![]() ![]() MONDELLO: After that little field trip, they talk to the climber's much younger wife, Seo-rae, who seems remarkably unfazed by her husband's death. MONDELLO: Then should we bounce down three times like he did, moans the partner. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: (As character, speaking Korean). Our detective wants to retrace the fall in reverse, walking up the side of the cliff with a motorized pulley assist, explaining to his partner who's strapped to his back that this is the path the dead man took, and they're the police. PARK: (As Detective Hae-Jun, speaking Korean). PARK HAE-IL: (As Detective Hae-Jun, speaking Korean). Did he fall? Was he pushed? We'd better go up, he tells his partner. Near the start of the film, his interest is piqued when an experienced climber's body is found at the base of a cliff. ![]() He's ready for anything, it seems, except - well, no sense getting ahead of ourselves. He wears custom-made suits with a dozen pockets for the essentials of his trade - eye drops for overnight stakeouts, a chainmail glove, so in a knife fight, he can grab his opponent's blade. Now critic Bob Mondello says the Korean film industry has another potential hit, a new detective drama called "Decision To Leave."īOB MONDELLO, BYLINE: We're in Busan, where Hae-jun is the youngest detective on the city's police force, but an old hand at sleuthing. Then came "Squid Game," the international streaming sensation. First came the glittering satire "Parasite," Korea's surprise Best Picture Oscar winner. ![]()
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