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Inside Men

Inside Men

Crime · Drama · 2015

A disgruntled henchman teams up with an ambitious prosecutor to bring down a leading presidential candidate and the news editor behind him who is truly pulling the strings.

Movie details

Inside Men

“Gang, prosecution, press, and those who drive them.”

2015 Crime · Drama 3h 1m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

7.0 / 10

4.6K votes

TMDB

7.0 / 10

Community rating

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A disgruntled henchman teams up with an ambitious prosecutor to bring down a leading presidential candidate and the news editor behind him who is truly pulling the strings.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Inside Men?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Woo Min-ho

Written by

Woo Min-ho

Lee Byung-hun

Lee Byung-hun

Ahn Sang-goo

Cho Seung-woo

Cho Seung-woo

Woo Jang-hoon

Baek Yoon-sik

Baek Yoon-sik

Lee Kang-hee

Lee Kyung-young

Lee Kyung-young

Jang Pil-woo

Kim Hong-pa

Kim Hong-pa

Oh Hyun-soo

EL

EL

Joo Eun-hye

Jeong Man-sik

Jeong Man-sik

Chief Prosecutor

Court is in session

Put Inside Men on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Auteur Devotee

“Ambition earns the room.”

The film reaches for consequence and scale, accepting the risk of seriousness instead of shrinking from it.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Importance has entered the chat.”

The production keeps announcing its significance, as though awards-season posture were proof of insight.