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Citizen of a Kind

2024 [KOREAN]

Action / Comedy / Crime / Drama

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 100% · 1 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 100%
IMDb Rating 6.7/10 10 902 902

china fraud based on true story financial fraud phishing qingdao, china

Plot summary

After losing her laundry store to a fire incident, a single mom Duk-hee receives a call from a bank offering a generous upfront loan so she takes it right away. But soon after, she finds out that she has become a victim of a voice phishing scheme. Devastated, Duk-hee turns to the police for help, only to be more disappointed that there is no hope of retrieving her money. At the moment of despair, Jae-min, the phisher who tricked her, rings her phone once again to tip Duk-hee off about the criminal organization that locked him up and coerced him to make voice phishing calls from China. With that call, Duk-hee makes up her mind to investigate this case for herself and take a plane to China with her friends.

Director

Young-ju Park Photo
Young-ju Park

Top cast

Gong Myoung Photo
Gong Myoung as Jae-min
Yoon-ju Jang Photo
Yoon-ju Jang as Sook-ja
Hye-ran Yeom Photo
Hye-ran Yeom as Bong-rim
Kim Yoon-bae Photo
Kim Yoon-bae as Blackmailing team #1
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1.02 GB
1280*536
Korean 2.0
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29.97 fps
1 hr 53 min
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1.9 GB
1920*804
Korean 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
29.97 fps
1 hr 53 min
Seeds 25

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by robertrutledge 7 / 10

An everyday person confronting an everyday problem

I caught this movie on a recent flight. I was looking for an entertaining foreign film. Citizen of a Kind, based on a true story, is just what the doctor ordered.The movie follows an unlikely protagonist: a single mother who is the victim of a phishing scheme. She resorts to taking out a loan after her house catches on fire. But after she is scammed, she truly loses everything, including custody of her beloved children. She is Korean (and is thus in Korea at the beginning of the movie) but the people who steal from her are in China. The young man responsible for stealing from her, who is being held at the phishing center against his will, has pity on her and helps provide her with information regarding the location of the center so that she can come in person and claim revenge, thus helping to free him as well. But busting a criminal underground operation isn't as easy as just calling the cops on them. Especially considering the language barrier and the fact that the protagonist is not Chinese herself.While perhaps I cannot relate to the circumstances the protagonist finds herself in, I certainly can empathize. This is a great idea for a movie and is very well-executed and tasteful. Although some of the humor is lost on me (perhaps because of cultural differences) I really enjoyed watching the characters interact with each other and the world around them.The pacing and overall writing are great. The acting is spot on. The use of music is appropriate and not too self-gratuitous. I really appreciate how the filmmakers highlight and even poke fun at the language barrier between the people of the two countries, but at the end show them working together in spite of it.I have no genuine complaints about this movie. I am sad to see it has not received more praise. It is refreshing to see a movie with an everyday person as a protagonist tackling head-on an everyday problem that affects many. It's also refreshing to see a movie centered around a group of women with no unnecessary cliché romantic sub-plots. Last but not least, the fact that this is a true story is inspiring and moving. While it perhaps isn't particularly groundbreaking or as flashy as other Korean films out there, I would certainly be interested in seeing more from this director.
Reviewed by canikisust 7 / 10

How come so low rating

It's a gem of a movie, based on true story about voice call case scamming of 2016, a single mother with two kids, she goes to look for scammers with her 3 laundramd friends when police closes the case. All I can say is this just watch first 15 minutes and I am sure you will not regret it, this is my first ever review about a movie, I have watched thousands of them, have covered all the genres and watched different languages movies, not saying this best out there but "Citizen of a Kind" definitely a worth watch, It can be described as it covers three genres Melodrama, In some parts Thriller and detective Crime.
Reviewed by dumsumdumfai 7 / 10

Truth exaggerated into half comedy

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