Ryoo Seung-beom Archive

News: Tales of two Kims, a birthday and some trailers…

Posted on December 3, 2009 | No Comments
Sadly it’s been a quieter week on the site than I was hoping for – this time due to illness – but at least there’s been two new reviews posted: firstly a look at Park Chan-wook’s quirky rom-com effort I’M A CYBORG, BUT THAT’S OK...
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Review: Crying Fist (Ryoo Seung-Wan / 2005)

Posted on October 6, 2009 | No Comments
Kang Tae-Shik is an aging boxer with his glory days behind him. Although a silver medallist in the Asian Games in 1990, he’s now a poor man chased by debt-collectors and with little to offer his increasingly distant wife and son. He spends his days...
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Review: Bloody Ties (Choi Ho / 2006)

Posted on September 14, 2009 | No Comments
Sang Do is a small time drug dealer who has a growing business but who also has the problem of being hassled by a wild Detective called Ho. The Detective spends much of his time repeatedly arresting him up and threatening him with prison time...
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Review: Arahan (Ryoo Seung-wan / 2004)

Posted on September 10, 2009 | No Comments
Sang-hwan is a traffic cop who is new to his job and who tries (often unsuccessfully) to do the best job possible. While pursuing a bag-thief he comes across a young girl called Eui-jin who accidentally hits him with a ‘Palm Blast’ which knocks him...
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