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Welcome to New Korean Cinema .com
A website dedicated to - funnily enough - news and reviews of the latest in Korean Cinema.
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Recent Posts
- News: Festivals, Podcasts, DVDs and Big Breasted Zombies..
- Review: The Sword With No Name (Kim Yong-gyun / 2009)
- Review: My Mighty Princess (Kwak Jae-young / 2008)
- Non-Korean Review: City of Life and Death (Lu Chuan / 2009)
- It’s Friday the 13th – Ten Horror films for the hell of it…
- Review: My Sassy Girl (Kwak Jae-young / 2001)
- Interview with Jang Jun-hwan
- Review: Secret Reunion (Jang Hoon / 2010)
- Review: My Wife Is A Gangster 2 (Jeong Heung-sun / 2003)
- Review: My Wife is A Gangster (Cho Jin-gyu / 2001)
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action Archive
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Review: The Sword With No Name (Kim Yong-gyun / 2009)
Posted on August 31, 2010 | No CommentsJa Yeong takes a trip to the coast to see the sea before leaving to be married. She meets Moo Myeong, a rough, low class bodyguard who immediately falls in love with her. When Moo Myeong finds out that the person Ja Yeong is to... -
Review: My Mighty Princess (Kwak Jae-young / 2008)
Posted on August 19, 2010 | No CommentsSo-hwi possesses amazing martial arts abilities and super strength, and while her father wants her to focus on her martial arts training she just wants to blend in with her friends at school and win the attention of the ice hockey team Captain. Her childhood... -
Review: Secret Reunion (Jang Hoon / 2010)
Posted on July 18, 2010 | No CommentsAn attempt to capture a North Korean spy by the National Intelligence Service (N.I.S.) goes badly and in the aftermath two men are dismissed by their agencies. The N.I.S. expel Agent Lee, an obsessive man happy to ignore protocol in order to do his job.... -
Review: My Wife is A Gangster (Cho Jin-gyu / 2001)
Posted on July 12, 2010 | No CommentsWith a fearsome reputation proceeding her, Eun-jin is the boss of a criminal gang which shows her nothing but complete respect due to her no-nonsense attitude and incredible fighting skills. Eun-jin tracks down her long lost sister but discovers that the two of them won’t... -
Review: No Blood No Tears (Ryoo Seung-wan / 2002)
Posted on July 3, 2010 | No CommentsSu-ji is an ex-criminal who drives a taxi to make a living. When the girlfriend of a local gangster crashes into her car, Su-ji finds herself dragged into dealing with both people from her past life and that the young girlfriend – Kyeong-seon – won’t... -
Review: Vampire Cop Ricky (Lee Si-myung / 2006)
Posted on March 21, 2010 | No CommentsNa-do is a corrupt cop who, after being bitten by a mosquito carrying vampire blood, finds himself quite partial to the taste of the red stuff. He also discovers that he sprouts a pair of fangs and has incredible strength when ever he is sexually... -
Review: Haeundae (Yun Je-gyun / 2009)
Posted on January 7, 2010 | 2 CommentsScientist Kim Hwi believes that a recent spate of earthquakes are signposts towards an impending disaster. As he puts together evidence for his theory, he tells everyone who should listen that there is crisis ahead. Do they listen? Of course they don’t! This is a... -
Review: Save The Green Planet (Jang Joon-hwan / 2003)
Posted on December 9, 2009 | 1 CommentByung-gu believes that aliens reside on earth and that they are responsible for all the problems on the planet. He decides that the wealthy and successful businessman Kang Man-shik is a top alien and so, along with his girlfriend Sooni, he kidnaps the man in... -
Review: A Bittersweet Life (Kim Jee-woon / 2005)
Posted on October 11, 2009 | No CommentsSunwoo is the very trusted right hand man of underworld boss Kang. When Kang plans to goes away for three days he asks Sunwoo to keep an eye on his young girlfriend whom he suspects may be cheating on him. Sunwoo keeps an eye on the... -
Review: Geochilmaru: The Showdown (Kim Jin-seong / 2005)
Posted on September 30, 2009 | No CommentsA group of martial artists are assembled through an internet forum to attend a fighting competition. The organiser is a mysterious figure called Geochilmaru and each of the fighters are told that if they win the competition – by beating each other in fights on...