Story about the first gorilla playing baseball in Korean Baseball League.
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| Credited cast: | |||
| Dong-il Sung | ... | Sung Chung-su | |
| Jiao Xu | ... | Wei Wei | |
| Hee-won Kim | ... | Lin Xiaogang | |
| Kang-woo Kim | ... | Doosan GM | |
| Joe Odagiri | ... | The Owner of Chunichi Dragons | |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| In-gi Jeong | ... | Mr. Secretary | |
| Jae-yoon Jo | ... | Doctor (as Jae-yun Jo) | |
| Eung-soo Kim | ... | KBO Commissioner | |
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Heung-rae Kim | ... | Mr. Go |
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Jeong-tae Kim | ... | NC GM (as Jung-tae Kim) |
| Joon-hyuk Lee | ... | Zeroz (as Joon Hyuk Lee) | |
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Wei-wei, a 15-year old circus ringmaster of a falling troupe in China, is left behind an insurmountable debt when her grandfather dies in the Great Sichuan Earthquake. The only family/friend she can depend on is a forty-five year old "baseball playing gorilla" named Ling-ling. When a loan shark threatens to sell Ling-ling and the circus kids to cover the debt, Wei-wei has no choice but to allow Ling-ling to be scouted by the materialistic sports agent Sung Chung-su to play in the Korean Baseball League. Despite the skeptical of the professional baseball society, Sung Chung-su successfully signs Ling-ling with a professional team with his calculated plan and sweet talks. Ling-ling, now dubbed "Mr. Go," hits consecutive home runs and brings victories to his team Doosan. His popularity grows so immensely that even the fans of his opposing teams cheer for him. Mr.Go's successful home-run parade continues, but Wei-wei and Sung, stunned and blinded by the sudden success, neglect to detect ... Written by Jennice Lee
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World's first gorilla pinch hitter and his 15-year old trainer begin on their miraculous run in the Korean Baseball League.Certificate:
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17 July 2013 (South Korea) See more »Also Known As:
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KRW22,500,000,000 (estimated)Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$26,835,201Company Credits
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Mr. Go is an action drama comedy that delivers more than you had ever expected it would. It's such a high concept premise that most likely will assume that it follows a certain formula done before by Hollywood. Fortunately, it's not. There are some unexpected yet interesting surprises throughout the film.Remember the kid in Stephen Chow's CJ7? She's the circus ringmaster Wei Wei in this film.
Some of the plot elements presented in the film are questionable: Why would a parent dares to let his own baby go near a 300kg gorilla? Why would the Korean professional baseball league allows a gorilla to join in any team to compete? If the circus is in the middle of a desert, why would anyone willing to go watch the show? The CGI rendering of the gorillas Ling Ling and Lei Ting seems almost believable but feels uncanny at the same time.There are plenty of amusing emotional bonding moments between Ling Ling and the Korean baseball agent, Sung or Wei Wei. The scene where Ling Ling desperately trying to rescue Wei Wei during the Sichuan earthquake is particularly heartwarming. The baseball matches shown in the film are well choreographed.
Unfortunately, the film suffers from too many deliberate expositions about the character background and doesn't flow nicely as the story progresses. The helicopter chasing scene in the stadium seems a bit too much and unnecessary. There's no sense of team camaraderie shown in all the baseball matches and no players reactions to the new recruits in the team. The film also might lose some of its appeal to certain audiences due to its choice of sports.
Overall, it's still a decent major collaboration between China and South Korea to make such a high budget film.A decent watchable family film suitable for audience of all ages.