rogue North Korean general in Confidential Assignment . Somewhat of a precursor to the trend of movies that portrayed amicable relations between the South and North once president Moon Jae-in would take office just a year later, the production itself was a breezy but slight affair. A pleasant mix of comedy, action, and light drama wrapped up as a commercially leaning crowd pleaser, 6 years later it’s the kind of movie that has most likely slipped the mind of most who watched it (unless I’m only speaking for myself). Needless to say, it’s debatable if anyone was clamouring for a sequel, but in 2022 that’s what we got in the form of Confidential Assignment 2: International (possibly the first and only sequel to take inspiration from the ill-fated 4 th entry in the Men in Black franchise?).

Replacing director Kim Seong-hoon is Lee Seok-hoon, for whom the sequel marks a kind of comeback vehicle. The last time Seok-hoon was in the director’s chair was before the original Confidential Assignment was released, with the 2015 mountain climbing drama The Himalayas . Before that he’d helmed 2014’s Pirates and a handful of romantic comedies, proving himself to be a solid if unremarkable commercial director. If anything, much like the original, solid if unremarkable is also the best way to describe the sequel.

Despite the title indicating the possibility of a globe hopping adventure (even though, if you think about it for more than a few seconds, you realise that’s impossible for Hyun Bin’s North Korean agent), the sequel for the most part plays out in Seoul just like the original. The whole ‘international’ angle mainly comes in the form of an American agent who transforms the twosome of Hae-jin and Hyun Bin into a trio – but can their bromance survive a third wheel? The American agent is played by Daniel Henney, who’s had success onscreen both in Korea ( Seducing Mr. Perfect ) and in the U.S. ( X-Men Origins: Wolverine ). The son of an ethnically Korean American adoptee mother and American father with British and Irish roots, Henney was a model who transitioned into acting, only learning Korean once he was in his 20’s.

Its Henney’s agent who we meet in the New York set opening, where we’re also introduced to the villain of the piece played by Jin Sun-kyu ( Space Sweepers , Svaha: The Sixth Finger ), whose wardrobe and hairstyle makes him look like he just walked off the set of a 70’s taekwon action flick. Like the original’s villain, Sun-kyu is also a North Korean who’s seemingly developed a taste for capitalism, and after the authorities bust a drug deal he finds himself due to be extradited back to Pyongyang. Enter Hyun Bin, who the regime has sent to be his escort. Things go awry though when their vehicle is intercepted on the way to the airport, leading to an impressively staged shootout on the streets that clearly tips its hat to Heat , complete with that distinctly satisfying echo from the machine gun fire. In the aftermath Sun-kyu makes his escape, and heads for Seoul with a billion dollars of stolen funds that was intended for North Korean government.

All of this takes place before the title has even appeared onscreen, with the setup giving the perfect excuse for both Hyun Bin and Henney to keep hot on Sun-kyu’s tail, leading to everyone converging in Seoul where the rest of the plot plays out. It’s also where various events transpire that see the pair team up with Yoo Hae-jin, who after one too many stuff ups has been demoted from major crimes to the cyber-crime complaints desk. Sensing an opportunity to redeem himself, after no one else volunteers themselves to work with Hyun Bin due to the events of the original, Hae-jin puts himself forward, hoping that it’ll present an opportunity to get himself reinstated back into major crimes. The rest follows the usual tropes, as the trio find themselves reluctantly working together, and gradually put aside their differences to take down the bad guy.

Even more so than the original, the sequel feels like a throwaway affair, not unlike the direct to streaming movies of the west like Red Notice and Ghosted . Despite the 6-year gap, there’s practically zero development when it comes to Hae-jin and Hyun Bin’s characters from the pair who we met in the first, and several scenarios simply recycle the same setups from the original. Again Hyun Bin ends up staying with Hae-jin’s family, of whom the original cast all return – Jang Young-nam ( Project Wolf Hunting ) as the feisty wife, Yoona as his lovestruck sister-in-law ( Exit ), and Park Min-ha as his now teenage daughter (who notably hasn’t appeared in anything since the original). Only this time Yoona’s obsession with Hyun Bin feels rather tired and stilted, not to mention a little outdated, as her character is given little to do other than record YouTube makeup tutorials, apply makeup to Daniel Henney, and swoon over both of them.

