
Detective Go Geon-soo is having a hard day, and the following events happen to him in less than 24 hours: He receives a divorce notice from his wife. His mother passes away. He and his coworkers are investigated by police inspectors over alleged embezzlement. Then on his way to his mother's funeral, he drives recklessly and commits a fatal hit and run. He tries to cover-up the accident by hiding the man's corpse in his deceased mother's coffin. But someone has been watching a... (Full plot summary below)
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Detective Go Geon-soo is having a hard day, and the following events happen to him in less than 24 hours: He receives a divorce notice from his wife. His mother passes away. He and his coworkers are investigated by police inspectors over alleged embezzlement. Then on his way to his mother's funeral, he drives recklessly and commits a fatal hit and run. He tries to cover-up the accident by hiding the man's corpse in his deceased mother's coffin. But someone has been watching all along, and Geon-soo gets a mysterious call from a person claiming that he was the sole witness to the crime, who now begins to threaten him.
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| The Stranger (Seattle, WA)Charles MudedeWhen the film works, it's great; when it doesn't work, it's a bit corny. |
| Toronto StarLinda BarnardDirector Kim turns the screw relentlessly, working old-school devices like ringing phones to excellent effect while tossing in some inspired fight and chase scenes. |
| Film-Forward.comKent TurnerAn all-out, over-the-top bad cop vs. bad cop Korean thriller ... the viewer won't know what will pop up or come crashing down in the background. |
| Hollywood ReporterStephen DaltonA Hard Day offers a masterclass in throat-squeezing, stomach-knotting suspense. |
| New York Magazine/VultureDavid EdelsteinIt’s our sense of adventure that matters in the end. We must cultivate confusion and dare to be disoriented. |
| NOW TorontoRadheyan SimonpillaiUnfortunate events collide, ricochet and twist with hair-raising precision. getting maximum tension and laughs out of every ludicrous scenario. |
| FILMINK (Australia)Dave CreweThe premise isn't quite substantial enough to sustain a near-two hour film, and it falters with a couple of plot twists too many, a thinly-drawn villain and an unnecessarily drawn-out climactic showdown. |
| Movie HabitMarty MapesSurprise and tension make this Korean police mystery a fun ride |
| The PlaylistJessica KiangA 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. |
| Los Angeles Daily NewsBob Strauss[It's an] amusingly sick South Korean thriller that gets a little too clever, and then too dumb, for its own good. But it's generally wicked fun. |