If you loved Code Name: Jackal, try No. 3

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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Code Name: Jackal

2012 · dir. Bae Hyeong-jun

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No. 3

1997 · dir. Song Neung-han

What they share

Theysit in Action / Comedy territory. If that's the register that drew you to Code Name: Jackal, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

What No. 3 is

A South Korean film that has some ideas about genre. A gangster rises through the ranks after saving his boss, catching the attention of both a prosecutor and a rival. It's a shame the intertwining goals don't amount to very much.

If you loved Code Name: Jackal, try No. 3

Code Name: Jackal

No. 3

What they share

What No. 3 is

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