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.
Acting
Lee Byung-hun's tortured eyes carry entire nuclear subplots.
Stunts
Hand-to-hand in a Budapest bathhouse hits different.
Production
Shot across five countries because Korea said 'we have budget now'.
Director
Kim Kyu-tae
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This film is a condensed theatrical cut of the 2009 KBS drama—literally 20 episodes smashed into 118 minutes of chaos.
IRIS marked Korea's first major 'national intelligence thriller' franchise, explicitly modeling itself on American spy cinema to prove Korean blockbusters could compete globally.
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