The Suspect 2014

Former North Korean agent Dong-chul (Gong Yoo) embarks on a dangerous quest for vengeance after his family is murdered. Now a fugitive, he must outwit those pursuing him while investigating a pair of glasses containing vital national secrets. As he navigates a web of deception and betrayal, Dong-chul fights to clear his name and uncover a larger conspiracy that threatens to ignite a revolution.

Former North Korean agent Dong-chul (Gong Yoo) embarks on a dangerous quest for vengeance after his family is murdered. Now a fugitive, he must outwit those pursuing him while investigating a pair of glasses containing vital national secrets. As he navigates a web of deception and betrayal, Dong-chul fights to clear his name and uncover a larger conspiracy that threatens to ignite a revolution.

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Metacritic

63

Metascore

6.3

User Score

IMDb

5.7 /10

IMDb Rating

TMDB

54

%

User Score

Letterboxd

3.2

From 2 fan ratings

Movie Insider

3.67/5

From 3 fan ratings

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Ji Dong-cheol, once one of the North Korea’s top special forces operators, is cast aside when a political shift leaves him stranded during a mission. He learns that his wife and daughter were sold as slaves to China, and the grim discovery of their bodies confirms the worst. Realizing an ex-colleague was behind their deaths, he abandons his former life and defects to the South to pursue the killer in a calculated vendetta. Living undercover, he splits his days between searching for his nemesis and working by night as the personal chauffeur to Chairman Park, a powerful business executive with deep connections to Pyongyang.

A turning point comes when the chairman is attacked and killed by an assassin, yet not before handing Dong-cheol a special pair of glasses, a clue that hints at larger secrets at play. Soon after, the South Korean intelligence service—one of the agencies that ultimately frames Dong-cheol for the murder—launches a relentless manhunt for the beleaguered former spy. The pursuit is led by Min Se-hoon, a colonel and drill sergeant who shares a complicated past with Dong-cheol, and Kim Seok-ho, a corrupt director of the NIS, both determined to close the case at any cost.

Amid the pressure, Dong-cheol finds unlikely help from a feisty documentary filmmaker who becomes a crucial ally. Together, they navigate a tense web of loyalty and betrayal as he races to recover the top-secret materials his dying boss had sent him to locate. The story unfolds with a careful balance of suspense and moral ambiguity, tracing a man who has traded one peril-filled world for another while clinging to a thread of personal justice.

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Buick

1991

Park Avenue

Ford

2009

Crown Victoria

Ford

1994

F-150

Ford

2013

Police Interceptor Utility

Volvo

1991

740

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