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While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

This century, many Korean films have gained both reputation and good box office in the West as well - as providing another approach and arrangement than English-speaking films with often recurring/hackneyed elements. Bereullin is another fine example of this, with tensions between Koreas and with Arabs were brought into a German city (towards the ending - into Latvia, what was odd). Apart from usual intelligence issues, we see another dimension of betrayal concept, and how greed for money and hollow slogans can have the same origin (also visible in present Russia, for example). Although the plot has some flaws, especially explanation-related, the events alternate smoothly, there are some twists and skilfully accomplished action scenes. Performances are also good, particularly the leading antagonists (well, as for supporting actors, it was sometimes difficult to identify them, but it is common vis-a-vis non-Caucasians).Thus, a good action, rather different than usual US/British ones because of different action solutions and inclusion of Cold War breath into contemporary world. The big Iron Curtain is broken decades ago, but a small one still exists in North Korea.

It doesn't let you get off your seat, doesn't give you a chance to wink an eyelid, has a pretty meticulous attention to detail and a serious, no-nonsense fervor several espionage dramas might be devoid of. Based around the communist holocaust expansion intents of DPRK's covert agents embedded in Europe, the story portrays the protagonist a North Korean Spy Jung-woo Ha's journey of transformations in the unsettling backdrop of a Nuke arms deals gone wrong. Woo ha has an equally skilled spy wife involved with playing a double agent with South Korea betraying him amidst a situation of conflict among his commie allies. The revelation later about how the entire failed-deal was a set up to trap him ignites the turnaround to where his retaliation drives him into defecting to the South Korean agencies. This action drama takes turns swiftly until finally acquiring a high adrenaline makeover into an escape and chase sequence of events to finally acquiring a rather sentimental make-up. The climax renders woo Ha lose his wife succumbing to her injuries being shot from his ex-comrade. With the typical commie spices sprinkled throughout, what The Berlin File does differently is to present a very elaborate perspective from the North Korean agent's angle and the story has not been dragged a lot towards the South Korean characters being highlighted in any manner. Espionage tactics and close quarter combat techniques were uniquely impressive and the protagonist spy showcases a very distinguished trait mix of intelligence, stability and escape methods under fire. Although much of the flow goes like a template spy movie, director Seung-wan Ryoo (of 'Crying Fist' acclaim) has managed to put forward a thrilling work which creates a persona of very researched intelligence agency operations and rises above the usual North and South Korea conflict dramas. The plot has a significant twist, although being that peculiar Korean Cinema zealot that I am, I might have expected an even more disturbing twist during the final encounters, to the tune of Joint Security Area or Chaser. All in all, those in the usual purview of the spy-genre should witness what South Korea has grown to, which is nothing short of an Internationally colored, yet dark(ironically enough) canvas of reality presenting cinema. unique propositions to the movie would be precisely detailed modalities, negligible flaws in the script, a very slight yet pleasant drift away from the usual Korean treatment and that 'never-felt-a-moment-that-was-loose' effect!

Lots of stereotypes perpetuated (bad guys for all of the following): Americans, Arabs; North & South Koreans; Germans. Whatever image you have for each of those groups - don't bother to alter it. Poorly written (difficult to follow) with lots of highly improbable events like different groups from the above all happening to show up at the same obscure spot at the same time; lots of dubious, if not down right dumb decision making (credulity stretching) by members of all those groups just to maintain 90 minutes of film activity. Usual fight scenes and shoot outs that make you go - pleeease, can't you come up with anything creative that hasn't been done in two thousand movies already. Example of an improbable, done before: Woman (with heavy backpack) falls from rooftop and at last second grabs gutter by fingertips with no more effort than if she were polishing her nails. Poorly edited resulting in a jump around, disjointed film. English as second language for most of the actors along with poor enunciation and audio level control (outside of subtitles for the Korean) makes most of the film (80%) difficult/impossible to listen to. I offer a similar, and much better, Korean movie, "Commitment" as a substitute.

This is one of the best movie I have seen in recent years and I don't think it is less than Skyfall..... specially the cinematography is awesome and special effects are so amazing that we see rarely and only in big production house movies.The main characters are smart and beautiful.. and Director didn't forget to put an emotional touch of unspoken love in the movie.... the background music is impressive and go along with situations and action sequences and at several points it charge you specially towards the ending.Movie will keep you entertained and busy.. with duration of around 2 hours, you won't feel losing interest at any point.Above all, the Director Mr. Seung-wan Ryoo really knew the art of making a true entertainer.I have become a true fan of characters and of course South Korean Cinema too!