It’s a story that may seem familiar – a lowly
peasant is called upon to impersonate his king to avoid an assassination plot –
but what director Chang-min Choo does with it is completely original. The film
tells the story of the tyrannical King Gwanghae who, when an attempt on his
life comes too close to succeeding, orders his trusted councilor Heo Kyun to
find a royal body double. He hires Ha-seon, a low-life comic who makes his
living lampooning the king in dive bars. His uncanny resemblance to his royal
master, combined with his knack for mimicry, make him the perfect choice, but
even his talents are stretched to the limit when the king actually dies and he
has to truly fill his shoes. Like all such films, the key to this one is the
lead performance and Byung-hun Lee does a masterful job.
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