On the way home from his mother's funeral, detective Gun-su gets into a car accident, striking a man dead in the middle of the street. Intent on covering up his crime, Gun-su transports the body to his mother's funeral home, stashing the corpse inside her coffin. Escaping detection, Gun-su belives he has gotten away with the crime, but when the incident shows up in the police database, Gun-su finds his own partner being named the lead investigator. Making things worse, Gun-su begins to receive unanimous phone calls from a witness, who threatens to share Gun-su's dark secret with his superiors. Seong-hoon Kim's A Hard Day is a fast-paced crime thriller about a dirty cop going through extreme lengths to save his own skin. Moving a mile-a-minute, A Hard Day keeps the viewer on the edge of their seat, delivering an impressive tension-filled experience that certainly takes to heart Murphy's Law in that if something bad can happen it will happen for Gun-Su. The viewer is rarely given a second to breath, with one thing after another getting in the way of Gun-su's attempted cover-up. A Hard Day is certainly a cynical film, embracing its dirty characters while creating a world where nearly every police character is corrupt in one way or another. When the witness is finally revealed, a dirty cop who is in ties with the Yakuza, Seong-hoon gleefully showcases a bad cop vs. bad cop dynamic, with Gun-su being the lesser of two evils in a sea of corruption. Fast paced, well-directed, and fun, A Hard Day delivers a fast-paced thriller full of dark comedy that is sure to make you smile.
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