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Foul
King, The
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Country
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South
Korea |
| Year: |
2000 |
| Genre: |
Comedy |
| Format: |
DVD
/ Theater |
| Running
Time: |
1H42 |
| Distributor: |
Bom |
| Date
reviewed: |
09/24/2000 |
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| Producer: |
Oh
Jeong-wan |
| Director: |
Kim
Ji-wun |
Cast: Song Kang-ho, Chang Jin-young,
Park Sang-myeon, Cheong Wung-in, Song Young-chang, Chang
Hang-seon, Lee Won-jong, Kim Su-ro |
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Story:
Dao-Ho a banker with no self confidence gets beaten
down by his boss because he has poor performance and
is sometimes late for work. He hopelessly try to sign
up for some martial art lessons but gives up before
he even starts. He notices a local wrestling gym on
his way home and tries to sign up but the coach does
not want to have anything to do with him. A few days
later the coach of the gym is offered a contract for
a fixed match, he needs to find a cheating wrestler
and decides to take on Dao-Ho and train him.
Review: This was one of this years most popular
movies in South Korea, it came in 3rd below Gladiator
and Mission Impossible II. This is another comedy
from Kim Ji-wun, he also directed The Quiet Family
another popular comedy. This movie might not have
been as funny as Quiet Family but it certainly had
a well developed story line and some great characters.
This movie is basically about pro wrestling and how
a complete loser can become somebody in the ring and
regain his self confidence. The story is easy to understand
and the humour is tasteful.
There were a couple of characters in this movie
but the spotlight was on Dao-Ho, it was his story
and his alone. You saw the perfect development from
where he had no confidence what so ever to the point
where he would take on the fiercest adversary. The
acting of Song Kang-ho (Dao-Ho) was really good, he
managed to portray the pitiful individual so well.
The other characters are good too but they play a
more minor role in the story. We`d like to mention
that Dao-Ho`s boss was an especially evil man.
Wrestling and humour are the order of the day here,
you have the typical WWF style wrestling moves with
all the tricks thrown in. You'd be pretty surprised
at some of the moves these actors pull off. Also Song
Kang-Ho did all his stunts which was quite impressive,
definitely no fear on the part of this actor. In between
the wrestling there is a good deal of humour, its
not killer humour but the kind that will keep a smile
on your face during the whole movie. Most of the humour
is situational and has to do with Dao-Ho`s lack on
confidence. We'd like to also mention that the big
wrestling fight at the end of the movie was really
great you'll be cheering for Dao-Ho during the whole
fight.
We are sad to announce that this movie is unavailable
with subtitles in any format at the moment. We were
lucky enough to have seen a media screener of this
movie and it would have been a pity if we missed it.
If you understand Korean or if you have a chance to
see it at an international movie festival then don't
miss this great film. From our comments you are pretty
much guessing by now that we are recommending this
movie, in our eyes this film was simply great entertainment.
Also if you are not a wrestling fan don't worry, this
is a movie that just about anyone can enjoy.
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Pictures
come from the official web site: http://www.foul.co.kr/
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DVD
[ NTSC, All Region
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Free Region Coded. Spectrum has done an incredible
job for the image quality, this is probably the best
Korean DVD release we have seen so far. You have an
amazing anamorphic transfer. As for the sound you
have an excellent 1.5 Dolby Digital Surround. For
the extras you have: Scenes selection, Audio Commentary
by the Director, Theatrical Trailer, music video,
Making of (no subs), Cast and Crew info (in Korean),
3 interviews (no subs), shots from the story board
of the last fight and 2 photo gallery. If you have
not seen this movie yet and you want to watch it,
we strongly recommend this DVD release.
Reviewed
by Peter Zsurka
You
can buy this movie on DVD at: 
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Cast |
Entertainment |
Subtitles |
Overall |
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4 |
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5 |
4 |

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