''Quick'' () is a 2011

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n contemporary action comedy film.

Plot

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, 2004. A group of bikers are joy-riding through the streets and while their leader the teenage Han Ki-su (

Lee Min-ki Lee Min-ki (born January 16, 1985) is a South Korean actor, singer and model. Lee played his first TV leading role in the 2005 sports drama ''Taereung National Village'', followed by the television series ''Love Truly'' (2006), ''Dal-ja's Spri ...

) is tearfully berated by girlfriend Chun-shim ( Kang Ye-won) for scorning her. The biker Kim Myung-shik (

Kim In-kwon Kim In-kwon (born January 20, 1978) is a South Korean actor. Known for playing memorable supporting characters, he starred in his first leading role in the sleeper hit '' He's on Duty'' (2010), followed by '' Almost Che'' (2012), '' Born to Sing' ...

) is attracted to Chun-shim watches dolefully. Following some heavy traffic, Ki-su executes a perfect bike jump over it. Six years later Ki-su is working as a bike messenger. After delivering a package to an office, the building blows up just after he leaves. Ki-su doesn't think his package was connected to the blast. Ki-su is later asked to drive Ah-rom, the lead vocalist of girl group OK Girls, to a televised stadium concert that she is late for. To his surprise, he finds that she is actually Chun-shim who is still angry at how she was treated years earlier. He offers her his helmet, unaware that it's been switched for an identical one rigged with an explosive. Ki-su receives a phone call and is told to deliver three packages already stowed in his bike, with a 30-minute delivery time for each package. If they exceed the time limit or if Chun-shim tries to take off the helmet then it will explode. Meanwhile, the police, led by Detective Seo (

Ko Chang-seok Ko Chang-seok (born October 13, 1970) is a South Korean actor. Ko began his career on stage, performing in plays and musicals for many years before moving on to bit parts in films. He once earned his living by working on farms and in iron foundri ...

) and NPCC team leader Kim (Ju Jin-mo) examine the

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tape in the building that exploded and believe that Ki-su is potentially the bomber. Ki-su delivers Chun-shim to the concert just in time where she performs in the helmet. The two of them start to make the deliveries, while being hunted by the police and trying to figure out who is responsible for the bombings while driving between Seoul and Incheon.

Cast

- Gi-soo * Kang Ye-won - Ah-rom *

- Myung-sik * Xu Fan - Detective Seo * Yoon Je-kyoon - Eok-jo * Song Jae-ho - Han-soo * Kim So-jin - Team manager * Kim Byung-chul - Detective Park * Yoo Seung-mok - Lee Do-hyung * Lee Hae-in - Chun-shim's alumni (cameo)

Reception

The film ranked third and grossed over in its first week of release. It grossed a total of over after seven weeks of screening."South Korea Box Office: September 2–4, 2011"
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'' gave the film a seven out of ten rating, comparing it to the action comedy films produced by

Luc Besson Luc Paul Maurice Besson (; born 18 March 1959) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer. He directed or produced the films ''Subway'' (1985), '' The Big Blue'' (1988), and ''La Femme Nikita'' (1990). Besson is associated with the '' ...

, opining that it was an "action movie that's fast, furious and (thankfully) funny".

References

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