Tempest (북극성)

TEMPEST

You're entering my world now.

Forget everything that's been protecting you.

Your natural rights, the Constitution and laws of this country,

your diplomatic immunity…

and your tremendous inheritance.

From this point on, one person controls everything.

Are you afraid?

Yes.

Does she look afraid to you?

Show her what real fear is.

Show her what true hopelessness and despair feel like.

Make her so miserable she wishes she had never been born.

Mom, where are we going?

What are you planning?

Junsang, what do you know about women?

Women want to have the biggest, and the most powerful thing in the world.

And I am about to get my hands on it.

Anyone who gets in my way tonight won't make it out alive.

That's how your brother died.

Munju will meet the same fate soon.

You're going to inherit everything I have.

And that means that I'm doing this for you.

You murdered Junik for me?

So what do you think you should do?

CERTIFICATE OF THE ORDER OF MERIT YU UNHAK

CERTIFICATE OF COMMENDATION YU UNHAK

BE FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH,

AND I WILL GIVE THEE A CROWN OF LIFE

YU JONGGIL

She wants to see you, Munju.

Junsang.

I remember the day you became a prosecutor

and the day you won Prosecutor of the Year.

Junik was so proud

to have such a talented and tough prosecutor as his little brother.

Junsang, listen.

Junik was murdered by your mother.

And tonight, because of her, countless lives are gonna be in danger.

You're the only one who can stop her.

Nobody else can.

Shut up.

You don't know what you're talking about.

I have a question, Mother.

How long have you been Stella Young?

Since 1983.

My family was exiled to the US because of my husband's bribery scandal.

A few days ago, I was at some charity art auction,

sticking my hand in the air to win this beautiful piece,

but lost out. So I turned around to see who'd won

and was blinded by a knockout.

Then three days later…

Would you believe it? That painting showed up at our front door.

And to think we'd meet again this way, and me without my sunglasses…

That's when I discovered my hidden talents,

talents for socializing, secrecy, and conspiracy.

As the wife of a corrupt politician,

I was exactly the kind of contractor the CIA needed.

Someone to report on Korean politicians and collect dirt on them.

We need to drive him out slowly without him even realizing it.

While supporting pro-American politicians,

our company thrived with US backing.

Then we started helping American defense contractors

sell weapons to the South Korean government,

and that's when I finally found my true path.

-Minister… -A typical arms dealer measures profits

by how many machine guns, mortars,

and surface-to-air missiles they can sell.

But I thought about how many hearts the bullets I sold would pierce,

how many tanks the rocket launchers would destroy,

and how many fighter jets the missiles would take down.

From then on, submarines became my dream.

Strategic nuclear submarines that could launch ballistic missiles

without anyone ever knowing.

Suspect appears to be North Korean agent, Paik Sanho.

-Is North Korea doing this? -We've shut down all major access roads.

All standby units are moving to the scene.

Shut down all surrounding roads.

All roads around the Blue House have been shut down.

Paik Sanho. What do you want?

The NIS director is stepping out now.

He's got one kilogram of C-4 strapped to him.

It will go off if either of us dies.

We need to secure a minimum safe distance of 20 meters.

Security Unit One, move back beyond a 20-meter radius.

First, let me show you what one kilogram of C-4 can do.

Stand by.

"Be faithful unto death…

and I will give you life."

Oh, my God. Did you see that? Hey, what's going on?

Do you have any injuries?

Director Yu's house just exploded!

You blew up my house?

Was that a verse from the Bible?

Your father was the head of the Defense Counterintelligence Command.

He became a legend by purging 3,000 leftists.

Was he also the one who would say that…

"If you can't find communists,

-make them"? -Son of a bitch!

What do you want?

I want to see the president immediately.

The president has arrived.

"THE BLUE HOUSE"

Just one minute.

If I can have just one minute to speak face-to-face with the president,

you can arrest me afterwards.

And I'll release the NIS director unharmed.

Shoot him! I don't care what happens to me!

Don't let one more word come out of his mouth!

Not another word!

Don't let her hear another word from this goddamn North Korean spy!

Madam President, you can't give in to the terrorist's demands.

Time is on our side, Madam President.

Even in the worst-case scenario, we're only looking at Director Yu's sacrifice.

Hold your fire until I give the order.

Madam President.

I'm staking both the director's life and my own on that one minute.

Countless lives are depending on it.

There's no time.

If any of you have even an ounce of courage, shoot him right now!

I'll commend you for it!

What are you waiting for?

Shoot him, you worthless bastards!

No, Madam President!

Don't speak to him!

Let him go.

Don't do it! Listen to me. Don't do it!

You'll be colluding with a spy!

Start talking.

You have one minute.

Go.

August 13th, 2007.

I'm sure it's a day you'll never forget.

Do you like Proust, Madam President?

Proust? The French novelist?

I don't.

I really can't stand long-winded writing.

We could spend our precious time debating my taste in literature,

but I am very impatient,

like a true Korean.

Anything else you want to say?

If not, then we're done here.

His minute's up. Arrest him.

You son of a bitch!

You're plotting something, aren't you?

But you won't live to speak with the president ever again. You understand?

I will make sure of it.

And your grandmother?

She died two days ago,

waiting for you.

See?

I told you to lose that woman and leave with your grandmother.

You brought this on yourself, you bastard!

I built my reputation by quietly handling problems for troubled countries.

Becoming the world's top arms dealer wasn't simple,

even so, I could always keep shipments moving,

and I had good relationships with dictators.

Then one day, it hit me.

I had the power given by the United States

and the privilege of accessing North Korea.

Aseom Shipping stated…

The most secretive land on earth

where high-quality weapons could be produced at any time.

I built factories there, developed technology,

and sold weapons to sanctioned countries,

all under complete secrecy.

Because my power came from the fact that no one knew who I really was.

However, I know this business won't last forever.

That's why I had to create the weapon of my dreams while I still could.

Nuclear weapons are actually a blessing for small countries.

Mutually assured destruction.

If I have a weapon that can annihilate my opponent even if I die,

in the final judgment,

that puts me on equal footing as our biggest and strongest enemy.

The great powers always think they're the only ones

with the money and technology for nuclear weapons.

But…

what if you had a nuclear submarine, Your Majesty?

Idisha would be unbeatable in any war.

Before the submarine is yours,

let the world know that you fear no one,

that you can press the nuclear button at any time.

On August 13th, 2007, in Basel…

we were desperate.

The four-party talks for peace on the Korean Peninsula

were going to break down the next day without any concrete results.

Oh, sorry. I'm late.

Oh, not at all. We've only just started.

It's great to see you, Munju.

We were discussing my meeting with Kim Jongkwan,

the North Korean representative, last night.

Oh, I'm all ears.

Well, we met in the hotel lobby at 10 o'clock.

N'allez pas trop vite.

Slow down.

I beg your pardon?

It's what Proust would've said, Mr. Hughes.

Please slow down a bit. Otherwise, we'll miss the most important things.

How he came to be there, whether it was by chance or arrangement,

whether he came alone or with someone.