Gong Yoo Stars in "The Suspect" Gong Yoo as a former operative framed for his employer's murder. Directed by Won Shin-yun In Korean, with English subtitles 2 hours 17 minutes; not rated When Dong-chul (Gong Yoo), the driver for a business executive in Seoul with ties to Pyongyang, is framed for his employer's murder in "The Suspect," a manhunt begins. Aided by a feisty documentary filmmaker (Yoo Da-in), he must recover top-secret materials that his dying boss sent him to find. On his tail is a hard-boiled South Korean government operative (Park Hee-soon), with whom he has a past, as well as an official played with delectable smarminess by Cho Seong-ha. Dong-chul, it turns out, is no ordinary chauffeur: He had been involved in special ops for the North Korean side until he was betrayed. Now a civilian who's defected to Seoul, he finds that his boss's death is a call back to duty, of sorts. "The Suspect" hits textbook action-espionage notes: a dash of Jason Bourne here, some Steven Seagal-style aikido there. For a movie with so many cross hairs, SWAT teams, car crashes and surveillance cameras, it is enjoyably generous with its hand-to-hand combat. Mr. Gong is a passable hero, though Mr. Park is better at bringing the grit. But, at 137 minutes, the film overstays its welcome with multiple concluding flourishes (and exceeds the sentiment threshold). Most intriguing are its references to North Korea; "The Suspect" is one of a few recent South Korean films (including "The Berlin File") to address, however understatedly, relations between the countries. "The Suspect" hinges on a link between an arms deal and food for North Korea's starving populace. That guns-or-butter dichotomy gives this workout more resonance than you'd expect.