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Extreme Job
A kinetic, grease-sizzling caper comedy where desperate working-class desperation meets deadpan absurdity, mirroring life as a smoking fryer basket where bruised misfits transform daily burnout into an accidental masterpiece of survival.
Extreme Job
Extreme Job

극한직업

"Part-time frying chicken, full-time undercover."

23 January 2019 South Korea 111 min 7.2 (363)

Director: Lee Byeong-heon

Cast: Ryu Seung-ryong, Lee Hanee, Jin Sun-kyu, Lee Dong-hwi, Gong Myoung

Crime Action Comedy Underdog Solidarity and Collective Camaraderie The Absurdity of Modern Capitalism and Small Business Identity Crisis: Duty vs. Economic Prosperity Competence Disguised as Incompetence Institutional Bureaucracy and Domestic Sacrifices
Budget: $8,120,000
Box Office: $124,652,206

Extreme Job — Movie Quotes

Memorable Quotes

지금까지 이런 맛은 없었다. 이것은 갈비인가 통닭인가? 예, 수원왕갈비통닭입니다.
— Captain Go

Context

Spoken repeatedly over the telephone by Captain Go as orders pour into the restaurant, marking the squad's transition into viral restaurateurs.

Meaning

The deadpan greeting Captain Go delivers whenever answering the restaurant's phone. It became an explosive nationwide pop-culture catchphrase across South Korea.

왜 자꾸 장사가 잘 되는데?!
— Detective Young-ho

Context

Exclaimed during a frantic rush hour as the squad is completely overwhelmed by endless chicken orders from customers.

Meaning

Perfectly captures the existential comedy of their accidental entrepreneurship and the frustration of being derailed from their police duties by runaway commercial success.

소상공인 몰라? 우린 목숨 걸고 장사해!
— Captain Go

Context

Shouted during the climactic brawl at the harbor while fighting the cartel syndicate.

Meaning

Merges the rage of the overworked merchant class with the righteous fury of a seasoned police officer standing up against criminal exploitation.

돈 없어, 이 새끼야! 창문 값 누가 물어내!
— Captain Go

Context

Delivered in the opening scene while rappelling outside a criminal's window during a botched raid.

Meaning

Immediately establishes the mundane, budget-strapped reality of low-level policing where operational damages directly penalize underfunded civil servants.

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