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A tense illegal arms deal in a Berlin hotel suddenly descends into mayhem after a "ghost" agent named Jong-seong (HA Jung-woo) appears on the scene. Secretly watching the deal go down is embattled South Korean intelligence chief Jin-soo (HAN Suk-Kyu), the North Koreans and the US CIA, who are all left trying to decode whether the ghost is a double-agent or taking the fall for a more insidious plot. Myung-soo (RYOO Seung-bum) a young, notorious North Korean agent jumps into these treacherous waters to investigate loyalties of all involved and begins to implicate Jong-seong's wife, Jung-hee (Gianna JUN), a translator at the North Korean embassy in the German capital. Caught between his love of country and his wife, Jong-Seong must quickly prepare to make the ultimate sacrifice
By converting North vs. South Korean political rivalries to an international setting and substituting global arms trading and money laundering for all-out post-Cold War conflict, writer-director Ryoo sets a contemporary tone, which is oddly contradicted by his view that Berlin continues to represent a major nexus for global clandestine operations. After a secretive arms deal in the German capital involving North Korean spy Pyo Jong-seong (Ha Jung-woo), a Russian broker and a Middle-Eastern terrorist goes wrong when it’s disrupted by unknown assailants, Pyo narrowly escapes, only to confront a daunting morass of conflicting evidence that may reveal why he was set up or else lead straight into a deadly trap.
Also investigating the failed weapons sale, South Korean intelligence agent Jung Jin-soo (Han Suk-kyu) must determine the North’s role in the deal, as well as the potential involvement of the CIA, Israel’s Mossad spy agency, international terrorist organizations, and any other covert operatives lurking in Berlin’s polyglot underworld.
Confronting the possibility of a double-agent within Berlin’s North Korean embassy where his wife Ryun Jung-hee (Gianna Jun) is a translator, Pyo discovers that Pyongyang security authorities have dispatched ruthless fixer Dong Myung-soo (Ryoo Seung-bum) to sort out potentially conflicting loyalties at the consulate. Dong’s investigation quickly implicates Ryun and he gives Pyo just 48 hours to incriminate his wife, who’s suspected of leaking information on the arms deal to South Korean agents trying to gain access to a secret multibillion-dollar bank account controlled by Pyongyang authorities.
Despite an apparently loveless marriage, Pyo is reluctant to betray Ryun, particularly after she discloses she’s pregnant, and when the North Korean ambassador makes an attempt to defect to the West, Pyo becomes incriminated as well. Narrowly escaping an assassination squad dispatched by Dong, Ryun and Pyo go on the run, with the rival Korean intelligence agencies closing in fast.
Also investigating the failed weapons sale, South Korean intelligence agent Jung Jin-soo (Han Suk-kyu) must determine the North’s role in the deal, as well as the potential involvement of the CIA, Israel’s Mossad spy agency, international terrorist organizations, and any other covert operatives lurking in Berlin’s polyglot underworld.
Confronting the possibility of a double-agent within Berlin’s North Korean embassy where his wife Ryun Jung-hee (Gianna Jun) is a translator, Pyo discovers that Pyongyang security authorities have dispatched ruthless fixer Dong Myung-soo (Ryoo Seung-bum) to sort out potentially conflicting loyalties at the consulate. Dong’s investigation quickly implicates Ryun and he gives Pyo just 48 hours to incriminate his wife, who’s suspected of leaking information on the arms deal to South Korean agents trying to gain access to a secret multibillion-dollar bank account controlled by Pyongyang authorities.
Despite an apparently loveless marriage, Pyo is reluctant to betray Ryun, particularly after she discloses she’s pregnant, and when the North Korean ambassador makes an attempt to defect to the West, Pyo becomes incriminated as well. Narrowly escaping an assassination squad dispatched by Dong, Ryun and Pyo go on the run, with the rival Korean intelligence agencies closing in fast.
With an A-team cast taking the primary roles, including Ryoo’s brother and regular collaborator Ryoo Seung-bum, and featuring the return of Shiri’s Han Suk-kyu along with international star Gianna Jun, The Berlin File crackles with tense character conflict. Points should also be awarded for the Korean actors’ English-language dialogue, but it’s often so heavily accented that subtitles might actually be warranted. Although Ryoo smoothly shifts genres to an international stage, he’s so overloaded the narrative with minor characters supporting intersecting subplots that the film’s principal throughline, centering on personal loyalty and patriotism, too often gets obscured.
Atmospherically shooting at a variety of key locations around Berlin, Ryoo and cinematographer Choi Yeong-hwan opt for bathing most scenes in the blue-gray lighting that’s all-too characteristic of spy yarns, but by injecting frequent high-octane shootouts and chases they consistently deliver a variety of invigorating set pieces.
Chun Soo-a’s production design emphasizes the less-glamorous aspects of clandestine operations and the brisk pacing set by editors Kim Sang-beom and Kim Jae-bum rarely flags before reaching the overly drawn-out climactic scenes.
Atmospherically shooting at a variety of key locations around Berlin, Ryoo and cinematographer Choi Yeong-hwan opt for bathing most scenes in the blue-gray lighting that’s all-too characteristic of spy yarns, but by injecting frequent high-octane shootouts and chases they consistently deliver a variety of invigorating set pieces.
Chun Soo-a’s production design emphasizes the less-glamorous aspects of clandestine operations and the brisk pacing set by editors Kim Sang-beom and Kim Jae-bum rarely flags before reaching the overly drawn-out climactic scenes.
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