Violence in Korean High School, especially inside the WaSanGo (Volcano High). You won't be able to escape.Violence in Korean High School, especially inside the WaSanGo (Volcano High). You won't be able to escape.Violence in Korean High School, especially inside the WaSanGo (Volcano High). You won't be able to escape.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
Soo-Ro Kim
- Jang, Ryang
- (as Su-ro Kim)
Kong Hyo-Jin
- So, Yo-seon
- (as Hyo-jin Kong)
Sang-Hoon Jung
- Golbangi
- (as Sang-hun Jeong)
Joon-ho Huh
- Mr. Ma
- (as Jun-ho Heo)
André 3000
- Kim Kyeong-su (MTV English Dub)
- (English version)
- (voice)
Byun Hee-Bong
- Vice Principal Jang Hak-Sa
- (as Hie-bong Byeon)
Kelis
- So Yo-seon (MTV English Dub)
- (English version)
- (voice)
Method Man
- Mr. Ma (MTV English Dub)
- (English version)
- (voice)
Tracy Morgan
- Woo Ping
- (English version)
- (voice)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe American version of the film was released in late 2003 by MTV and featured the voices of: · Andre 3000 as Kim Kyung-soo. · Lil' Jon as Jang Ryang. · Mya as Yoo Chae-yi (renamed Jade). · Snoop Dogg as Song Hak-rim. · Method Man as Mr. Ma. · Pat Morita as Vice Principal Jang Hak-sa (renamed Ko). · Big Boi as Shimma. · Kelis as So Yo-seon (renamed Song). · Tracy Morgan as Woo-pin.
- Alternate versionsThe US DVD release by FOX contains two versions of the film on a flipper DVD. One side contains the heavily altered "MTV version" and the other side has the full Korean director's cut of the film which runs two hours.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Troldspejlet: Episode #31.10 (2004)
- SoundtracksGangsta Nation
Performed by Westside Connection (MTV English dub)
Review
Featured review
Fun comic book action from Korea.
With its comic-book style, eye-candy cast, spectacular visual effects and incredible martial arts wire-fu trickery, Volcano High is a disposable piece of action cinema that, if anything, never fails to be entertaining.
In a Korean high school in the near future, where gangs of students battle against each other for supremacy, the principal supposedly owns a secret manuscript which bestows upon the owner unlimited martial arts skills; naturally, there are those who wish to lay their hands upon the document.
Kim Kyung-soo is a delinquent student with incredible power and fighting skills who is transferred to Volcano High after being expelled from 8 previous schools. He is courted by the top gangs, but refuses to join them, preferring not to fight.
When the principal is poisoned, the school's top martial artist Song Hak-rim is framed for the deed. In fact, it is the Vice Principal who, along with Jang Ryang, leader of the weight-lifting club, has planned to dispose of the principal in order to get his paws on the manuscript; however, they are unable to find what they are looking for, so they call in reinforcements in the form of five leather clad teachers with supernatural powers.
Only Kim Kyung-soo has the power to stop the bad guys from completing their task, but will he join the fight and save the day? A little overlong at 122 minutes, Volcano High is nevertheless a stunning piece of cinema that possesses little in the way of emotive storytelling, but looks fantastic. Viewers are best advised to ignore the lightweight and nonsensical plot, but instead sit back and revel in the top-notch visuals: comic style transitions, lavish CGI enhanced fights, beautifully lit rain drenched settings and a good looking young cast.
*** This review is of the original uncut Korean version of the film. ***
In a Korean high school in the near future, where gangs of students battle against each other for supremacy, the principal supposedly owns a secret manuscript which bestows upon the owner unlimited martial arts skills; naturally, there are those who wish to lay their hands upon the document.
Kim Kyung-soo is a delinquent student with incredible power and fighting skills who is transferred to Volcano High after being expelled from 8 previous schools. He is courted by the top gangs, but refuses to join them, preferring not to fight.
When the principal is poisoned, the school's top martial artist Song Hak-rim is framed for the deed. In fact, it is the Vice Principal who, along with Jang Ryang, leader of the weight-lifting club, has planned to dispose of the principal in order to get his paws on the manuscript; however, they are unable to find what they are looking for, so they call in reinforcements in the form of five leather clad teachers with supernatural powers.
Only Kim Kyung-soo has the power to stop the bad guys from completing their task, but will he join the fight and save the day? A little overlong at 122 minutes, Volcano High is nevertheless a stunning piece of cinema that possesses little in the way of emotive storytelling, but looks fantastic. Viewers are best advised to ignore the lightweight and nonsensical plot, but instead sit back and revel in the top-notch visuals: comic style transitions, lavish CGI enhanced fights, beautifully lit rain drenched settings and a good looking young cast.
*** This review is of the original uncut Korean version of the film. ***
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- BA_Harrison
- May 25, 2006
Details
Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $268,489
- Runtime2 hours
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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