A stuntman uncovers a vast corruption scandal, and a secret agent navigates a world of relentless, gritty suspense.
Suspenseful and tense. A full-attention watch at full speed. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Netflix.
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Stuntman Cha Dal-geon gets involved in a tragic airplane crash and ends up discovering a national corruption scandal in the process. Go Hae-ri, the oldest daughter of a deceased marine, decides to work for the National Intelligence Service as a secret ops agent in order to support her mom and younger siblings, although all she wanted to do is to become a civil servant.
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Prison Break (2005)Suspenseful · full attention · strong violence · emotionally heavyA brother deliberately gets incarcerated to break his innocent sibling out of a gritty, suspenseful death row.
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