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Yaksha: Ruthless Operations

Sul Kyung-gu

Park Hae-soo

Hiroyuki Ikeuchi

Yang Dong-geun

Lee El

Song Jae-rim

Jinyoung

Lee Soo-kyung

Jin Kyung

Jin Seo-yeon

Choi Won-young

Eleven Yao

Ji Suyeon

Yoo Jeong-ho

Kim Jong-man

Yang Mal-bok

Gong Teyu

Oh Chae-eun

Choi Pil-sang

Ha Jung-min

Lee Ji-hoon

Na Hyun

Lee Jun-oh

Hong Jae-sik

Kim Deok-du

Kwon Gwi-deok

Kim Jae-keun

Kim Chang-sub

On Se-woong

Hong Soo-hee

Do Gwang-sup

Ahn Sang-hoon

Seo Eun-kyung

Lee Jin-young

Ok Gwang-hee

Kim Hee-jin

Kwak Tae-yong

Kim Sang-bum

Park Jun-yong

You Cheong

Kim Do-su

Lim Hyo-woo

Park Jin-ho

Hwang Hyo-kyun

Lee Hee-eun

Jeong Jin-geun

Lee Jae-deok

Moon Chul-woo

Lee Sang-min

Park Gab-jin

Park Eui-dong

Jung Sang-sung

Jeong Kyung-hwa

Shin Jin

Shim Chul-min

OK-ish mash-up

A secret service outpost has been sending made-up reports for over a year, and now an inspector is sent to find out what's going on there. South-Korean, North-Korean, Chinese and Japanese spies trying to out-trick, -guess and -gun each others... the sales pitch sounds good!

Unfortunately, only a few scenes deliver glimpses of what this could have been if its potential had been realised into something original.

But playing it safe, most of "Yaksha: Ruthless Operations" is a mix of Buddy Cop, Mission Impossible, James Bond knock-off, good old 80s action heroes wearing thick Plot Armour, and flat cardboard characters. The longer it runs, the more disappointing it gets. 

The only surprise is the ending, but it is not a plot twist:
(possible spoiler... but you see it coming all the time)

The Good Cop has been transformed into a Bad Cop, And That's OK. Before, the protagonist was against wanton violence, killing, torture; now his attitude is "whatever it takes", no holds barred.
And everybody is happy with this outcome, possible sequel hinted at in end credits.


A funny short scene at 00:42, in a bar, is worth seeing; skip the rest.

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Sul Kyung-gu

Park Hae-soo

Hiroyuki Ikeuchi

Yang Dong-geun

Lee El

Song Jae-rim

Jinyoung

Lee Soo-kyung

Jin Kyung

Jin Seo-yeon

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