Title: 감시자들 | Gamshijadeul | Stakeout | Cold Eyes
Genre: Crime | Action | Suspense-Thriller
Release Date: July 4, 2013
Synopsis:
It is about specialized surveillance unit that doesn’t engage the suspects or criminals. They just follow and gather information and allows the Korean Police and SWAT team to do the arrest. The leader of the team is Chief Detective Hwang. A newbie, Ha Yoon-joo joins this surveillance unit. During her final simulation test, a bank is being robbed and only one of the seven criminals were caught on the CCTV camera. The Specialized surveillance unit lead by Hwang needs to catch these professional criminals with James as the leader of the pack. James gets his mission from his mentor and stands on the rooftop of a nearby building to coordinate his team’s movement in accomplishing their criminal plans. After he coordinated successfully the bank heist James wanted to quit from his line of work but his mentor sent a man to kill him instead. He was able to defend himself but was forced to do his last mission. On this mission, unfortunately, he ended up killing one of the detectives from Hwang’s surveillance team. James last mission becomes now a different ball game. He needs now to ensure his safety escape from both his mentor’s people and Hwang’s surveillance team who are determined to avenge the death of one of their own.
Characters:
- Sol Kyung-gu as Chief detective Hwang
- Jung Woo-sung as James
- Han Hyo-joo as Ha Yoon-joo
- Jin Kyung as Department Head Lee
- Lee Junho as Detective Daramjwi , Code Name: The Squirrel
- Kim Byung-Ok as Mysterious Broker or Cobbler
- Simon Yam on a Cameo Role as Target of Surveillance Team (cameo)
- Kim Ji-Hoon as Ddon
- Kang Shin-Ha as Doodeoji
- Son Min-Suk as Wonsoongi
- Choi Eun-Suk as Arrest Team
- Byun Yo-Han as M3
My Review:
Well, it is definitely devoid of any romance and almost similar in nature if you are watching an American action film. According to the news this is Jung Woo-sung first time to be a villain in a movie or drama. I must say, he did a very good job with it even if he rarely speaks. I believe this is actually more challenging to do as an actor because your actuations and facial expressions will have to speak volumes for you to reflect what your character is feeling or thinking. There’s nothing much unique about the film that will stand out from all the action and suspense films or dramas available for you to watch. But, it is definitely not boring.
Would I recommend this K-Movie? Yeah, sure if you have nothing better else to do and want something different from the usual Korean romcoms.
My Rating to this Drama
( See My Rating System: ) 3/5 Stars
OST:
I’m In Love – Junho