Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Breakneck
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Dense
- Violence
- Graphic
- tense
- paranoid
- bombastic
- action movie night
- Korean cinema marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly praised the film's direction, performances, cinematography, and thrilling action while finding its dense espionage plotting convoluted and sometimes incoherent.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Park Pyong-ho and Kim Jung-do investigate an embedded North Korean operative while counterplans and reversals repeatedly reshape the investigation.
The story places intelligence officers inside the coercive machinery of a South Korean military government and emphasizes the human cost of its methods.
The espionage plot is set against 1980s South Korean dictatorship, inter-Korean tensions, and threats surrounding the president.
The film features spectacular assassination attempts, intelligence raids, firefights, and rapid shifts between operational viewpoints.
Films like Hunt, and why
The Age of Shadows
Korean political espionage, rapid reversals, and morally conflicted intelligence operatives
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
dense spy conspiracies, authoritarian political intrigue, and high-impact action
The Bourne Identity
stylized international espionage, double agents, and kinetic political thriller suspense
1987: When the Day Comes
historical Korean state violence, covert resistance, and propulsive action filmmaking
Movie Details
- Director
- Lee Jung-jae
- Release Date
- 2022-08-10
- Runtime
- 131 min
- Rating
- 6.7 / 10 (221)
Cast
- Lee Jung-jae
- Jung Woo-sung
- Jeon Hye-jin
- Heo Sung-tae
- Go Youn-jung
- Kim Jong-soo
- Jeong Man-sik
- Im Hyung-kook
- Jung Kyung-soon
- Jeong Jae-seong
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Plex
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Hunt about?
- Two rival South Korean intelligence chiefs hunt an infiltrator while political violence turns their own agency into a maze of betrayals.
- What is Hunt like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Hunt as breakneck, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as dense.
- Is Hunt violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Hunt as graphic.
- What did critics think of Hunt?
- Critics broadly praised the film's direction, performances, cinematography, and thrilling action while finding its dense espionage plotting convoluted and sometimes incoherent.
- Which films are like Hunt?
- Films with a similar feel include The Age of Shadows, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Bourne Identity, and 1987: When the Day Comes.
- How long is Hunt?
- Hunt runs 131 minutes.
- Where can I watch Hunt?
- In United States, Hunt is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Plex.
