Themes: Priceless Artifacts and Prized Objects, Dishonor Among Thieves
Main Cast: Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Qi Shu, Richie Jen
Release Year: 2005
Run Time: 99 minutes
Plot
Hero and Infernal Affairs star Tony Leung takes the led in cinematographer-turned-director Jingle Ma's action thriller about a Japanese National Security agent and a thief who find their plans for splitting a lucrative reward complicated by the appearance of an unanticipated adversary. Japanese National Security agent Lam (Tony Leung) and skilled thief JJ ($Qi Shu) may operate on opposing sides of the law, though their mutual love is all the excuse they need to enter into a tenuous, and dangerous, alliance. It seems that counterfeiters are making a mint by forging U.S. currency. The powers that be are not pleased, and now they're offering a $30,000,000 reward for anyone who turns in the plates used to produce the funny money. Lam and JJ are confident that they can recover the plates and retire on the reward money, though they didn't anticipate the appearance of scheming Embassy staffer Owen (Richie Jen). When Owen steals the plates and runs away to Korea, it's up to Lam and JJ to ensure that he doesn't profit from all of their hard work. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
James Kim - Black Bear; Meme Tian; Jung Jin; Saki Seto; Hanna Cho; Choi Yei Jin; Jo Su Hyun; Lee Ji Hyoung
Credit
Cheung Ying-wa - Art Director, Ahn Sung Hyun - Art Director, Lorraine Ho - Associate Producer, Dora Ng - Costume Designer, Jingle Ma - Director, Kong Chi-leung - Editor, John Chong - Executive Producer, Dou Shoufang - Executive Producer, Stephen C. Lam - Line Producer, Shia Wai Sum - Line Producer, Park Sung Hoon - Line Producer, Tommy Wai - Composer (Music Score), Jingle Ma - Cinematographer, Chan Kwok Hung - Cinematographer, Helen Li - Production Manager, Kim Jae Young - Production Manager, John Chong - Producer, Ailen Sit - Stunts Coordinator, Jingle Ma - Screenwriter, Eric Lin - Screenwriter, Chung Wai Hung - Screenwriter, Chris Ng - Screenwriter
Seoul Raiders sees the return of the agent Lam (Tony Leung Chiu-Wai). This time round Lam must team up with JJ (Shu Qi) a thief who like Lam is tracking a pair of plates used to make fake American dollars.
When the plates are captured and make their way to Korea, Lam gets on a plane and with the aid of his female sidekicks he searches for the plates in Seoul, tracking a man who he believes to have stolen them.
Lam, special agent of Japanese national security, enters into an intricate search for “The Avenger” a pair of flawless printing plates used for the making of counterfeit notes. During the hunt, he comes across JJ (Shu Qi), who happens be a thief with a hidden agenda. When JJ thinks she has successfully walked away with the plates, she does not realize Lam has preempted her by swapping it with an empty case.
Lam goes to the US Embassy with the plates to claim the $30 million reward offered by the US Government but is outwitted by a staffer there named Owen (Richie Ren), who manages to drug him and flee to Korea with the plates.
Lam immediately follows Owen to Korea and meets up with a bevy of pretty Korean assistants (Choi Yeo-Jin, Cho Soo-Hyn, and Cho Han-Na). When Owen is about to trade the plates with “Black Bear,” a top dog of the Korean underworld, Lam and his girls break in to thwart the deal, but Owen escapes with the plates in the nick of time.
Meanwhile, Lam bumps into JJ in Korea, and the pair decide to work together to take back the plates and split the reward. While Owen is immersing himself in a hot spring, Lam sneaks in and snatches the plates. He then uses the plates to lure Owen into his trap, arresting him in the end. Only then does he realize that Owen is in fact a CIAundercover agent.
While Lam and Owen reconcile and decide to cooperate to bring down “Black Bear,” JJ secretly retrieves the plates from Owen's hiding place but only ends up leading “Black Bear” to the plates and is kidnapped into the bargain.
Lam and Owen has no alternative but to meet “Black Bear” in a deserted sports stadium to settle the deal once and for all.
