Overview of Extreme Job
‘Extreme Job’ is a low-budget box office hit movie released on 23 January 2019. Ryu Seung-ryong, Jin Seon-kyu, Lee Ha-nee, Gong Myung, and Lee Dong-hwi play the lead roles in this film directed by Lee Byeong-heon.
A narcotics detective gang of five buys a restaurant as a hideout to investigate a notorious drug gang. However, the detectives get into trouble when there emerges a fandom for the chicken fry they serve in the restaurant to fake their true profession.
With the combined quality of the script, direction and acting, the movie was able to produce a profit of 120 million US dollars within the budget of 5.8 million US dollars.
ProfileÂ
- Name: ‘Extreme Job’
- Genre: Comedy, Action, Drama
- Starring: Ryu Seung-ryong, Jin Seon-kyu, Lee Hanee, Gong Myung, Lee Dong-hwi
- Directed by: Lee Byeong-heon
- Written by: Bae Se-young
- Produced by: Kim Seong-hwan, Lee Jong-suk, Go Dae-Suk
- Cinematography: Noh Seung-bo
- Edited by: Nam Na-yeong
- Music by: Kim Tae-seong
- Production Companies: About Film, Haegrim Pictures
- Distributed by: CJ Entertainment
- Release date: 23 January 2019
- Running time: 111 minutes
- Country: South Korea
- Language: Korean

Cast
- Ryu Seung-ryong as Captain Go
- Jin Seon-kyu as Detective Ma
- Lee Hanee as Detective Jang
- Gong Myung as Detective Jae-hoon
- Lee Dong-hwi as Detective Young-ho
- Oh Jung-se as Ted Chang
- Han Joon-woo as Detective
- Shin Ha-kyun as Lee Moo-bae
- Kim Eui-sung as Police superintendent
- Heo Joon-suk as General manager Jung
- Kim Jong-soo as Chicken restaurant owner
- Shin Shin-ae as the aunt in the 3rd floor
- Yang Hyun-min as Hong Sang-pil
- Song Young-kyu as Detective Squad Chief Choi
- Kim Ji-young as Squad Chief Go’s wife
- Lee Joong-ok as Hwan-dong
- Jung Jae-kwang as Gungpyeong Port uniformed police
Synopsis
Captain Go is on a mission with his teammates to catch a notorious drug gang. The team’s first attempt ends hilariously. To capture the drug gang, the squad follows a mediator but ends up creating a mess on the road. The superior of Captain Go summons the team and warns them to catch the gang if they want to continue as detectives. Captain Go becomes depressed when he sees other detectives doing great as team leaders.
Captain Go and his team take the mission seriously. They discuss the failed mission in a restaurant and pick up silly arguments. While discussing, they find a suspicious gang across the road and start to peep outside. They decide to buy the restaurant to keep an eye on the suspicious gang in the next building.

The squad starts their detective work inside the restaurant, carried paperwork, tracing, and spying. Through spying, they learn about the severity of the case that they are involved in. Since they operate their secret detective work inside a restaurant, unexpected guests start showing up.
The team starts preparing fried chicken, but they never thought the special fried chicken they make with random ingredients would win over the hearts of people. Their business flourishes, bringing unexpected income. To decrease the crowd, they increase the price of the dishes, yet it does not tackle the problem. One day, the drug dealers seek the help of the detectives to cover up their illegal drug supply. The bad guys soon start supplying drugs by opening new restaurants under the same name and perform home deliveries.
Watching the corruption occurring behind the name of the chicken restaurant, the detectives decide to take action. Their action makes the villains kidnap Detective Ma. However, Ma escapes from their custody and follows the villains. He reaches the spot where the gang leaders arrive to hand over the drugs. Through their investigation, they find the notorious leaders of the drug gang.
Ma creates a fight between the gangs by playing the siren sound. The rest of the detective squad arrives in the middle of the fight scene. The detectives fight passionately and start to take over. The leader of the drug gang escapes from the spot and Captain Go goes after him. On a boat, they fight each other and take the villain into custody. The detective squad of five fights down the whole gang while the other detective squad arrives for their assistance.
By arresting the notorious gang, Captain Go and his team win back their lost fame.

Theme
Lee Byeong-heon presents ‘Extreme Job’ discussing the serious problem of the drug trade wrapped in a light-comedy. The continuous slapstick events from the beginning to the end are the highlights of the movie. Though Captain Go has a dedicated and talented team, their sluggishness fails their first attempt to catch a mediator.
However, the genuine respect they give to their jobs makes them buy a restaurant to restart their mission. There are incidents in the movie that show them trailing off from their primary aim, but the team is just putting their heart into whatever they do. Coincidence and luck give the detective squad a new chance to capture the drug dealers when they ask for help from the detectives.
Awards
- 21st Udine Far East Film Festival 2019
Audience Award – Lee Byeong-heon - 24th Chunsa Film Art Awards 2019
Rookie of the Year Award – Gong Myung
Audience Choice Award for Most Popular Film - Golden Cinematography Award 2019
Achievement Award – Kim Seong-hwan - Chungbuk International Martial Arts and Action Film Festival 2019
Box Office of the Year – Kim Mi-hye
Rookie Actor of the Year Award – Jang Jin-hee - 39th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards 2019
Best Supporting Actor – Jin Seon-kyu
Youngpyeong Award – Extreme Job - 40th Blue Dragon Film Awards 2019
Popular Star Award – Lee Hanee
Audience Choice Award for Most Popular Film - 8th Korea Best Star Award 2019
Best Director – Lee Byeong-heon
Best Actor – Ryu Seung-ryong
Best New Actor – Gong Myung - 6th Korean Film Writers Association Award 2019
Best Editing – Nam Na-yeong - 56th Grand Bell Awards 2020
Best Supporting Actor – Jin Seon-kyu
Best Planning – Lee Jong-suk

Interesting Facts about ‘Extreme Job’
- For the filming of ‘Extreme Job’, 463 chickens were arranged.
- To do the role of Squad Chief Go in ‘Extreme Job’, Ryu Seung-ryong reduced 12 kilograms of his weight.
- Within the second day of its release, ‘Extreme Job’ sold out 720,000 tickets in total.
- ‘Extreme Job’ took only four days to hit the record of the fastest movie to crack 2 million and on the third day, it hit 3.1 million, which is an incredible achievement.
- Â ‘Extreme Job’ topped the local box office for 9 consecutive days.
- ‘Extreme Job’ is the second movie to score a collection of 10 million after the second week of its release and become the 23rd movie to surpass the 10 million record within a short span.
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