Jopog manura 2: Dolaon jeonseol (2003)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Heung-sun Jeong

Writers:

Hae-cheol Choi (screenplay)
Heung-sun Jeong (screenplay)

Release Date:

5 September 2003 (South Korea)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime

Plot:

Former Scissor Gang leader Eun-jin (Shin Eun-kyung), who now suffers from amnesia, nevertheless defends Jae-cheol (Jun Gyu Park), a restaurateur who employs her, from a gangster who wants his business. |

Plot Keywords:

Sequel

Cast

Eun-Kyung Shin	...	Cha Eun-jin
Jun Gyu Park	...	Yun Jae-cheol
Se-jin Jang	...	Baek Sang-eo
Won-jong Lee	...	Yeo Sa-rang
Mi-lyeong Jo	...	Geum Eun-bang
Won-cheol Shim
Eun-ju Choi	...	Sheri
In-kwon Kim
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jun-yong Choi
Mi-ryeong Cho	...	Geum Eun-bang
Su-a Hong
Hyeon Ju	...	Gosachae
Yeong-ho Kim
Hyeon-kyeong Ryu
Ziyi Zhang	...	The Triad Boss (as Zhang Ziyi)

Also Known As:

My Wife Is a Gangster 2 (International: English title)

Country:

South Korea

Language:

Korean

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Germany:16 | South Korea:15 | UK:15 (cut) | Hong Kong:IIB

Company:

Hyeon-jin Films

Movie Connections:

Follows Jopog manura (2001)

Soundtrack:

I Will Survive

Acceptable sequel.

I finally saw My Wife is a Gangster 2 and enjoyed it a lot even though I didn't have the luxury of English subtitles and had to figure out what was going on, which thankfully, wasn't very hard. The story filled with clichés mostly revolves around Shin Eun-Gyeong's character having lost her memory after falling from a building during a fight (Don't ask!) and trying to remember who she was, gradually stumbling upon clues and elements from her past. A lot of characters make a comeback from the first one so it still feels true to the original, but I don't think some of them were used enough or appropriately. The movie wasn't filled with fighting as the trailer seemed to suggest, there rather was slightly less fight scenes than in the first one I would say. There's still a large dose of action, but those of you expecting something action packed which this series isn't might be deceived. Worth noting, Zhang Ziyi makes a cameo appearance at some point which I thought was very cool :) In the end, it's a pretty entertaining movie which follows the secret Korean law which stipulates there must be at least one sad moment, no matter how untimely plugged it might be, and as far as sequels go, it gets a good score. It wasn't as fresh or funny as the original, but give it a chance if you're a fan of the genre and don't miss it if you loved the first one.