Korean Reviews

The film centers on a group of ethical thugs who are hired by a Gas Station owner to protect his store from a gang of bikers who have made a habit out of ransacking the place. The tables turn on the jerkish owner, when the people he hired to protect his store decide to rob the place themselves after they are denied the money that they worked to earn. Upon realizing that there is not much money in the store, the hired guns turned robbers decide to sell gas at half-price and keep the money. Things are complicated further when a group of escaped convicts, a gang of pimps, and a motorcycle gang get involved.

Jeon Woochi: The Taoist Wizard tells the story of Jeon Woochi, an undisciplined wizard whose only concern is being known as a powerful sorcerer. Woochi’s master tries to tell him of the error of his ways, but Woochi has none of it. He spends his time looking for a magical mirror and bronze dagger and causing chaos with his magical skills with his dog/horse/human companion. Woochi’s Joseon era world collapses around him though when his master is murdered by a powerful goblin that is after a magical flute that will set all goblins free. Woochi is framed for the murder and three Taoists gods magically seal Woochi in a painting. Fast-forward to modern times as the goblins begin rampaging through Seoul. The gods have nowhere else to turn and release Woochi so he can stop the goblins from achieving their heinous goal.

If someone were to ask me to summarize the plot of Twilight Gangsters very quickly the resulting premise would go “a movie about three senior citizens robbing a bank”. This would immediately incite groans in anyone who was listening and rightfully so. On the surface this movie sounds like it could be another cheesy Martin Lawrence in a fat suit-esque venture, but the reality is that directorKang Ho Jin manages to take a potentially unbearable plot and makes a movie that is funny, exciting, and touching.

Stars Han-Seok Kyu (or shiri fame) as Captain Baek and Cha Seung-Won(better known for his turn in the excellent Blood Rain) as Hyun min.

Baek is the lead (and at times crazy) detective of the Korean special crimes department,…

Based on the book by Kaneshiro Kazukki, Fly Daddy Fly was a very interesting movie in that the women involved in the storyline, while playing a significant role, were put in the backseat when it came to the male roles.…