By Joon Soh
Contributing Writer
Jeong Jae-yeong is probably best known for playing testosterone-driven, angst-filled soldiers in the recent hits "Silmido" and "Welcome to Dongmakgol". But he's also quite adept at breathing humanity into losers and oddballs from society's margins _ characters you wouldn't normally associate with the tough-looking actor.
Jeong's forays into the weird have had varying degrees of success. It worked great in the wonderfully off-kilter romantic comedy "Someone Special", while failing miserably in the aimless low-budget "So Cute".
Jeong's latest attempt at portraying the marginalized is the awkwardly titled "My Captain Mr. Underground". Set in Kyongju and its Silla Kingdom tombs, "Mr. Underground" is a combination of eccentric characters and sentimental plot devices. Unfortunately, these plot devices ultimately drag "Mr. Underground" down, and make the most eccentric characters seem painfully ordinary.
Jeong plays a penniless, antisocial tomb r...|
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