Abuja residents and members of the diplomatic community were
thrilled on Friday night as Korean blockbuster action comedy film,
“Extreme Job” premieres at the ongoing 2020 Asian Film Festival in the
Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Asian film festival
holding from Jan. 23 to 26 at the Caeser Hall, showcases the best of
Asian films, with daily screening of films from participating countries.
The film fiesta is set to screen movies from Japan, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Korea, Palestine, Syria, Iran and China.
NAN reports that ‘Extreme Job’ is a 2019 South Korean action comedy
film acclaimed to be the highest-grossing domestic films of all time in
that country, grossing 122.46 million US Dollars within three months.
It reportedly has a production budget of 5.77million US Dollars,with
another 2.66million US dollars spent on marketing, and surpassed 10
million ticket sales in 15 days.
The plot of ‘Extreme Job’ follows the story of Narcotic Detectives,
led by Captain Ko (Ryu Seung-ryong), who work under cover in a Chicken
restaurant to bust a gang of organised criminals.
Things seem to work, but Ko is informed that the restaurant will soon
go out of business, and they decide to purchase the restaurant, still
planning to use it for their undercover operation.
However, a rib marinade they have to improvise for a sticky chicken
becomes an instant hit and their chicken restaurant becomes famous for
its food.
Extreme Job is written by Bae Se-young and is directed by
award-winning South Korean film director, Lee Byeong-heon, starring Ryu
Seung-ryong, Lee Hanee, Jin Seon-kyu, Lee Dong-hwi and Gong Myung.(NAN)