Interesting trio of reviews (old-school COF style!). If this is the first ‘FUN Asian film’ that Alexander has come across, I guess at the time it must have only been the 4th or 5th Asian flick they’d seen. Although admittedly, sometime fun comes down to definition, eating live octopus in Korea is pretty normal, so the shocking aspect of the scene in ‘OldBoy’ (presumably this is the movie being referenced) really only applies to a western audience.

My opinion mostly aligns with luxion’s, I found it thoroughly enjoyable from start to finish, but agree the end fight dragged slightly. I think the main reason behind that was due to it trying to cram so much into the scene…you had comedy (some of which really worked – the part where Yoon Soy arches her leg behind her back for an airborne Seung-beom to launch off, only for him to miss it and be inadvertently kicked between the legs – made me laugh out loud). the drama of the key, and ‘The Matrix’ influenced wire assisted impacts sending everyone 10 feet into the air in slow motion whenever they got hit. The result saw the pacing not quite hit the mark, but its a minor quibble.

All in all, a highly recommended 3rd feature from Ryoo Seung-wan!