Cold Eyes was inspired by the Hong Kong film Eye in The Sky which was good but not that great. And again I was strangely reluctant to choose it from 'to be viewed' file. But I like Han Hyo Joo, the lead actress and Jung Woo Sung, despite not being a fave actor, never dissapointed me so far. And in the end I ended up liking it better than the original.
Spoilers from hereon:
The film started with introducing the key players. We know they are that because of the actors. We have the rookie, the seasoned cop and the villain all in a subway train vagon. We quickly find out that this was a test for the rookie to see whether she can enter into the survaillance cop team or not. She passed with highest score but somehow the team leader and the manager act as if she barely made it and furthermore when they ask her which nickname she prefers, she choses Reindeer (everyone has animal nicknames) but her firs morning she is introduced everyone as "pig" - heh.
The villain is a chilling psychopath burglar mastermind acted very well (once again) Jung Woo Sung, and the cat and mouse game was very well filmed. I was captivated with what's going on in the screen and in the end was perfectly satisfied. There was also a nice touch of Simon Yam (the lead actor of the Hong Kong version) cameo.
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