'The Assassin(s)' turns a first lady's murder into Korea's best newsroom thriller yet
Key takeaways
Quick summary- 1Don't let the title fool you: "The Assassin(s)" is no hitman picture.
- 2Director Hur Jin-ho's latest is the first Korean film set in the country's authoritarian past that puts the reporters who risked their lives going after the tr…
- 3What you get is a well-made j
Don't let the title fool you: "The Assassin(s)" is no hitman picture. Director Hur Jin-ho's latest is the first Korean film set in the country's authoritarian past that puts the reporters who risked their lives going after the truth front and center. What you get is a well-made journalism procedural based on the 1974 shooting that killed then-first lady Yuk Young-soo, one that has every chance of joining the ranks of recent politically forthright period hits like "1987" and "12.12: The Day." Tha
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