Agent Kim Reactivated | Official Trailer | Netflix [ENG SUB]
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Cross James Bond with Rambo, give him Korean martial arts skills and you've got Agent Kim, indestructible, lethal and devious to the max.
A North Korean team is sent south to assassinate South Korean government leaders. Unfortunately for the team, a North Korean commander has leaked their plans to the South Koreans so the entire assassination team, except agent Kim, is wiped out. The general who organized the assassination plot gets blamed for this disaster, so the general gets purged and the commander gets promoted.
Agent Kim survives and is captured by the South Koreans. His presence presents something of a problem, but they eventually decide to just turn him loose, and as long as he doesn't cause any trouble, they will let him be. Just to be sure, they assign a couple of people to keep an eye on him.
Agent Kim keeps his head down and leads a normal life. He gets a job, at a bank, gets married and they have a kid. His wife dies in childbirth, so he raises his daughter by himself.
Everything goes smoothly until his daughter gets cross-wise with an entitled brat who is the daughter of a corrupt businessman. This guy is the villain with a capital V.
Up till now, Agent Kim, has been a complete Clark Kent, unassuming, timid, hides in the background, but when his daughter disappears the glove comes off and Agent Kim runs amuck and it's great.
It's like they're trying to create a Korean James Bond, and I guess it's not too bad for a first attempt. The brutality of the North Korean training camps seems excessive, but maybe that is what it is really like. Probably depends on who's telling the story and how good a story teller they are.
Agent Kim is pretty direct and maybe a little crude, but maybe the script didn't ever place him in civilized company. Bond was always suave, except for those few occasions when he to deal with a ruffian.
The other thing might be the scenery. Bond films always have spectacular shots of fabulous places, scenery, hotels, etc. There were a couple big places, but not the sweeping vistas. Not sure what I am saying here, it's just an impression that I get.