# The Negotiation (2018)

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**Original title**: *협상*
**Runtime**: 114 min
**Genres**: Crime, Action, Thriller
**Directed by**: Lee Jong-suk
**Written by**: Choi Sung-hyun
**Starring**: Son Ye-jin, Hyun Bin, Kim Sang-ho, Jang Young-nam, Jang Kwang, Jo Young-jin

> *Hostage crisis at a dead end. One last call to save lives.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Seoul streets at dusk a phone rings 
a kidnapper's calm voice 
a thriller from South Korea's 2010s action scene

**Mood tags**: paranoid, raw, slow-burn

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