SummaryDriving back from his mother's funeral, homicide detective Gun-soo runs over a man in a dark rural street. In a moment of desperation, he dumps the body in a coffin alongside his mother. A few days later, Gun-soo flips through a listing of open cases and finds his accident victim. His colleague is on the accident case and is slowly making progres... Read More
Directed By:Seong Hun Kim
Written By:Lee Hae-jun, Jang Hang-Jun, Shin Hyun-Jin, Kwak Jeong-Deok, Choi Kwan-Young, Seong Hun Kim
A Hard Day
Metascore
Generally Favorable
76
User score
Generally Favorable
7.7
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
89% Positive
8 Reviews
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11% Mixed
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Jul 16, 2015
91
A Hard Day is a film that sets itself fairly narrow ambitions, achieves all of them and then some and yet has no pretensions to importance, weightiness or artistic self-expression.
Jul 16, 2015
90
A Hard Day offers a masterclass in throat-squeezing, stomach-knotting suspense.
Jul 20, 2015
80
It’s our sense of adventure that matters in the end. We must cultivate confusion and dare to be disoriented.
Jul 23, 2015
75
You’ll be glad that A Hard Day isn’t happening to you, but you won’t regret observing it all from a safe distance.
Jul 17, 2015
75
A Hard Day has a breakneck pace that allows one to easily dismiss the more ridiculous, downright nonsensical aspects of its plot. Only occasionally will the eyes roll. For the most part, it works.
Jul 16, 2015
63
The script is tighter than the direction and editing. But the set-pieces dazzle (think Korean war toys) and the performances by the cops have a nice cynicism about them.
Jul 14, 2015
60
Kim Seong-hun's riveting if empty-headed A Hard Day will be remembered for its increasingly ominous jump-cuts to mobiles ringing, vibrating, and flashing profane messages.
User score
Generally Favorable
81% Positive
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Nov 24, 2015
9
This is a really solid thriller and will keep you on the edge of your seat from start to finish. To begin with you wonder if there are any characters worth liking but you soon begin to empathise with the protagonist and root for him as you can see he's just part of a corrupt and violent world and is doing his best to survive. Great story, perfect pacing, don't miss this
Production Company:
- AD406
- Dasepo Club
Release Date:Jul 17, 2015
Duration:1 h 51 m
Tagline:The war for a dirty secret on
Awards
Blue Dragon Awards
• 3 Wins & 7 Nominations
Grand Bell Awards, South Korea
• 3 Wins & 7 Nominations
Baek Sang Art Awards
• 2 Wins & 4 Nominations
