≡ Category: Action, Korea, Movie Reviews, Not Worth Your Time, Suspense | ≅ 3 Comments
Country: Korea
Genre: Action/ Suspense
Director: Kwon-tae Ahn/ Kyung-Taek Kwak
Year: 2008
Rating:
NOT WORTH YOUR TIME
As wonderful as Korean movies often are, and as technically proficient as they are in practically every area of filmmaking, there are some things that Koreans just can’t seem to pull off.
If they try to be cool and do something like pull off […]
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Country: Korea
Genre: Action/ Martial Arts/ Drama
Director: Yun-ho Yang
Year: 2004
Rating:
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
Director: Ki-duk Kim
Year: 1997
Rating:
NOT WORTH YOUR TIME
I am chagrined to admit that I sought out Wild Animals because it was written and directed by Ki-duk Kim, who is responsible for such elegant and provocative films as The Bow, 3-Iron, Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter… and Spring, Bad Guy, and The Isle.
Wild Animals […]
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Country: Korea
Genre: Action/ Drama
Director: Seok-beom Kang
Year: 2006
Rating:
TRASH CINEMA HIGHLY RECOMMENDED MOVIE
When we first meet Tae-shik (Rae-won Kim), he’s on a train, writing in a little notebook, things like “I will never fight again” and “I will never drink again.” You see, Tae-shik has just gotten out of prison. He makes his way back to […]
≡ Category: Action, Drama, Korea, Martial Arts, Movie Reviews, Not Worth Your Time, Swordplay | ≅ Leave a Comment
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 […]
≡ Category: Action, Comedy, Drama, Korea, Martial Arts, Movie Reviews, Recommended, Romance | ≅ Leave a Comment
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 […]
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Country: Korea
Genre: Action/Drama/Suspense
Director: Yoon-Hyun Chang
Year: 2004
Rating:
NOT WORTH YOUR TIME
Some is proof that competent filmmaking is not enough — you have to have an elegant, concise script to go along with it.
Some begins with Seo Yu-jin (Ji-hyo Song) experiencing her own death. In her own mind, she rewinds to the present and wakes up.
Okay, […]
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Country: Korea
Genre: Action/Drama
Director: Ji-woon Kim
Year: 2005
Rating:
TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
The first image in A Bittersweet Life is the swaying of tree limbs in the wind. On the soundtrack, a narrator tells us of a disciple who asked his master, “Which is moving, the wind or the trees?” The master answers, “Neither. It’s your heart and […]
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Country: Korea
Genre: Action/Drama
Director: Woo-Suk Kang
Year: 2003
Rating:
WORTH A LOOK
Silmido starts out like a Korean Dirty Dozen. After a botched North Korean raid, in which the South Korean President is injured, the South Koreans retaliate by creating a commando unit composed of death row inmates, whose purpose it is to assassinate the leader of North Korea, […]
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Country: Korea
Genre: Action/Drama/Romance
Director: Ha Yu
Year: 2008
Rating:
TRASH CINEMA ESSENTIAL MOVIE
Leave it to the Koreans to create a love story that shames Hollywood with an intelligent adult treatment of forbidden love.
As a young man, the King (Jin-mo Ju) decides to create an honor guard that he can fully trust, drafting young boys and having them trained […]