Year: 2004
Plot: "When Sang-hwan, the naive and honest police man, is injured chasing a theif driving a motorcycle, the skilled martial artist Eu-jin brings him to her home. There the six Masters of Tao heal him and believe that he has a powerful chi, the spiritual energy of the universe, and could be a powerful warrior. Sang-hwan begins his training, while the evil and ambitious Heuk-woon is accidentally released from his imprisonment and begins searching for a key that would permit him to become an Arahan and dominate the world."
I do have to say that this movie is an action comedy. Not everything is to be taken seriously, and it is in fact funny. I am one that usually dislikes comedies, that is those made in the United States. In other countries, I find that much comedy can be thrown in with a real story line and work quite well. This movie did in fact do that for me. The main character Sang-hwan is dumb and goofy which leads to many awkward moments or accidents for him.
In the beginning, I did find Sang-hwan to be a little too dorky to believe that he could ever amount to the cool hero he needed to become. I am glad that I was wrong. The movie did well in changing Sang-hwan into the hero, while still leaving some of his personality behind to show that he didn't just suddenly become something he wasn't. He only grew, not changed.
I enjoyed the fight scenes in this movie. There were points that were ridiculous and fantastical, but that was the point. This was a comedy and those small points within the fights, especially at the end, kept it from being a completely brutal action movie. I think the best fight scene had to be when Sang-hwan finally confronts the thugs. It was very interesting to see him finally notice what he could do. I also enjoyed how the scene ended because it had to be done, as he was in a mind set he shouldn't have been in.
The best part of this movie for me had to be the swords. I have a major love for swords and katanas. The thing that I have an issue with in most movies is all the blade on blade strikes they do without the blades ever getting damaged. This movie did amazing with that. They showed the nicks in the blade where other swords struck. I haven't seen any other movie do this. Most of them play off the idea that the swords can strike against one another without anything happening but a clash of maybe a spark.
I definitely suggest watching this movie. I wouldn't say it is the best movie I have ever seen, but it is still very good. The story line of this movie is quite good and the actors did well at playing the varying genres that were throughout this movie. The characters held up well even as the movie flipped between comedy, drama and action. I wouldn't mind watching this movie again soon. n.n
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