Veteran

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Veteran

2015,

2h 3m,

Action/

Comedy/

Crime/

Drama

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500+ Ratings

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A detective tracks down a successful young man running a crime syndicate.

Gary Goldstein

Los Angeles Times

Sep 24, 2015

An unremarkable crime tale, one whose plot often feels more the stuff of a brash one-hour TV procedural than a two-hour feature film.

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Mike Hale

New York Times

Sep 17, 2015

"Veteran" is amusing throughout, even if the funny scenes are more subdued or go on a beat or two longer than American viewers are used to.

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Joshua Polanski

There Were No Gods Left

Aug 8, 2026

It is indicative of the inner-Romantic within Ryoo to make sense of a world that still has a trace of hope: the revelation of the truth as inevitable as a peaceful peninsula and gun taekwondo in the films of Ryoo Seung-wan.

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Andrew Daley

One Room With A View

Apr 17, 2019

4/5

This is the heart of Korean action films; fun, breathtaking, and a pleasure to watch.

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Alberto Abuín

Espinof

Oct 21, 2016

A film that saves the best for the last, going from being a detective comedy to drama. [Full review in Spanish]

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James Marsh

South China Morning Post

Apr 6, 2016

4/5

While Veteran may resemble dozens of other recent South Korean thrillers, ... Ryoo imbues his film with a style and swagger all its own.

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George R

Feb 5, 2019

If you want to read the review I wrote for this, go to letterboxd.com/HankIsDead514. I can no longer post long reviews on here and I'm not writing two separate reviews for the same movie.

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Jun 22, 2018

Absolutely gripping from start to finish. Hwang Jung-min as always gives an amazing performance along with yoo Ah-in. It has a splendid balance of humor and whit, with suspense and drama. The fight scenes are also well executed.

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George P

Jan 1, 2018

Not really worth watching. Chuck full of cliches and not even the slightest hint of anything novice or meaningful. That's fine when done right and the purpose is just to entertain you, but it failed on that department as well. Over the top performance did not help to salvage these unattractive characters. Only a meme survived out of this film.

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Seo Do-cheol

Yoo Ah-in

Cho Taeo

Yoo Hae-jin

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Synopsis

A detective tracks down a successful young man running a crime syndicate.

Director: Ryoo Seung-wan
Screenwriter: Ryoo Seung-wan
Production Co: Filmmaker R&K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Original Language: Korean
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 19, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.0M
Runtime: 2h 3m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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