Action Boys (2008) - 우린 액션배우다 (Woo-ri Aek-syeon-bae-woo-da)

[ChanMi's movie news] Ha Seok-jin, main character in a new film

Source | 2008/10/22 | Permalink |

This new movie is directed by the same director who was praised for his documentary film, "Action Boys". It is set in the year 1996 where a spy was found in Kangwondo where four friends are having the troublesome adventure of their lives.

Here, Ha Seok-jin is one of the four, Tae-joon who has a quick temper and trty to survive in this prejudiced...| More

Dreams are made of action

Source | 2008/09/05 | Permalink |

The Korean documentary "Action Boys" follows the lives and dreams of five students of the Seoul Action School who have extensive experience under the belt, including major films like "The Good, the Bad, the Weird" and "Seven Days".

Director JEONG Byeong-gil said that he wanted to capture the dreams of these young people and their passion for life. According to its distributor Sangsangmadang, it will make you laugh and cry. The documentary shows the hard life of underpaid stuntmen whose passion can not be stopped by broken bones.

Like the hardships in the life of the stuntmen, the documentary faced its own difficulties, in an economical way. The film's budget was supported by the Korean Film Council and cultural centre Sangsangmadang.

The documentary won the audience award at this year' s Jeonju International Film Festival and played at the New York Asian Film Festival. The film will also travel to the Vancouver Film Festival.

Yi Ch'ang-ho (KOFIC)...| More

Lights, camera, 'Action Boys'

Source | 2008/09/03 | Permalink |

They're the silent heroes of the film industry, defying death with leaps off bridges and high-speed car chases. But as substitutes in action flicks, stuntmen are always behind the scenes.

No longer. In the recently released independent documentary film "Action Boys", stuntmen are the heroes.

"Many people think that stuntmen lead gloomy, miserable lives", said director Jeong Byeong-gil, "so I wanted to tell the world that their lives are cheerful and bright".

Jeong himself was an action substitute before he became a director in 2005.

"Action Boys" is based on "Standing on the Edge of a Knife" (2005), a 38-minute documentary Jeong made about his fellow stuntman, Tae-yong, at the Seoul Action School in Paju, Gyeonggi. The school trains action substitutes in martial arts.

Action Boys further explores the same theme. The 110-minute documentary follows the lives of five students at the Seoul Action School - Kwon Kwi-deok, 28; Kwak Jin-seok, 26; Sin Seong-il, 27; Jeon Se-jin, 2...| More

Korean Movies Feed on Raw Action

Source | 2008/09/01 | Permalink |

By Lee Hyo-won
Staff Reporter

Action movies show the human body twisting in unimaginable ways and engage the audience in the art of primal combat. Here come two films, one about the making of an unconventional action movie, and the other which documents the stuntmen who help make such films possible.

'Rough Cut': Stranger than Fiction

Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris's famous fight scene has made the 1979 film "Way of the Dragon" an action classic. Onscreen duels between top actors sell well, as demonstrated in this year's box office hits like "Public Enemy Returns" starring maverick actors Seol Kyeong-gu and Jung Jae-young. Another visible trend here is the "toughening up" of melodrama heroes. It seems to have become a rite of passage set by Jang Dong-gun, who proved he's more than just a pretty face by adopting a thug persona in "Friend". Joo Jin-mo ("A Love") and Song Seung-heon ("Fate") followed.

"Rough Cut" combines these two marking points, and features two handsome stars...| More

[ChanMi's movie news] Stuntmen are the main characters now

Source | 2008/08/30 | Permalink |

They are the stunt actors. Nobody can realize that they are action stars until they prove themselves and say it. Yet, they are bold and confident in their work. "Action Boys" is a new movie is about the stuntment who never get the spotlight and are always unnoticed.

This new film makes the effect that you can not stand up right away to leave when the ending credits are rolling.

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