Assassins
Invited
In 2017 Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, was killed in Malaysia. After arriving at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, he was approached by two individuals who spread VX nerve agent on his eyes and face. The attack transpired over a matter of minutes, and within hours he was dead. The incident was captured by airport security cameras, and it did not take long for authorities to apprehend his assailants: two young women, one Indonesian and the other Vietnamese. Stunned by their arrests, the pair, who claimed not to know each other, professed that they had been recruited to take part in a hidden-camera prank show. Malaysian officials maintained that they were assassins. Director Ryan White meticulously examines the evidence and the events leading up to the murder from multiple angles, revealing a convoluted and confounding plot in which North Korean accomplices to the murder were allowed to leave the country, while the two suspects faced trial and a possible sentence of death. Were they ruthless killers or two people whose search for opportunity ensnared them in a murderous conspiracy? ST
Director
Ryan White
Producers
Jessica Hargrave, Ryan White
Editor
Helen Kearns
Cinematographer
John Benam
Release Year
2019
Festival Year
2020
Country
United States
Run Time
104 minutes
Subtitled
Yes