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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 have much time together as... -
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 leave her alone… Review After... -
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 aroused. When the gangsters that... -
Review: Haeundae (Yun Je-gyun, 2009)
Posted on January 7, 2010 | 3 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 disaster flick after all… Some... -
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 the hope that he will... -
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 girl who begins to intrigue... -
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 a secluded mountain – then... -
Review: The City of Violence (Ryoo Seung-wan, 2006)
Posted on September 26, 2009 | No CommentsA group of old friends are reunited when Wang-jae – one of their old school friends – is murdered. City cop Tae-su and occassional thug Seok-hwan (who is Wang-jaes brother) start their own individual investigations into just who is responsible – and manage to find a whole heap of trouble... -
Review: Arahan (Ryoo Seung-wan, 2004)
Posted on September 10, 2009 | No CommentsARAHAN – 2004 –South Korea– 116 MIN. – ACTION COMEDY DIRECTOR RYOO SEUNG-WAN (*1973) SCREENPLAY RYOO SEUNG-WAN, EUN JI-HEE, YU SEON-DONG DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY LEE JOON-GYU EDITING NAM NA-YOUNG MUSIC HAN JAE-GWON PRODUCTION DESIGN JANG GEUN-YOUNG, KIM GYEONG-HEE SOUND CHOI MIN-HO VISUAL EFFECTS JUNG DO-AN, KIM TAE-UI MARTIAL ARTS DIRECTOR JUNGDOO-HONG. STARRING RYOO...