Synopsis
The Suspect (용의자, 2013) — watch online on iFILM — is a South Korean action thriller directed by Won Shin-yeon and built around a career-best physical performance from Gong Yoo. At 137 minutes, it earns its runtime.
Ji Dong-chul was a North Korean special agent. His country burned him, his family is gone, and he's been living in Seoul under a cover identity. Then the CEO of a major conglomerate is killed and Ji Dong-chul lands at the top of the suspect list. The dead man's glasses contain something multiple factions want badly enough to kill for. Ji Dong-chul doesn't run — he follows the thread.
Gong Yoo carries the film on economy of movement and expression: the role demands someone who looks like he's absorbed violence rather than performed it, and he delivers exactly that. The plotting is dense but rarely loses you. All evidences say he did it — the tagline is the hook, and the film makes you unspool the lie. Stream The Suspect online on iFILM.
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