Tag:Korean films

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.

Slasher movies are pretty hit or miss.  When they are really well done they can be suspenseful, frightening, and one of the most entertaining sub-genres of horror.  On the other hand, when they are poorly executed they are truly the worst kind…

71: Into The Fire is a new Korean war movie directed by John H. Lee, here he brings to the big screen true events that took place during the Korean war, where we see 71 students take a stand against hundreds of North Korean soldiers.

The financial powers behind the internationally popular Korean creature-feature The Host recently announced they would be providing the financial backing for another upcoming monster flick.

The movie is being financed by CJ Entertainment and is entitled Je Chil Gwanggu or Sector 7 (also translated as Mining Area 7) and will be directed by Youn Je-kyun, who is best known for directing the Korean blockbuster Haeundae, which was released internationally on DVD last month under the title Tidal Wave and was also financed by CJ Entertainment.

Dae Wong (great king) Se Jong, who ruled in the mid 1400s, is venerated for many reasons, not the least of which is his invention of the Korean system of writing, revolutionary enough to make the Ming emperor willing to…