Too often, Kim seems overly eager to sidestep Kiwan’s legal minefield in favour of a schmaltzy romance, where the forces of attraction are never any stronger than the couple’s shared nationality.

As the titular Loh Kiwan, a North Korean defector attempting to survive in Belgium, there's not really much for Song Joong-ki to do except mope around looking depressed.

This dramatic thriller also wants to be a romance, but trying to be too many genres sometimes makes this film feel disjointed.

A film that delivers less than what it promised.