Park Heon-soo (박헌수)

Funny Moments Don't Add Up in `Two Guys'

2004/07/08 | Source | Permalink |

By Joon Soh
Staff Reporter
For a film that has two of the top local comic talents sharing the screen and the writer for one of last year's top comedies at the helm, "Two Guys" isn't the laugh riot that one might expect. The film has a number of clever twists and hilarious moments to keep it entertaining, but not enough to live up to its impressive resume.

As the title makes pretty clear, "Two Guys" is a buddy film in the classic sense. The comedy pairs up Park Joong-hoon and Cha Tae-hyun as enemies who, due to wacky circumstances, end up having to rely on each other to survive.

Cha, best known for his work on "Yopgijogin Kunyo (My Sassy Girl)", plays Hoon, a con artist specializing in credit card fraud who is just one step ahead of the numerous debt collectors out for his head. He finally meets his match when, while working as a parking valet at a club, he is chased down by bounty hunter-for-hire Joong-tae, played by veteran actor Park.

Joong-tae's job is simple: take ...| More

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Two Funny Guys: Park and Cha, Face to Face

2004/06/29 | Source | Permalink |

by Gab-Sik Kim

They are the two "incorrigible" leads in the upcoming movie "Two Guys", set to open nationwide on July 9. Despite the ten-year difference in age, the two actors are bonded together under the inescapable "shadow" of comedy.

Park has been the most celebrated talent in this genre for the past decade, while Cha has been loved not just for inspiring laughs, but also for his image as a devoted and pure-hearted lover.

"Don't bother looking very far-I'm you in 10 years", Park quips to his younger colleague.

The joke has some cause. We met with the two comedic talents--who say that they find their own futures or pasts reflected in each other--on June 28.

--Two Guys

The film "Two Guys" (directed by Park Heon-soo) began inside Park Joong-hoon's head.

Park: This movie is strictly a "planned" project. It began with the notion that it might be worthwhile if Cha Tae-hyun and I, who are both supposedly "born to make people laugh", were cast in a movie toge...| More

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