Jambok-geunmu (2005)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Kwang-chun Park

Writers:

Yong-ki Jeong (writer)
Won-jae Lee (writer)

Release Date:

17 March 2005 (South Korea)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Romance

Plot:

The film deals with a boisterous undercover female cop who gets sent to an all-girl's school in order...

Plot Keywords:

Female Cop | Crooked Cop | Sexual Repression | Undercover Cop

Cast

Seon-a Kim	...	Chun Jae-in
Yu Kong	...	No-young
Sang-mi Nam	...	Seung-hee
Jung-woo Ha	...	Detective Cho
Sang-Myeon Park	...	Class teacher
Ju-hyeon No	...	Detective Chun
Kap-su Kim	...	Cha Young-jae
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bul-am Choi
Su-a Hong
Ji-woo Kim
Sang-ho Kim	...	Detective Kang
Beom-su Lee	...	Detective working on maths exam
Sa-Pi Lee
Ya-mi Lee
Kwang-rok Oh	...	Bae Doo-sang

Also Known As:

She's on Duty (International: English title)

Runtime:

South Korea:111 min

Country:

South Korea

Language:

Korean

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

UK:15 | South Korea:15 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

South Korea

Company:

Kcinema

A young female cop reluctantly goes undercover as a high school student

This is a light-hearted cop comedy about a young female policewoman who reluctantly goes undercover in a high school. Her assignment is to get close to the daughter of the second in command of the "Whacker", the biggest crime syndicate in Seoul. Actress Seon-a Kim is wonderful as Detective Chun Jae-in. She has the kind of plastic face and flexible body that can perfectly convey comedy in a physical way, a useful asset in a foreign language film where words and phrases often don't translate well. It's interesting to note that she is roughly ten years older than Sang-mi Nam, the actress who plays Seung-hee, the daughter of the crime boss. Sang-mi Nam was about 21 years old when the film was made, yet Seon-a Kim is totally believable as her peer. The film is a bit weak in the occasional action set pieces, and a lovely female gang member is woefully underutilized. Still, the movie, whose English title is "She's On Duty", is charming, delightful, and quite amusing. The DVD, which I picked up in New York City's Chinatown, looks great and has some decent extras: a still photo gallery, a music video, and an enjoyable video of the photo shoot for the film's posters and box art.