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9 March 2006 (South Korea) moreGenre:
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Someone wanted to make a good action movie with good romance.. and failed moreCast
(Credited cast) | Ju-bong Gi | ||
| Hyeong-seong Jang | ||
| Jae-hyeon Jo | ... | Hyeong-jun |
| Ji-su Kim | ... | Yun-hee |
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Take two genres, action crime drama, and romance, to tried and true genres, and mash them together. Typically, at least with U.S. movies, action movies contain little depth, character development, or plot really, it just moves quickly enough to the next over the top action scene. I'm generalizing a bit here, but this is probably about right. Movies tend to either be more on the serious side (less over the top action), or more on the action side (less serious film elements).
Koreans have a knack for good romance stories, I have seen a whole string of them, The Romance, is terrible in this department. I'll give you a hint for when a "romance" scene is coming up in this movie, the hero of the story, will get a constipated face and stare off numbingly at the girl. Then the tango music plays. This = Love Scene.
Character development? Not really, everything is flushed into a series of tango music/slow mo/clichéd rituals that will leave quite bored. The action scenes come in suddenly and are a bit awkward, as usual most characters cry too much for too many things. The ending is well... expected really, especially if you've been watching plenty of Korean cinema. This falls way below the "average" mark for film, it is a poor movie, with laughable style, and a mish mosh of clichés and trite dialogue. Stick with Public Enemy/Bittersweet Life for crime drama, and A Moment to Remember / The Classic for romance.