At work, she's a renowned assassin. At home, she's a single mom to a teenage daughter. Killing? That's easy. It's parenting that's the hard part.
Acting
Jeon Do-yeon's duality: ice-cold killer, volcanic mom.
Direction
Byun's kitchen fight scene belongs in the hall of fame.
Costume
Bok-soon's power suits are character development.
Director
Byun Sung-hyun
Jeon Do-yeon
Gil Bok-soon
Sul Kyung-gu
Cha Min-kyu
Kim Si-a
Gil Jae-young
Esom
Cha Min-hee
Koo Kyo-hwan
Han Hee-sung
Kim Seung-o
Shin
Lee Yeon
Kim Young-ji
Hwang Jung-min
Kim Gwang-il / Shinichiro Oda
Choi Byung-mo
Hyun-chul
Kim Ki-cheon
Su-guen
Park Kwang-jae
Gwang-man
Jang In-sub
Yoon-sub
Jang Hyun-sung
Bok-soon's Father
Lee Jae-wook
Young Cha Min-kyu
Lee Hae-yeong
Oh Jung-sik
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jeon Do-yeon trained in Filipino martial arts (arnis) for four months; the kitchen fight was shot in a single continuous take that required 17 attempts.
The film's corporate assassin guild satirizes South Korea's brutal work culture, where 'retirement' means death—literalized here. Byun has cited Parasite and John Wick as tonal touchstones.
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