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Extreme Job

2019 · 111 min

A breezy, crowd-pleasing caper where bumbling cops stumble into chicken-frying fame; silly, warm and easy to sink into.

Tagline
Part-time frying chicken, full-time undercover.
Overview
A drug squad attempts to take down a criminal organization and they must go undercover to do so, so they begin working at a chicken restaurant, that becomes famous for its delicious chicken. Due to the unexpected popularity, the detectives find themselves in a situation they never expected.
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Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • found family
  • friendship
  • work
  • ambition
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror0
Humour8
Realism5
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
action, comedy, crime
Directed by
Lee Byeong-heon
Written by
Moon Chung-il
Starring
Ryu Seung-ryong, Lee Hanee, Jin Sun-kyu, Lee Dong-hwi, Gong Myoung, Shin Ha-kyun, Oh Jung-se, Kim Eui-sung
Music
Kim Tae-seong, Choi Jung-in
Cinematography
Noh Seung-bo
Runtime
111 min
Country
South Korea
Languages
Japanese, Mandarin, Korean

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