Hunt Review Squid Games Lee Jungjae Directs 80sset Stuntfilled Spy Flick

This is Bubby , Bubby, a lavishly produced Korean action film directed by Lee Yoon Jae, who plays Son, the villainous protagonist in The Squid Game. Although it has become a huge hit in South Korea over the years as a heartthrob since the 1990s, its current popularity in the West may explain why the film was selected for Cannes and other festivals this year. This means that it is accessible to viewers who do not know the historical context necessary to understand the plot. Before we watch, it's worth remembering a little about South Korea when the movie was made in 1983. At the time, the regime was extremely oppressive, and the country was torn apart by internal dissent, and tensions with North Korea arose (literally).

It makes a little more sense if you take all of this into account and think of it as a John Le Carré type story set in Asia and fast paced. Lee will play Park Byung-ho, head of the foreign division of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency (KCIA), who is in a power struggle with his counterpart in the KCIA's domestic division, Kim Jung-do (Jung Woo Sung). - Especially after President Chun Du-hwan was assassinated during his visit to America. It turns out that North Korean spies are working for the KCIA, and Park and Kim are assigned to a rival team to find out who they are.

At the end of the film, some surprising twists explode like a ticking bomb, making up for something a little boring. Lee himself is as charismatic as ever, and as a director, he is gifted with action, spectacle and the kinetic aspects of cinema. He seems to lack confidence as a screenwriter when things get so messy, eventful and overwhelming.