Luck-Key

2016 [KOREAN]

Action / Comedy / Crime

12
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 79% · 4 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 79% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.9/10 10 3531 3.5K

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Plot summary

A reverse comedy that tells the story of a perfectionist assassin who falls and hits his head in a sauna, giving him amnesia. When a down-and-out actor switches locker keys with him, they switch lives until the hit-man, who soon becomes an action hero on TV, starts to remember things.

Director

Kae-Byeok Lee Photo
Kae-Byeok Lee

Top cast

Sung-Wook Lee Photo
Sung-Wook Lee as Nam Myung-Jin
Anupam Tripathi Photo
Anupam Tripathi as Indian man
Ji-Yeon Lim Photo
Ji-Yeon Lim as Eun-ju
Yoon Jong-goo Photo
Yoon Jong-goo as Van man
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
1.01 GB
1280*534
Korean 2.0
NR
Subtitles kr  
23.976 fps
1 hr 52 min
Seeds 12
2.08 GB
1920*800
Korean 5.1
NR
Subtitles kr  
23.976 fps
1 hr 52 min
Seeds 5

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by AliceSvankmajer 7 / 10

Funny misunderstoods

A efective comedy. Love how it laughs about the K-Dramas clichés. Yoo Hae- Jin perfomance (as the profesional killer) was my favorite. He is so expressive and is not exactly a hegemonic Korean beauty which makes us love more their role. There was moments that I felt that the character deserved hug.
Reviewed by rubyknits 7 / 10

Enjoyable romantic action film

Luck-key is a remake of the 2012 Japanese film "Key of Life" which is also a good movie to see. I think remakes should bring something new to the story; it should be able to stand alone. This one does.It's a simple story of an assassin who falls and loses his memory. A poor, unemployed actor swaps identity with him not knowing that he is a criminal. They begin to live out each other's lives.I love how the lead blossoms in his new life as an actor and the romance that he finds. Yoo Hae-Jin is a fantastic actor and his quiet charm really comes through in this film.There's action, romance, comedy, and a few really touching moments. What more could you ask for?
Reviewed by shaudetta-24-400310 7 / 10

Top Notch Comedy

I'm a sucker for South Korean movies and this was such a gem to watch. I don't usually do the switcheroo/body swap movies but I'm so glad I watched this.The running joke that the assassin, Hyung-Wook was 32 years old cracked me up every single time. It never got old. His succeeding at acting and his attempts at smiling was gold. Too many great scenes for me to list but I never wanted a hired killer to succeed so much. Some of the parts with Jae-Sung did drag a bit but this comedy as a whole was enough to overcome it.It's a must watch.
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