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The Accidental Detective 2: In Action (2018)
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The Accidental Detective 2: In Action (2018)
Original name: 탐정: 리턴즈
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A comic book storekeeper, Dae-man, and the legendary homicide detective, Tae-su, who met on previous case quit their jobs to open a private detective agency.
Style: tense, humorous, captivating, disturbing
Plot: murder, investigation, sleuth, forensics, homicide detective, detective agency, killings, murder investigation, female detective, teamwork, murder mystery, private detective, unsolved crime, fighting crime, private investigator, police investigation, police detective, crime solving, cold case, secret revealed, uncover truth, crimes
Keyword: korean

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Midnight Runners (2017)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: South Korea
Duration: 109 min.
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S Storm (2016)
Genre: Action, Crime
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 95 min.
Story: No sooner is a team at ICAC set up to investigate irregularities/corruption in soccer/football official gaming/betting in Hong Kong before a suspect is assassinated.
Style: suspense, disturbing, tense, captivating
Plot: crime solving, investigation, crime investigation, uncover truth, professional athlete, police investigation, secret, murder mystery, forensics, sleuth, corruption, secret revealed ...
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Detective Chinatown (2015)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Mystery
Country: China
Duration: 136 min.
Story: After being rejected from the police college, a mannerly man travels to Bangkok where he and an energetic distant relative must solve a murder case.
Style: humorous, captivating, entertaining, detective
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Place: china
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Zero Tolerance (2015)
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Country: Thailand
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Johnny and Peter, former paramilitary operatives, search Bangkok - leaving carnage in their wake - to find the men who killed Johnny's daughter, Angel.
Style: captivating, disturbing, tense, suspense
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Duration: 137 min.
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The Accidental Detective (2015)
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Duration: 120 min.
Story: Dae-man is a crime enthusiast who runs a power blog about the country’s biggest cold cases. He aspired to be a homicide detective but after years of failed attempts, he now runs a comic store. He walks on eggshells around his wife for failing to ...
Style: buddy comedy, enigmatic, suspense, suspenseful
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⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 6.0
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Style: disturbing, suspense, tense, captivating
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