It's a delightful premise: cops take over a fried chicken joint to run surveillance on a drug gang and end up becoming such a huge success they have no time left for their policework. There's lots of funny moments and quirky twists throughout, though it runs out of steam halfway through and there are too many ideas either suddenly introduced or left unexplored that don't make sense or go anywhere.
It also feels a good half hour too long, and the subtitles are noticeably very poor: a lot is clearly lost in translation, weakening all dialogue-based humour for any non-Korean speaker. None of the characters behave consistently or believably, and events play out in a very cartoonish way that makes it hard to invest in or care about any of what happens.
As I've said, there's a lot of fun moments, especially earlier in the proceedings, but it's actually one of the few Korean films I've seen that I can imagine a tighter Hollywood remake (potentially) improving on.
It also feels a good half hour too long, and the subtitles are noticeably very poor: a lot is clearly lost in translation, weakening all dialogue-based humour for any non-Korean speaker. None of the characters behave consistently or believably, and events play out in a very cartoonish way that makes it hard to invest in or care about any of what happens.
As I've said, there's a lot of fun moments, especially earlier in the proceedings, but it's actually one of the few Korean films I've seen that I can imagine a tighter Hollywood remake (potentially) improving on.