Korean cinema should stick to what it does best, e.g. disturbingly primal psycho-dramas/horror, dark and witty gangster movies, tear- jerking melodramas, etc. Hollywood-type big action, they should leave it to Hollywood.
Lee playing the lead should be familiar to those who have appreciated his work in "New World" (2013). However, "Big Match" is nowhere even close to being an engrossing movie like "New World." While one can appreciate the physical conditioning and action sequences by Lee, his usual lack of acting subtlety, as well as the completely goofy tone and elementary-school level dialogue render this movie an annoyance, not entertainment. Dumb dialogue and screeching screaming from all the actors involved throughout the whole movie, along with the unfunny "funny" villain just shovel more dirt onto the coffin that is "Big Match."
If interested in Korean cinema, heck just better entertainment, one should look to movies like The Yellow Sea, New World, The Terror Live, A Moment To Remember, My Sassy Girl, Beat, Memories of Murder, Spring summer fall winter.., etc.
Lee playing the lead should be familiar to those who have appreciated his work in "New World" (2013). However, "Big Match" is nowhere even close to being an engrossing movie like "New World." While one can appreciate the physical conditioning and action sequences by Lee, his usual lack of acting subtlety, as well as the completely goofy tone and elementary-school level dialogue render this movie an annoyance, not entertainment. Dumb dialogue and screeching screaming from all the actors involved throughout the whole movie, along with the unfunny "funny" villain just shovel more dirt onto the coffin that is "Big Match."
If interested in Korean cinema, heck just better entertainment, one should look to movies like The Yellow Sea, New World, The Terror Live, A Moment To Remember, My Sassy Girl, Beat, Memories of Murder, Spring summer fall winter.., etc.