Speaking of outdated, there’s an undeniable pre- John Wick feel to the action, which is likely to divide audiences depending on their preference. Much like The Matrix put an end to the era of muscle-bound action heroes throwing haymakers at each other, so John Wick’s popularisation of the ultra-efficient one-shot kill has largely seen the traditional action movie shootout, where the bad guys are incapable of hitting a single target, become a thing of the past. Confidential Assignment 2 brings this action aesthetic back with a vengeance, with a number of scenes containing bad guys spraying bullets in every direction, but apparently completely incapable of landing a single shot on any of our trio of protagonists. With the exception of the opening New York shootout, the result is that there never really feels like anyone’s in danger, even when bullets are flying.

What is clear is that director Seok-hoon is a fan of The Matrix himself, as the finale features a couple of scenes that aren’t so much inspired by the action classic as they are directly lifted from it. In one sequence the bad guys rescue Sun-kyu, who’s tied to a chair on the upper floor of a skyscraper, by bringing a helicopter to directly hover outside the window, unleashing a hail of gunfire that basically replicates Neo’s same rescue of Morpheus. Anyone who’s seen The Matrix will also undoubtably recognise the slow-motion pillar destruction through a hail of bullets, replicating the same aesthetic that was employed in the famous lobby shootout scene, just minus any acrobatics.  

The biggest issue the sequel has though is the handling of Sun-kyu’s villain. Unlike many recent Korean thrillers, his rogue North Korean agent actually has clearly defined motivations and legitimate reasons for being angry, however a lack of screentime means it’s never effectively conveyed in a convincing manner. His reasons are also largely personal, and don’t really have anything to do with our trio of protagonists, so the revenge factor behind catching the bad guy that drove the originals narrative here feel sourly lacking. It’s basically a trio of comedic good guys that banter along about being Korean through their cultural differences, while trying to catch a bad guy who’s stolen some money. A bit more time on giving the trio of Hae-jin, Hyun Bin, and Henney some motivation to catch him beyond it being their job could have helped to add at least a smidgen of gravitas to their mission.

As it is, Confidential Assignment 2: International achieves much the same as the first. There’s a few genuine laughs to be had, a smattering of decent action (and also some not so decent, including the whole rooftop finale), and functional dramatic beats to keep things moving along. If we were still in the 2010’s I’d probably think more highly of this follow-up, but as a product of 2022 when Korea is cranking out similar genre efforts like The Roundup , Seok-hoon’s return to filmmaking feels more than a little lazy, delivering the bare minimum and not an ounce more.

Paul Bramhall’s Rating: 5.5/10

4 Responses to Confidential Assignment 2: International (2022) Review

I didn’t know there was a sequel until now. The first movie certainly wasn’t deep, but it was easy and safe entertainment. (Which isn’t why we watch Korean movies.)

I find it hard to see the words “success” and “X-Men Origins” in the same sentence. Although I guess Mr Henney got a decent paycheck.

It’s interesting to read about how movies that don’t keep up with modern action film making are now considered “outdated.” Based on that notion, are we to not like certain movies from the past anymore?

At the top of my head The Last Boy Scout, Last Man Standing ‘95 and 96 wouldn’t be enjoyed by modern audiences because they don’t have “John Wick” action and feature plenty of bad guys who can’t shoot straight. (Modern audiences might have other grievances too, but that’s another subject.)

I think there will always be a place for that kind of action as long as there’s a fun factor to it and it’s done well. I guess Confidential Assignment 2 doesn’t have that going for it even though the first movie had well done gunfights and martial art scenes that still hold up today.

Now you do! 🙂 Hope you get a chance to check it out Andrew.

