The Interview

The Interview is a movie, which was released on the 24th of December 2014. It has been directed by Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen.  In leading roles are Seth Rogen and James Franco. The budget was $42-44 million and box-office $11.3 million.

The plot: Dave Skylark and Aaron Rapoport are working in Skylark Tonight talk show. They discover that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is a fan of Skylark Tonight and they want to interview him. They get the permission to interview Kim from North Korea. Before travelling to China CIA agent comes to Dave and Aaron’s apartment and asks them to assassinate Kim Jong-un. When they arrive to North Korea Dave spends time with Kim playing basketball and having fun. Kim explains Dave that he is misunderstood and they become friends. Dave discovers that Kim loves the song “Firework”. Aaron tries to poison Kim with ricin, but Dave prevents that. A little bit later Dave discovers that Kim isn’t what he seems to be and he is malicious and evil. Dave, Aaron and Sook, who is a North Korean propagandist, plan to break Kim’s cult of personality. They arrange an internationally televised interview with Kim and during the interview Kim starts to cry and soils himself, ruining his reputation. Kim shoots Dave, but he had a bulletproof vest. Dave, Aaron and Sook escape the presidential palace with a tank. Kim takes a chopper and starts to chase them. Dave takes down Kim’s helicopter and kills him. Dave and Aaron escape and they are rescued by SEAL Team Six. Later North Korea becomes a democracy.

The Soundtrack of the movie was pretty good. Special effects could have been better. The movie was a little bit unrealistic, but it’s still worth of watching. The movie was first cancelled because North Korea threatened to make a terror attack to movie theaters.

Sources: wikipedia.org

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