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A group of spies called the 5446 Corps were trained by North Korean elite special forces since their youth, ostensibly towards the lofty goal of unifying Korea. They are ambitiously dispatched to South Korea, where each disguises himself as a fool, an aspiring singer, and a high school student. Passing boring times without receiving any orders from the North, they gradually get used to life as ordinary neighbors in a small town. Until one day, their mundane lives are turned upside down when a "secret and great" mission is suddenly assigned to them. ~~ Adapted from the webtoon "Secretly, Greatly" (은밀하게 위대하게) by HUN. Edit Translation

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  • Country: South Korea
  • Type: Movie
  • Release Date: Jun 5, 2013
  • Duration: 2 hr. 3 min.
  • Score: 8.3 (scored by 16,489 users)
  • Ranked: #1035
  • Popularity: #431
  • Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

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beloved89
97 people found this review helpful
Jun 8, 2013
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Overall 10
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 10
Honestly this was probably one of the best movies I've seen in a long time. While the film had just about every genre in it, the most memorable was probably the comedy.
The action scenes were fun to watch and well executed but I was blown away by the comedic acting that Kim Soo Hyun presented. I never thought I'd be laughing so hard when I went to see this. Park Ki Woong was perfect in his role as a aspiring musician and also provided a lot of laughs. Lee Hyun Woo really was definitely the right choice for the role of the high school aged spy and his character's back-story was my personal favourite. Also the movie really showed the difference between idol actors and "real" actors in my opinion. I just can't imagine the movie being so good if they had used idols. The acting by these 3 rising stars was amazing and they just proved yet again how talented they really are.
Although I would have probably liked a different ending, I walked out of the theater happy. In fact, when the movie ended I was simply left wondering when it will be released on DVD because it has a huge rewatch value in my opinion - and is the type of movie that I would make everyone around me watch ^^

I'd recommend this movie to anyone looking for a good action film or a comedy. While there is a little bit of romance, it is definitely not an important/big part of the story.

Warning: this movie contains a lot of eye candy. not recommended for the weak at heart ;)

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sprnaturalcraze
47 people found this review helpful
Jun 5, 2014
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Overall 8.0
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 7.5
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******DO NO READ IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THIS MOVIE. MILD SPOILERS AHEAD.******

I actually loved this movie for many of the reasons I've seen others criticize it. It is not a static movie. The tone, the atmosphere, and even the genre changes very quickly. I personally get very bored with most movies today because the moment it pops up, you can tell what the ending will be. Cliches upon cliches have been piling up in the movie industry lately. But this movie took an amazing risk by challenging that. It took what would have been yet another light hearted comedy and made you smile and feel good about the characters, and then twisted the situation. (Which is actually realistic. Imagine being a sleeper agent, getting used to being in a certain situation, living as normally as you can, and then your whole world is turned upside down with one order.) I liked that not every decision was spelled out. It felt more real that way. Instead, it makes the audience think, it makes them put themselves in the characters' positions. And damn did I cry, because I never dreamed it would end the way it did. And that is what I call a good movie.

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  • Movie: Secretly Greatly
  • Country: South Korea
  • Release Date: Jun 5, 2013
  • Duration: 2 hr. 3 min.
  • Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

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  • Score: 8.3 (scored by 16,489 users)
  • Ranked: #1035
  • Popularity: #431
  • Watchers: 30,319

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