To your question, I’d give it a hard ‘no’. For me a movies action aesthetic is always in context of the era it was made in. That’s why the likes of ‘The Last Boy Scout’ will always be a classic, along with plenty of other 80’s and 90’s action flicks. The action is exciting because it was at the time of its release, delivering a healthy dose of testosterone and bullet riddled mayhem. The same can be applied to kung-fu flicks, I enjoy the action in ‘The One Armed Swordsman’ from 1967 as much as I enjoy the action in ‘The Swordsman’ from 2020, as both make a genuine effort to put solid action onscreen for the year that they were made.

My problem here is that (with the exception of the New York shootout), I didn’t feel like that genuine effort was being made. Watching people repeatedly shoot at each other from static positions and never hit anything isn’t exciting, it’s just audio visual noise, and for a movie from 2022 we should expect more. It doesn’t need to be John Wick, it doesn’t even need to be John Woo, but if there’s bullets flying all over the screen and as a viewer there’s no feeling of danger, then there’s something fundamentally amiss in the action design.

All of that makes sense, and I’m glad you can clarify.

I still enjoy many of the movies that I enjoyed 20 and even 30 years ago, but I admit that as action choreography advanced, I became spoiled by it, and it sometimes became harder to watch films where the characters aren’t doing 10-30 moves in one camera shot.

I suppose with some older films, their action scenes are still good because the characters are worth caring about and whatnot.

I enjoyed both movies just like all the lethal weapons movies. Cannot asked for everyone of these movies to be classic. Both movies are fun and well made.

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Confidential Assignment 2: International

Hyun Bin (Im Chul Ryung) Im Yoon-ah (Park Min Young) Yoo Hae-jin (Kang Jin Tae) Daniel Henney (Jack) Jin Seon-kyu (Jang Myeong Jun) Kang Deok-Joong (Eel restaurant male agent) Seo Dong-won (Lee Hyeong Sa) Eun Su Han (Nurse) Park Hoon (Park Sang Wi) Lee Je-Yeon (Jong Goo)

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Story: Jang (Jin Sun-kyu) is a drug lord who was actually supposed to produce drugs on behalf of North Korea and sell them abroad in order to supply the country with a steady cash flow. But he defected and now lines his own pockets. North Korea also has a problem with the fact that Jang has a billion dollars that belong to them. They want the money back and so Lim Cheol-ryeong (Hyeon Bin) is sent to America, where the FBI captured Jang. The FBI's lead investigator Jack (Daniel Henney) is not at all happy that he has to give Jang to North Korea. However, when the prisoner is being handed over, there is a big shootout and Jang manages to escape. For reasons unknown to the North, Jang flees to South Korea and goes into hiding, were he also launches a new drug. Lim is sent to South Korea, where he is supposed to collaborate with Detective Kang Jin-tae (Yoo Hae-jin). The two have already solved a case together in the past, but despite their friendship, Kang is aware of the fact that Lim's loyalty lies with his own country. When Jack gets involved in the case too, it seems almost impossible for the parties to cooperate. Still, the three have no other choice but to share their knowledge with each other if they want to put a stop to Jang's activities - as the drug lord has already forged an extremely dangerous plan with which he wants to take revenge for the death of his family.

Review: If you don't have the best memory anyway, it's no surprise you cannot remember "Confidential Assignment" . Luckily, I can use my reviews as a memory aid, and I quickly realized that the first part was simply forgettable. That's why I was all the more surprised to see that there was a second installment in the first place, and even the more astonished that it was basically better in all respects too, so much so that it could actually be called a good movie. This is not only due to the excellent action (which was already pretty decent in the first part), but above all due to the humor, which works on a level that is not embarrassing at all - instead it's really entertaining. Moreover, the flat characters were fleshed out more and - also thanks to a third "buddy" - the direcctor finally managed to get the chemistry between the main characters right, which is something that didn't work in the first flick.

