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Director:
Writer:
San Sim (writer)
Release Date:
3 May 1997 (South Korea) more
Plot:
This movie follows the story of three friends in Korea, all three of whom drop out of school. The main character is Min... more | add synopsis
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Technically expert but overlong more (6 total)

Cast

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Woo-sung Jung ... Min
Bu-seon Kim
So-young Ko ... Romi
Chang Jung Lim ... Whan
Hyeon-jin Sa
Oh-seong Yu ... Tae Soo (as Ohsung Yoo)
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115 min
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1 out of 4 people found the following review useful.
Technically expert but overlong, 21 September 1999
Author: theorbys from New York City

Min and his friends are 'lost youths' living in an increasingly Westernized country which has many conflicts with its more rigid, traditional social structures and values brought about by relentless modernization. Min, (who looks somewhat like Yuen Biao) is also a natural kung fu expert and gets mixed up in street gang action much to the dismay of his dysfunctional girl friend and equally dysfunctional best friend and business partner. Technically the film is quite well done, a sort of mix of Japanimation (the motorcycle shots were right out of Akira), Hong Kong crime films, and music video/tv commercial: neon, garish lighting, sudden cuts, extreme camera angles and positions, and lots of little shot pieces edited togehter to give it a jumpy, visually nervous feel. But it is all surface and no substance. The film is a good 20 or more likely 30 minutes too long, and cutting out the kung fu/street gang plot would have been the perfect solution. Working with just the romantic and best friend relationships would have made this a much more interesting film.

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