# Athena: Goddess of War (2011)

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**Original title**: *아테나: 전쟁의 여신*
**Runtime**: 120 min
**Genres**: Action, Thriller
**Directed by**: Kim Young-jun, Kim Tae-hun
**Written by**: Kim Hyeon-jun, Yoo Nam-Gyung
**Starring**: Jung Woo-sung, Cha Seung-won, Soo Ae, Kim Min-jong, Ricky Kim, Lee Ji-ah

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Autumn mist over Seoul’s Namsan Tower. Glass elevators rise through a new anti-terror nerve center, its walls lined with defectors’ dossiers.

One file lands on Jung-Woo’s desk—North Korean defector, code Athena. His orders: watch, not act.

Kim Young-jun and Kim Tae-hun, 2011, Korean action-thriller whose hero spends more time stamping paperwork than throwing punches.

**Mood tags**: neon-soaked, paranoid, raw

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