Title: 협상 | Hyeobsang | The Negotiation
Genre: Action | Crime Drama
Distributed: CJ Entertainment
Release Date: September 19, 2018
Synopsis:
Ha Chae-Yoon is a respected negotiator of Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency. She and her team under Captain Jung have gone difficult cases which doesn’t make room for her to have a personal life. She would have been happy for it to stay that way until one fateful day she needs to interrupt her vacation to deal with a negotiation of a hostage taking of Yoo Yeon-Joo. The result of this case affected her so much that Ha Chae-Yoon decided to resign from her post. But, this didn’t go the way she intends it to be as she was ordered to take over a hostage negotiation of Captain Jung and a reporter abducted in Bangkok by Min Tae-Gu’s group. She didn’t understand at first what’s going on until little by little her team figured out and revealed what Min Tae Gu, a Korean arms dealer but a UK citizen, really wants to negotiate and why it is relevant that Ha Chae-Yoon must be the negotiator.
Characters:
- Son Ye-Jin as Ha Chae-Yoon
- Hyun Bin as Min Tae-Gu
- Kim Sang-Ho as Ahn Hyuk-Soo
- Jang Young-nam as Section Chief Han
- Jang Gwang as Hwang Soo-Suk
- Choi Byung-Mo as Secretary Kong
- Jo Young-Jin as Chairman Koo
- Kim Jong-Goo as CEO Yoon
- Yoo Yeon-Soo as Chief Moon
- Lee Joo-Young as Lee Da-Bin
- Kim Min-Sang as Deputy Department Head Park
- Park Sung-Geun as Operation Officer
- Han Ki-Joong as Lieutenant General Son
- Park Soo-Young as Section Chief Choi
- Jung In-Gyeom as Lee Sang-Mok
- Lee Si-A as Yoo Yeon-Joo
- Lee Hak-Joo as Park Min-Woo
- Lee Moon-sik as Capt. Jung
My Review:
I have been waiting for this film to be released in video for so long since it was released in cinemas. Considering that the main leads are Son Ye-Jin and Hyun Bin, it wasn’t surprising that it turned out to be that good and entertaining to watch.
So, What do I Like About this K-Film?
(1) Hyun Bin as Min Tae-Gu is a revelation to watch on this film. He shed the romantic guy image and totally became a villain that’s not 2 dimensional. He excellently portrayed his role as Min Tae-Gu as a cruel bastard who has no qualms in sacrificing other people’s lives including children to get what he wanted. Yet, in the end, he made his character sympathetic but real. He is both good and evil which means just human.
(2) Son Ye-Jin as Ha Chae-Yoon gave another spectacular performance on this film. She’s able to viscerally express her character’s emotions without overacting especially in difficult situations she can’t reveal her emotions during her negotiation with Min Tae-Gu. She’s one of my ultimate korean actresses, who emanates both beauty and talent.
(3) The film is riveting to watch and though, the topic has been done a lot of times in hollywood films, the director and writer were able to make something uniquely their own. It was never boring and typical.
(4) The story was able to run its course with unexpected surprises for the audience. It was able to present the plot with a good level of unpredictability and make the audience understand why with very little or even no wasted scenes to unfold the backstory of the characters.
(5) It is one hell of an entertaining film
What I do Not Like About this K-Film?
Would I recommend this K-Movie? Yes
My Rating to this Korean Film
( See My Rating System: ) 5/5 Stars
OST:
01. Negotiation Title – Sang Jun Hwang & Lee Aram
02. Negotiator – Sang Jun Hwang
03. Hostage Case – Sang Jun Hwang
04. Hidden Truth – No Hyung Woo
05. Start Negotiations – Sang Jun Hwang
06. Thailand Kidnapping Case – Aram Lee
07. Mystery – Park Eunji
08. Reappear – Sang Jun Hwang
09. Summon – Sang Jun Hwang
10. Solve a Problem – Sang Jun Hwang
11. Nineelectrics – Park Eunji
12. Blacklist – Park Eunji
13. Live Streaming – No Hyung Woo
14. Mystery 2 – Park Eunji
15. Invalid Command – Sang Jun Hwang
16. A Sign of Truth – Aram Lee
17. Min Tae Gu – Sang Jun Hwang
18. Last Story – Sang Jun Hwang
19. Negotiation is Over – No Hyung Woo & Sang Jun Hwang