The Point Men (2023)
Only 24 hours left to accomplish the mission impossible.
Director: Yim Soon-rye · Writer: Ahn Young-soo
A group of Korean tourists is taken hostage by an extremist Taliban group in Afghanistan. The Korean government dispatches Jae-ho, known as one of Korea's most skilled diplomats, in order to handle the situation. Once he arrives, he asks for the Afghan government's cooperation and uses every means possible to free the hostages. However, his efforts go in vain. Due to his failure, he's forced to work with Dae-sik, a special agent who is an expert on the Middle East. As they begin making their move to get to the Taliban, the first hostage death occurs. With nowhere else to turn, the two become unlikely allies in a race against time to save the rest of the hostages.
Where to watch
Amazon Video
Amazon Video
Trailer
Director
Yim Soon-rye
Cast
Hwang Jung-min
Jung Jae-ho 
Hyun Bin
Park Dae-shik 
Kang Ki-young
Lee Bong-han 
Lee Seung-cheol
Choi 
Jeong Jae-seong
Kim 
Park Hyoung-soo
Park 
Ahn Chang-hwan
Shim 
Jeon Seong-woo
Cha 
Park Won-sang
MC 
Kang Mal-geum
Kim Eun-hee 
Nam Myung-ryeol
President 
Lee Ji-ae
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An engaging and well made hostage drama which outlines the horrors of Taliban. The Point Men is an extremely well made , realistic tale of one of the biggest hostage crisis of South Korea. The Koreans have a great art of taking up real life incidents and converting them into hard-hitting , no nonsense dramas with arresting storytelling to support it. This film does exactly the same. Just like the earlier released Escape from Mogadishu, this one also follows the similar theme of urgency. The screenplay for me was quite enticing and realistic and never felt forced. The humour is exceptionally integrated by Kang ki-young and felt really natural. The only con I would say is I expected some good action set pieces , but that again would have decreased the plausibility of the premise. Hyun Bin and Hwang Jung-min are exceptional actors from what I understand from their filmography but I saw t…
