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Title: The Foul King (2000)
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Ho-kyung Go | ||
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Hang-Seon Jang | ... | Jeong |
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Jin-young Jang | ... | Min-young Jang |
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Ga-Yeon Kim | ... | Miss Cho |
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Su-ro Kim | ... | Yu Bee-ho |
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Sang-Myeon Park | ... | Baek-san Tae |
| Sung-woong Park | ... | Gym clerk | |
| Goo Shin | ... | Dae-Ho's father | |
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Dae-Ho is an unproductive bank clerk who is late to work every morning and the object of his manager's frustrations. He was a fan of TV wrestling as a child, but can't get out of a headlock. He finds a local wrestling trainer and through a series of events eventually starts to train. He is slowly transformed as he begins his second job as the cheating villain wrestler known as the Foul King. He starts to stand up for himself in odd ways that are not really in his own best interest. Events get out of hand as conflicting influences come together. Written by Scott, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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29 January 2000 (South Korea) See more »Also Known As:
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I purchased this movie based upon the recommendations of many people from different websites. Most of them claiming that the movie works well because its comedy is cross cultural.
I don't disagree that when the comedic elements are present - they work well. However, and this is a big however, they are few and far between. The movie fails for me because of its pacing. There is nothing really fantastic going on between the comedic moments. It's just filler material that tries to tell a story about the blandness of a man's life, and his interactions with his environment. It succeeds in showing why he would go into wrestling, but also succeeds in putting the viewer to sleep. I watched it once myself, and watched it again with friends. During the second viewing I had multiple requests to fast forward through dull, drawn-out scenes.
Don't get me wrong, I repeat, there are spectacular moments, but they are few and far between. Rent this or just don't even bother.