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Iris: The Movie (2010)
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Original name: 아이리스 - 극장판
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Hyunjun and Sawoo, close friends and rivals from the South Korean special forces, are recruited by the secret agency NSS. They both fall for Seunghee, the beautiful but lethal profiling specialist at NSS. When they are faced against each other in a nuclear terrorist attack, they are forced to make their final decision and Seunghee's formidable secret is revealed.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, tense, captivating, rough, serious, realistic
Plot:
terrorism, espionage, rivalry, special agents, political conspiracy, assassination, spy, true love, heroes, love and romance, fall in love, contests and competitions, political corruption, government agency, dishonesty, state affairs, undercover, danger, chases and races, deadly, adventure, romance, crimes
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
korea, asia
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