The reason why the movie has the subtitle "International", apart from the fact that the introduction is set in the USA, is the third person in the league. Daniel Henney ( "My Father" ) is the Korean Michael Wong. He almost always speaks English and only sporadically speaks Korean when it suits him. The fact that he always immediately scores points with women, mainly because of his appearance and masculinity, starts a nice competition between his character and that of Hyeon Bin. But that is not the only reason for tension between them, because - needless to say - all three protagonists are loyal to their own country and therefore always have to hide some information from the others. Of course, in a buddy movie like that, there just has to be some betrayal followed by remorse and redemption. Overall, it can be said that adding another character brings more dynamic to the movie and actually increases the level of entertainment.

Towards the end, however, there are still some nice action scenes, and again the level of violence contrasts the family movie atmosphere. A contrast that is actually quite pleasing this time. Action fans will also get their money's worth thanks to some gripping scenes, but it's mainly the humor that works really well in this sequel. The dialogues between the individuals are entertaining and create a pace and dynamics that make the 128 minutes fly by in an instant. Different to what we get to see in so many sequels, there is hardly anything over-the-top here, and thanks to the introduction of a third character into the bromance you can even watch the movie without needing any knowledge of the previous picture. Accordingly, "Confidential Assignment 2: International" has done everything right as a sequel. As a movie on its own, you don't get anything seriously new here, but what you get is some solid entertainment.

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In this sequel to action comedy Confidential Assignment (2017), Cheol-ryung (Hyun Bin) returns as the disciplined North Korean super-agent, and also back is the laid-back South Korean cop Jin-tae (Yoo Hae-jin).

Both are assigned to track down a renegade North Korean operative who has become one of South Korea’s most brutal drug dealers. Things are further complicated by the appearance of gung-ho American FBI agent Jack (Daniel Henney).

Meanwhile, Min-young (Im Yoon-ah), Jin-tae’s sister-in-law, is besotted with the handsome Cheol-ryung and hopes he remembers her from the previous assignment.

If you took the good bits from classic odd-couple cop movies – throw in a dash of Rush Hour (1998), a splash of Bad Boys (1995) and a pinch of Lethal Weapon (1987) – the result would be this entertaining package, an action-comedy that does not take itself seriously yet never crumbles into complete silliness.

Credit must be given to Yoo Hae-jin, a gifted comic actor whose average Joe humanity keeps everything anchored. His role might not be the most original – he plays the henpecked husband who goes to comical lengths to keep his wife in the dark about his love of danger – but Yoo’s light touch makes his part feel fresh and funny.

Heart-throbs Hyun Bin and Daniel Henney play the suave foreigners whose presence causes a disturbance in the feminine force in Jin-tae’s family. In a scene that recalls Bad Boys, they do a cool slow-motion strut, exuding seismic waves of handsomeness.

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Henney’s American cop utters a few words of Korean and the natives who hear it melt in appreciation – it is a layered poke at pretty privilege, but also a jab at locals who fawn over Korean-speaking expatriates. In Rush Hour, nobody in America praised Jackie Chan’s character for speaking English.

Like the hit South Korean comedy Extreme Job (2019) – about cops who take over a chicken restaurant for a stakeout, only to find that selling fried chicken is their passion – Confidential Assignment 2: International is powered by strong, character-driven jokes.

In a brilliant early sequence, a car chase is made funny by the inclusion of a bit about in-car cup noodle-eating. In one elegant move, it sells action and reveals Jin-tae’s dogged personality, all capped with a great joke.

This stands in contrast to the Hollywood buddy cop movie of today, which tends to let one hyperactive actor, a professional comedian (someone like Kevin Hart), carry the entire movie with non-stop riffing or have both cop buddies do talky stand-up bits disguised as conversations.

HOT TAKE: A buddy cop comedy better than anything Hollywood has made in ages.

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Confidential Assignment 2: International (NC16)

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The story: In this sequel to action comedy Confidential Assignment (2017), Cheol-ryung (Hyun Bin) returns as the disciplined North Korean super-agent, and also back is the laid-back South Korean cop Jin-tae (Yoo Hae-jin). Both are assigned to track down a renegade North Korean operative who has become one of South Korea’s most brutal drug dealers. Things are further complicated by the appearance of gung-ho American FBI agent Jack (Daniel Henney). Meanwhile, Min-young (Im Yoon-ah), Jin-tae’s sister-in-law, is besotted with the handsome Cheol-ryung and hopes he remembers her from the previous assignment.

