Screening Date: 6 Nov 2019 20:30

Ticket Link: https://kccuk.org.uk/en/programmes/london-korean-film-festival-2019/extreme-job/

"There’s lots of absurdity in what we do," says Ko - and when it comes to crazy laughs and over-the-top fighting, Extreme Job delivers to order. (AB)

Remember Los Pollos Hermanos, the fast-food outlet in TV's Breaking Bad that serves as a front for the Southwestern United States' most lucrative methamphetamine distribution network? That idea is turned on its head in this action comedy feature from director Lee Byeong-heon (What A Man Wants, 2018), as an incompetent and dysfunctional five-person police team takes over a run-down chicken shop in order to observe and infiltrate a drug syndicate's headquarters across the road. When their special chicken recipe becomes a massive hit with the public, it is a case of stakeout meets takeout, as cooking and crime-busting get ever more confused, until this ensemble of misfits finally learns why they were put together in the first place, and why their leader Captain Ko (Ryu Seung-yong, Seven Years of Night, 2017) has the nickname 'Zombie'.

This screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Lee Byeong-heon.

Director: Lee Byeong-Heon

Writer: Lee Byeong-Heon

Producer: Kim Sung-Hwan

Cast: Ryu Seung-Yong, Lee Hanee, Jin Sun-Kyu, Lee Dong-Hwi

Production Company: About Film

International Sales: CJ Entertainment

Comedy, Action / 2018 / 111 min / CERT. 15 / Colour / DCP

Filmography

What a Man Wants (2018)

Twenty (2014)

Cheer Up Mr. Lee (2012)

Smell (Short, 2009)