Go Go 70's (2008)
"Gogo chilship" (original title)

The story of the Korean rock band "The Devils," is also a story about the growth of youth culture in a repressive South Korea during the early 70s.

Director:

Ho Choi

Writer:

Ho Choi (screenplay)

Stars:

Seung-woo Cho, Min-a Shin, Seung-wu Cha

Cast

Credited cast:
Seung-woo Cho	...	Sang-gyu
Min-a Shin	...	Mimi
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Seung-wu Cha	...	Man-sik
Min-cheol Choi	...	Dong-soo
Kwang-ho Hong	...	Joon-yeob
Jae-rok Kim	...	Recording Engineer
Min-gyu Kim	...	Kyeong-goo
Hyuk Poong Kwon	...	Music Salon President
Sung-min Lee	...	Lee Byeong-wook
Jeong-seon Lim	...	Go-go girl
Yeong-sik Lim	...	Byeong-tae
Bok-gi Min
Ji-eun Oh	...	Fighting Whore
Kyeong-ho Song	...	Dong-geun

Storyline

The story of the Korean rock band "The Devils," is also a story about the growth of youth culture in a repressive South Korea during the early 70s.

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Plot Keywords:

number in title

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Genres:

Comedy | Music

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Details

Country:

South Korea

Language:

Korean

Release Date:

2 October 2008 (South Korea)

Also Known As:

Go Go 70's

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bokyungsa, United Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

118 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

User Reviews

Not Terrible, But Tries Too Hard.

The movie is hard to rate. I for one can't tell if there is some hidden Korean cultural context that I missed, or if that it was faking it. I am leaning towards the latter.

The movie is about a "soul band" in the seventies called "The Devils" and their existence in post war South Korea. You can in fact apply the formula that most band movies have to this movie. Without spoiling too much, it does have the standard things come full circle ending.

Possibly the biggest problem with the movie was the music. Used are various 60s/70s/pre-disco era American music, which is fine considering context, but the selections aren't great when couple with the singers, and the songs contribute nothing to the plot. In fact the entire setting is unnecessary, and could have easily taken place in modern day. This makes any importance that music had at that time in South Korea seem trivial and detaches the viewer from the experience of the film.

Acting was fine, if a little bit forced. The script wasn't great, but production was strong and direction was solid. The movie as a whole just didn't seem to come together very well.