The North Korean government is brutal, murderous, and yet has a handful of foreign lackeys who support its aims. This peculiar documentary covers the attempts of a retired Danish chef and a convicted drug dealer to investigate these networks through undercover infiltration, an absurdly dangerous thing to do, but also, something that appears in many ways more akin to trolling than journalism. Although it's clear from the start that they made it out alive, some elements of the story leave an awkward taste in the mouth: some Ugandan villagers are promised a new hospital, and threatened with eviction, as part of a fabricated scheme that appears to be spiralling out of control through the protagonists' love of the game. It's as if George Smiley was playing for laughs. The story is fun to watch mostly because it's so weird; but I'm not sure it reflects quite as well on its heroes as they might think. That it doesn't reflect well on North Korea either goes without saying.
