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Country: Korea
Genre: Action/ Drama/ Martial Arts
Director: Kwon-taek Im
Year: 1991
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TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
When last we left Kim Doo-han (the baby faced Sang-min Park), he was on the way to jail after a major brawl. As The General’s Son 2 opens, he has just been released from jail. In his absence, he has been replaced as […]
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Country: Korea
Genre: Action/ Comedy/ Drama
Director: Yeon-woo Lee
Year: 2009
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TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
One thing you can never accuse Korean filmmakers of is making life too easy on their heroes.
Pil-seong Jo (Yun-seok Kim) is a none too bright podunk cop with a fondness for gambling. Because of Jo’s lack of responsibility, his wife (Woo-seon Seon) is reduced […]
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Country: Korea
Genre: Action/ Suspense/ Martial Arts
Director: Hwang Yoo-sik
Year: 2011
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TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
The boss of an live internet porn site has a business problem. His site is losing money and he’s pinpointed the reason; the pros he’s hiring for online sex are a turnoff. He needs amateurs, preferably models.
Siblings Bo-ra (Nalie Lee) and Tae-hoon (Jeong […]
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Country: Korea
Genre: Action/ Drama/ Martial Arts
Director: Kwon-taek Im
Year: 1990
Rating:
TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
The General’s Son was filmed in 1990, before the Korean film renaissance that included films like Shiri and Chan-wook Park’s Vengeance series. If The General’s Son is any indication, Korean films were much less slick in those days.
Director Kwon-taek Im uses classical […]
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Country: Korea
Genre: Action/ Drama/ Martial Arts/ Comedy
Director: Hyo-jin Kang
Year: 2007
Rating:
MOT WORTH YOUR TIME
When I sat down to watch Punch Lady, what I was expecting was a Korean version of the J. Lo vehicle Enough. I thought the major difference would be that the lows would be much lower, the difficulties would be more intense, […]
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Country: Korea
Genre: Action/ Martial Arts/ Drama
Director: Yun-ho Yang
Year: 2004
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TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
God knows there are plenty of flaws in Fighter In The Wind. During the first half of the movie, the fights are shot in such a way that you can barely make out the fight choreography. Writer/director Yun-ho Yang way overuses slow motion. […]
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Country: Korea
Genre: Action/ Drama/ Swordplay/ Martial Arts
Director: Young-jun Kim
Year: 2005
Rating:
NOT WORTH YOUR TIME
Shadowless Sword is a missed opportunity, and the blame falls squarely on the shoulders of director Young-jun Kim and screenwriter Paul Sheen.
The premise is pretty timeless. In 10th century Korea, the Balhae kingdom has been overthrown by invaders. There is a resistance […]
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Country: Korea
Genre: Action/ Drama/ Martial Arts/ Romance/ Comedy
Director: Ha Yu
Year: 2004
Rating:
TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
Once Upon a Time in High School is an unexpected delight. With that title, I was expecting a ton of martial arts and junior varsity gangster stuff, with comic overtones. Instead, Once Upon a Time in High School is a memory […]
