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  • 2013
  • Not Rated
  • Well Go USA Entertainment
  • 1 h 53 m
  • 2013
  • Not Rated
  • Well Go USA Entertainment
  • 1 h 53 m

Summary After his father’s botched espionage mission, North Korean Myung-hoon and his young sister Hye-in are sent to a labor prison camp. In order to save his sister’s life, Myung-hoon volunteers to become a spy and infiltrates the South as a teenage defector. While attending high school in the South, he meets another girl named Hye-in and resc...

Directed By: Hong-soo Park

Written By: Soo-young Kim

  • 2013
  • Not Rated
  • Well Go USA Entertainment
  • 1 h 53 m
  • 2013
  • Not Rated
  • Well Go USA Entertainment
  • 1 h 53 m

Commitment

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Summary After his father’s botched espionage mission, North Korean Myung-hoon and his young sister Hye-in are sent to a labor prison camp. In order to save his sister’s life, Myung-hoon volunteers to become a spy and infiltrates the South as a teenage defector. While attending high school in the South, he meets another girl named Hye-in and resc...

Directed By: Hong-soo Park

Written By: Soo-young Kim

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60
Jan 6, 2014
Tyro helmer Park Hong-soo handles wall-to-wall action, political intrigue and adolescent love with a relentless efficiency that befits his protagonist, even if the execution can feel as methodical as that of a killer checking off a hit list.
By Maggie Lee FULL REVIEW
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Jan 1, 2014
Boilerplate shootouts and conflagrations get the better of the movie's second half, but for the most part, first-time director Park Hong-soo strikes the right balance between take-no-prisoners espionage and teenage angst.
By Sheri Linden FULL REVIEW
50
Dec 5, 2013
Park Hong-soo’s debut feature includes enough kinetic action sequences to satisfy genre fans even while its dramatic elements leave something to be desired.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
50
Dec 5, 2013
Having ruled out humor, the movie emphasizes action and melodrama. Director Park Hong-soo, making his feature debut, handles the former with proficiency but little flair.
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20
Dec 5, 2013
For all the shooting, knifing and nattering about sleeper cells, the film feels weirdly static and terminally tired.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW
20
Dec 3, 2013
When Commitment isn't a perfectly forgettable action film, it's either an oil-thin melodrama or a charbroiled treat for meatheads.
By Simon Abrams FULL REVIEW

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Production Company CJ Entertainment, The Lamp, Golden Fish Pictures, CJ E&M Film Financing & Investment Entertainment & Comics
Release Date Dec 6, 2013
Duration 1 h 53 m
Rating Not Rated
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Tagline He'll stop at nothing to save her
Website http://dousousei.jp/
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Baek Sang Art Awards
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