Die Bad
© CNP Entertainment, Kim Sung-Jae
photo courtesy International Film Festival Rotterdam
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Black and white film by director Ryoo Seung-wan concentrating on South Korean
machismo (and not much else). If they're not beating or kicking each other's
brains out, they're busy getting ready to. Between fights they swagger and
talk tough. Divided into four episodes ("Rumble", "Nightmare", "Our
Contemporaries", and "Die Bad"), anyone who can distinguish between the
segments deserves a prize. (Two of the episodes have already been released as
two separate films.) The (obviously) enthusiastic actors have choreographed
their own fight scenes and performed their own stunts. The only thing that
doesn't hit you in the face is a logical plot.
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