Quick

Plot synopsis:
Seoul, 2004. A group of bikers are joy-riding through the streets and while their leader the teenage Han Ki-su (Lee Min-ki) is tearfully berated by girlfriend Chun-shim (Kang Ye-won) for scorning her. The biker Kim Myung-shik (Kim In-kwon) is attracted to Chun-shim watches dolefully. Following some heavy traffic, Ki-su executes a perfect bike jump over it.
Six years later Ki-su is working as a bike messenger. After delivering a package to an office, the building blows up just after he leaves. Ki-su doesn't think his package was connected to the blast. Ki-su is later asked to drive Ah-rom, the lead vocalist of girl group OK Girls, to a televised stadium concert that she is late for. To his surprise, he finds that she is actually Chun-shim who is still angry at how she was treated years earlier. He offers her his helmet, unaware that it's been switched for an identical one rigged with an explosive. Ki-su receives a phone call and is told to deliver three packages already stowed in his bike, with a 30-minute delivery time for each package. If they exceed the time limit or if Chun-shim tries to take off the helmet then it will explode. Meanwhile, the police, led by Detective Seo (Ko Chang-seok) and NPCC team leader Kim (Ju Jin-mo) examine the CCTV tape in the building that exploded and believe that Ki-su is potentially the bomber. Ki-su delivers Chun-shim to the concert just in time where she performs in the helmet. The two of them start to make the deliveries, while being hunted by the police and trying to figure out who is responsible for the bombings while driving between Seoul and Incheon.

Tags: cult, murder

Review:
Formula flick with clever twist.
The plot has a clever little twist, the titled assassin to a woman!
Teri Polo is excellent, and veteran character actor Jeff Fahey plays his role with a somewhat sadistic cheerfulness.
Tia Carrera, fresh off from Wayne's World, expands herself as Fahey's police partner.
Martin Donovan is another fine bit of casting, as the somewhat nerdish, and weak will accountant who Quick was assigned to kill.
The film benefits from another character actor in Robert Davi, who has to be one of the most busy men in Hollywood history, as somehow, he always manages to appear in at least 2 or 3 films a year.
While some of the twist may appear a little tired, somehow, everything seems fresh and the cast is very energetic.
One of the amazing things about the film is that manages to stray away from falling into the Thelma & Louise genre by not forcing Polo's Quick character to have an overtly feminist mannerisms.
This was another one of those action flicks that HBO used to show as part of the long ago Action Thursday!
series they used to have years ago.
Alas, gone are those days.
Now were stuck with recent movies ad nuesuem.
Without a doubt, this movie is a plus for any action fan..
On the road again..
A female assassin known as Quick lives for her sleazily shady boyfriend police agent Muncie.
Crime kingpin Matthew Davenport wants to get his hands on his double crossing accounted Herschel Brewer, who's under witness protection.
For one last job, Quick is hired by Davenport to bring Brewer back alive, and Muncie gives her the details of the whereabouts.
After the job, she learns Davenport had other things on his mind about her outcome, but she takes off with Brewer and heads to L.A. to pick up the three million dollars he secretly stole from Davenport, so she and Muncie could take off together.
What an entertainingly good slice of systematically sleek and bravura thrills, which in tone feels like something out of the 70s drive-in crime features.
This neatly etched cheapjack b-grade road movie is purely pulp at heart with a mixture of elements involving assassins, law-abiding and corrupt cops, drug bigheads and hidden doe set on the road.
Pretty much reminded me off "True Romance".
A frigidly hardboiled script is basic fodder with underling wry humour, but there are some vague moments and strained possibilities creeping into the generic plot.
These are however balanced out by some fine touches of cleverness and manipulative intrigue.
There's nothing spectacular here, and the budget goes on to assure that, but the performances is what lifted this for me.
The alluring Teri Polo is sensationally potent in her cheerily feisty role as Quick (though she does get depress after knocking someone off at the beginning) and an energetic Jeff Fahey is magnificently cast as the insidiously seamy Muncie.
He chews up the scenery.
Martin Donovan is an exceptional choose as gawky accountant Brewer and Tia Carrere brings a lean viewpoint to her cop/partner to Muncie.
A reliably relaxed looking Robert Davi must feel at home in the part, because he's doing it pretty easy as drug lord Davenport.
Michael McGrady, Miguel Sandoval and Kevin Cooney also appear.
Director Rick King does an mechanically raw job, but it's broken up by few twists, fetish make-outs and a healthy dose of scorching shootouts and compelling standoffs.
He paces it all extremely well.
Sturdy photography gives it a bit of grit and the persistent musical score sits more in the background, but is silkily arranged to fit in.
This little unknown crime/thriller film was an enjoyable surprise and works largely due to the committed (a radiant Polo and flamboyant Fahey) performances and Rick King's no-bull style.
Nothing great, but likable..
Much better than expected.
Not so bad at all.
I expected very little from this movie, but it turned out this was an average, decently written and produced film which manages to involve the viewer for the duration.
It is never boring or predictable.
A real surprise!The story is rather original, the characters are believable (even though they are voluntarily somewhat cartoon-like) and the whole plot somehow makes sense.
And then there is Teri Polo...
She is awesome!
She alone is worth the price of admission.
I am surprised her career didn't go much better than it actually did because this girl should be a box office magnet!All in all, a movie which was a pleasant surprise where none was expected..
a good little film.
Teri Polo stars as an assassin who latest job is a mob accountant.
Soon she realizes she has been set up and takes off to settle the score..Also with Tia Carrere, this movie is fast paced and easy to watch but don't expect alot of skin.
On a scale of one to ten..a 5.
Monumental miscast.
Teri Polo has to be the least convincing assassin that I have ever seen in a movie.
Her performance was beyond terrible.
Stick to comedies Teri, action isn't your calling.Teri portrays Hollywood's favorite cliché, the assassin with a heart of gold, and finds herself fleeing for her life with a nerdy accountant who is smitten with her.
The rest of the cast, vets like Robert Davi, Miguel Sandoval and Tia Carrere, just took up scenery and their characters had little substance.As far as acting goes, Jeff Fahey does the best job here.
I would urge you to avoid it, unless you just have to see Teri Polo naked.