Park Joon-gyoo (박준규)

Middle-Aged Men Escape, Onscreen

Source | 2007/09/11 | Permalink |

By Lee Hyo-won
Staff Reporter

A lineup of heartwarming family movies await audiences with Korea's thanksgiving holiday Chuseok around the corner. Among them, "Bravo My Life - 2007", "The Happy Life" and "Wild Hogs", show that one can never be too late to rock 'n' roll or hit the road on bikes. The latent spirit of youth awakens in middle-aged men, providing much laughter and tears for audiences of all ages, especially fathers.

White-collar Band Sings `Bravo My Life - 2007'

Four veteran actors, Baek Yoon-sik ("Art of Fighting", 2000), Park Joon-gyoo ("My Wife is a Gangster 2", 2003) and Im Ha-ryong ("Welcome to Dongmakgol", 2005) make breakthrough lead performances in "Bravo My Life - 2007", now showing in theaters. Inspired by the true story of a group of white-collar rockers Gapgeunse (Grade A Earned Income Tax) Band, the movie traces the depressing retirement of Min-hyuk (Baek Yoon-sik).

Diligent but far from ambitious, 50-year-old Min-hyuk dedicated 30 years to his firm...| More

[DVD Review]Foxes have atrocious pick-up lines

Source | 2007/05/14 | Permalink |

In a way, "The Fox Family" embraces the true spirit of the musical as a marginalized art form. The film is a musical parody about a family of nine-tailed foxes, the supernatural characters from ancient Korean mythology. It begins with a comic tone by featuring the characters as social minorities who are desperately trying to become like other people. The foxes strut and dance on the streets of Seoul with homeless alcoholics and a demented old lady who has been abandoned by her children. And there are the scenes of the fox family running a circus in which they scare the hell out of local children by splashing blood everywhere.
The family's efforts to adjust to the life of human beings in an alien city has a specific purpose. They need to get hold of a fresh human liver and eat it before their 1,000th birthdays, in order to become human.
Perhaps, in practice, the director reveals the premise of the film too quickly. The film stresses the precious value of life, even if it is accompan...| More