If you took the good bits from classic odd-couple cop movies – throw in a dash of Rush Hour (1998), a splash of Bad Boys (1995) and a pinch of Lethal Weapon (1987) – the result would be this entertaining package, an action-comedy that does not take itself seriously yet never crumbles into complete silliness.

Credit must be given to Yoo Hae-jin, a gifted comic actor whose average Joe humanity keeps everything anchored. His role might not be the most original – he plays the henpecked husband who goes to comical lengths to keep his wife in the dark about his love of danger – but Yoo’s light touch makes his part feel fresh and funny.

Heart-throbs Hyun Bin and Daniel Henney play the suave foreigners whose presence causes a disturbance in the feminine force in Jin-tae’s family. In a scene that recalls Bad Boys, they do a cool slow-motion strut, exuding seismic waves of handsomeness. Henney’s American cop utters a few words of Korean and the natives who hear it melt in appreciation – it is a layered poke at pretty privilege, but also a jab at locals who fawn over Korean-speaking expatriates. In Rush Hour, nobody in America praised Jackie Chan’s character for speaking English.

Like the hit South Korean comedy Extreme Job (2019) – about cops who take over a chicken restaurant for a stakeout, only to find that selling fried chicken is their passion – Confidential Assignment 2: International is powered by strong, character-driven jokes. In a brilliant early sequence, a car chase is made funny by the inclusion of a bit about in-car cup noodle-eating. In one elegant move, it sells action and reveals Jin-tae’s dogged personality, all capped with a great joke.

This stands in contrast to the Hollywood buddy cop movie of today, which tends to let one hyperactive actor, a professional comedian (someone like Kevin Hart), carry the entire movie with non-stop riffing or have both cop buddies do talky stand-up bits disguised as conversations.

Hot take: A buddy cop comedy better than anything Hollywood has made in ages.

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Confidential Assignment 2: International Review: Forget The Action, Hyun Bin & Yoo Hae-Jin Bromance Is Highlight Of Buddy-Cop Comedy

Confidential Assignment 2: International: Daniel Henney, Hyun Bin, Yoo Hae-Jin and Im Yoon-Ah hatch a plan to smash a drug-smuggling syndicate.

Confidential Assignment 2: International (NC16)

Starring Hyun Bin, Yoo Hae-Jin, Im Yoon-Ah, Daniel Henney, Jin Seon-Kyu

Directed by Lee Seok-Hoon

Full disclosure: I didn’t see the 2017 original but that didn’t get in my way of enjoying the breezy bromance between Hyun Bun and Yoo Hae-Jin. They play cops from North and South Korea, respectively, who put their ideological differences aside for the greater good (what’s not to like about that?): to bust Jin Seon-Kyu’s renegade Pyongyang soldier-turned-dope trafficker (with a G-awful $12 haircut). Daniel Henney crashes the party as the hunky, hot-headed US federale with an ax to grind with the miscreant. The action is engaging but it’s the LOL moments — especially those involving Im Yoon-Ah — that leave an impression. (3/5 stars) In cinemas now

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Confidential Assignment Reviews

"Confidential Assignment" may not be particularly original, but is an impressive, funny, and very stylish action comedy that is bound to entertain its audience, particularly the ones who enjoy Hollywood blockbusters.

Full Review | Dec 25, 2019

Its narrative makes little sense, but the film is so entertaining audiences will overlook its ludicrous plotting and identify with the protagonists.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 1, 2017

Essentially tacking on a drawn-out fourth act after the 90-minute point, the film feels needlessly overblown by the time it hits the two-hour mark.

Full Review | Jan 27, 2017

This adrenaline-filled cop caper, featuring an unlikely Mutt-and-Jeff pair from two Koreas, delivers solid entertainment and lovable characters.

Full Review | Jan 26, 2017