ランサム 非公式作戦
あらすじ
内戦下にあったレバノンのベイルートで、韓国の外交官が行方不明になる。外交官ミンジュンは、失踪した外交官が何者かに捕らえられ、人質として生きていることを示す暗号をキャッチ。身代金を手にレバノンに降り立った彼は、大金を狙うギャングに襲われるが、現地でタクシー運転手として働く韓国人パンスに助けられる。ミンジュンは報酬を要求するパンスと渋々手を組み、外交官を助け出そうとする。
内戦下にあったレバノンのベイルートで、韓国の外交官が行方不明になる。外交官ミンジュンは、失踪した外交官が何者かに捕らえられ、人質として生きていることを示す暗号をキャッチ。身代金を手にレバノンに降り立った彼は、大金を狙うギャングに襲われるが、現地でタクシー運転手として働く韓国人パンスに助けられる。ミンジュンは報酬を要求するパンスと渋々手を組み、外交官を助け出そうとする。
監督: 김성훈
脚本: Kim Jung-youn / 김성훈 / 여미정
音楽: モグ
制作: 류정훈 / Jun Piel-do / 여미정
撮影監督: Kim Tae-sung
制作会社: Wind Up Film / Why Not Film
When a Korean diplomat is kidnapped in war-torn Lebanon, his government is conflicted about paying his ransom demand. It falls to "Min-joon" (Ha Jung-woo) to travel there and execute quite a complex plan to extricate their citizen and stay one step ahead of the warlords and the authorities who all want a share of his rather valuable luggage! Luckily, his airport-escaping antics find him in the back of the taxi driven by "Pan-soo" (Ju Ji-hoon). Now this fellow just happens to be a Korean ex-pat, he's also a slightly dubious character who can think on his feet, and who has had dealings with their government in the past. What now ensues is quite an engaging series of adventures as the pair face more and more perilous tasks trying to stay alive and rescue "Mr Oh"! It is too long, and at times it drags a little - but director Seong Hun Kim manages to create one of the more authentic looking desert adventures featuring loads of gunfire, some rabid dogs, a fun car chase down an alleyway and I found this to be way more watchable than some more recent, bigger budget, action films with Hollywood stars atop them. It's a fun watch this, with a good dynamic between the two men on their quest; the script is occasionally quite funny and the whole thing has a sort of light-heartedness to it that I quite enjoyed. Based on a true story, too - who'd be an emissary?
