Going by the Book

Going by the Book (바르게 살자, 2007) is a Korean action comedy you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Ra Hee-chan.

Detective Jung Do-man has been demoted to traffic duty for being too stubborn and too rigid to function within the department. When Sampo City's new police chief organizes a realistic bank robbery drill, Do-man is cast as the robber. He plays it completely straight: full demands, hostages, no cooperation with the organizers running the simulation. The brass didn't anticipate someone who treats a training exercise the same way he'd treat the real thing.

Jung Jae-young plays Do-man with a single unwavering gear. Son Byung-ho plays the chief managing the escalating disaster. The film is a deadpan study of what happens when a man with one setting gets put into a situation that requires flexibility. Stream Going by the Book (2007) online on iFILM.