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Confidential Assignment 2: International

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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.

VERDICT: 4/5

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2022 ‘공조 2: 인터내셔날’ Directed by Lee Suk-hoon

One team new mission.

Follows Rim Chul Ryung heading back to South Korea in pursuit of a brutal and secret criminal organization. He teams up again with Kang Jin Tae, who volunteers to work with the North Korean in order to get back on the investigation team after a mistake landed him in the cyber crime department.

Hyun Bin Yoo Hai-jin Yoona Daniel Henney Jin Sun-kyu Jang Young-nam Lee Hae-yeong Park Hoon Im Sung-jae Yoon Sang-hwa Park Min-ha Jeon Kuk-hwan Jeon Bae-soo Seo Dong-won Park Hyeong-su Lee Min-ji Kim Won-hae Jo Dal-hwan Lee Seung-hun Lee Je-yeon Park Jong-hwan Kim Joong-hee Han Hyeon-jik Kim Kyung-sik Jung Yun-ha

Director Director

Lee Suk-hoon

Producers Producers

Choi Jun-ho Ju Seung-hwan Hong A-reum

Writers Writers

JK Youn Lee Suk-hoon Im Seong-soon

Editor Editor

Nam Na-young

Cinematography Cinematography

Hong Jae-sik

Assistant Director Asst. Director

Park Min-woo

Executive Producers Exec. Producers

JK Youn Kil Young-min Kang Ho-sung

Lighting Lighting

Kim Jae-keun

Production Design Production Design

Lee Tae-hoon Lee Jin-hyung

Set Decoration Set Decoration

Choi Hong-seob

Visual Effects Visual Effects

Kim Han-jun Park Ui-dong Bae Sang-min Son Seung-hyeon

Stunts Stunts

Choi Dong-hun Kim Tae-kang No Hyeong-gi Suh Jeong-woo Lim Hyo-woo Lim Seung-mook

Composer Composer

Hwang Sang-jun

Sound Sound

Han Myung-hwan Park Hyun-soo

Costume Design Costume Design

Kim Eun-suk

Makeup Makeup

Lee Jin-young Yoon Hwang-jik

JK Film CJ Entertainment CJ ENM

South Korea

Primary language, spoken languages.

English Korean

Releases by Date

07 sep 2022, 08 sep 2022, 15 sep 2022, 22 sep 2023, 25 dec 2022, releases by country, russian federation.

• Digital 18+
• Theatrical NC16
• Theatrical 15

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Review by SupremeLemon (지존레몬) ★ 2

Kinda cute but deplorable in the end. What the fuck was up with Yoo Hae-jin saying dumb shit like "wow, we're like the Avengers!!" ? I like the idea of having a north Korean, a south Korean, and a Korean American working together, but I don't like the Korean American being an FBI agent, though I guess you can't really work around that in a Korean copaganda film lol

Can't wait for Yoona to start making YouTube videos with Hyun Bin

"Samyang FIRE NOODLE MUKBANG with my NORTH KOREAN Boyfriend (NOT CLICKBAIT) #JUCHEGANG"

Review by Batman ★★★

Missed the background score from the first part 〽️

Review by Adrian Oli ★★½

Pretty average follow up although pt1 itself was average too. Started with a bang but totally messed up in the middle part. There's like atleast 20 minutes could have easily cut down to make it a decent flick. Yoo Hae-jin's family comedic bullshit made this film more like k-drama. Especially Yoonas role was uncalled for. The villain was steriotype and unlikeable here. Nothing else worth mentioning except some good hand to hand combat from Hyun Bin and the new entry of Daniel Hennery was good a pick too. And lastly Hyun Bin is pretty bad actor imao. Is he trying be korean Ryan Gosling?

Review by cyan ★★★

damn is hyun bin the only north korean actor they got??????

Review by Kevin Ma ★★½

Seen at: Cinema City Chai Wan, Hong Kong

The action is lackluster and the story is forgettable, but whoever came up with casting both Hyun Bin and Daniel Henney together deserve all the money.

Review by airelav ★★★

I love Iron Man, Captain America, and AntMan

Review by Rae ★★★ 2

I only agreed to catch this for Daniel Henney and I got exactly what I went for. These Koreans just know how to sell looks like no other. Pretty sure I moaned every time he appeared on screen. No ragrets.

Review by richa

It's called CA2 because it offers not one dilf but two. Thank you for adding Daniel and Hyun Bin 🙏🏻

Review by Idée ★★★

Sometimes I need a typical korean movie

Review by Tasha Cabrera ★★★★

To truly test my korean comprehension, I watched this in Korean with no subtitles. It was such a laugh trip, I feel like if I was completely fluent I would have found it even funnier. 

The action sequences were so unique and well choreographed. And the comedic timing was spot on. Although the plot towards the end was a bit predictable but the build up to the climax was good.

Review by Jasmine ★★★½

I could just sit and listen to Daniel Henney's voice forever.

Review by Rhythm Zaveri ★★★★

Honestly just as good as the first one, maybe even a tad bit better! It takes everything that was good in the first part and doubles down, especially on the humour. The addition of Daniel Henney to the roster is an important one. Though he doesn’t bring a lot to the table in terms of acting abilities, there’s not denying that the man oozes swagger and to put that on display is pretty much what is required of him here. Yoona too gets more moments this time round and I gotta admit, she is winning me over with her charm slowly. Granted, She’s not the best of actresses (put her in a more dramatic role and she’d be caught right…

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Confidential Assignment 2: International

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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