[Our thanks to Charles Webb for the following review.]
In this Ki-duk Kim penned filmmaking drama, hot-headed actor Su-ta (Ji-hwan Kang) has to turn to charismatic gangster Gang-pae (Ji-seob So) to co-star in his latest film after injuring his latest co-lead. In exchange for appearing in the film, the gangster demands that the fights they perform be real – and that the outcomes not be constrained by the script. This intriguing premise had the potential to explore the connections between film and the realities they create but instead becomes something incredibly pedestrian by film’s end.
In this Ki-duk Kim penned filmmaking drama, hot-headed actor Su-ta (Ji-hwan Kang) has to turn to charismatic gangster Gang-pae (Ji-seob So) to co-star in his latest film after injuring his latest co-lead. In exchange for appearing in the film, the gangster demands that the fights they perform be real – and that the outcomes not be constrained by the script. This intriguing premise had the potential to explore the connections between film and the realities they create but instead becomes something incredibly pedestrian by film’s end.
- 6/29/2009
- by Todd Brown
- Screen Anarchy
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