Maps of Movies

Extreme Job (2019)

Where Extreme Job says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

A fried chicken shop run as a stakeout: the story places are named, but only one real filming location is documented, a harbor in Gwangyang

Scenes and places

The chase that ends under a bus (2019)

Squad chief Go's narcotics team chases a minor drug trafficker on foot. The man runs into traffic and is hit by a bus, setting off a large car pileup that wrecks the team's record.

Set in City road (traffic chase) — The street where the squad chases a small-time dealer into traffic.

Exact street is not named in the cited sources.

The reprimand at Mapo station (2019)

After the pileup, the superintendent reprimands the team for the property damage and blames Go's recklessness on his missed promotion to Captain. The unit's future is already shaky.

Set in Mapo police station (superintendent's office) — The station where the superintendent dresses the team down.

Setting name comes from the Korean cast description of the superintendent; the filming location is unrecorded.

The dinner that sets up the deal (2019)

Over dinner with the organized crime squad, Choi tells Go that crime boss Moo-Bae is returning to Korea. Choi proposes the squads cooperate, and Go sees a chance to save his team's jobs.

Set in Restaurant (dinner with the organized crime squad) — A dinner where Squad Chief Choi brings an offer.

Restaurant is not named in the cited sources.

The chicken restaurant stakeout (2019)

The team stakes out an international drug gang from a chicken restaurant. When the owner is about to close, Go and his colleagues buy the place so the operation can go on.

Set in Chicken restaurant (undercover stakeout) — The fried chicken shop used as a front for surveillance.

The shop's real address is not given in the sources used.

The marinade that makes them famous (2019)

Ma's improvised rib marinade turns the sticky chicken into an instant hit, and the cover business becomes a famous restaurant. The detectives drift from surveillance toward frying chicken.

Set in Chicken restaurant (the hit recipe) — The same shop, now with a line out the door.

Same shop as the stakeout; no filming location documented.

The order from the hideout next door (2019)

After a long quiet stretch, the building next door orders chicken for the first time. The team remembers its real mission, prepares, and heads in. They find local aunties instead of gang members.

Set in Gang hideout next to the chicken restaurant — The building next to the shop, where an order finally comes from.

Per the Korean plot summary; the filming location is not recorded.

The franchise that spreads (2019)

After a TV crew exposes the stakeout, an unknown investor puts in a large sum and the chicken business turns into a franchise. The team starts policing the branches, unaware of who really works in them.

Set in Franchise branches — The branch shops that open after a big investment.

Branch names appear only in the cast list; no branch location is documented.

The big raid at the port (2019)

The squad faces Moo-Bae's gang in a large-scale action set piece at a harbor.

Set in Harbor (unplaced in the story) — A harbor where the gang is confronted.

The in-film position of this scene is approximate; the sources do not say where in the story it takes place.

Filmed at Gwangyang Port, South Jeolla — The large harbor raid scene was filmed here, according to one news report. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Characters

• Squad chief Go — A determined but poorly performing narcotics squad chief who puts his retirement fund into a chicken business.
• Detective Ma — A former judo team member whose parents' rib marinade makes the restaurant a hit.
• The narcotics team — Detectives Jang, Young-ho and Jae-hoon, who work under Go.