Lee Hang-bae (이항배)

2006/06/03 | Source | Permalink |  Digg |  del.icio.us | Stumble It! | Share this news

"Monopoly" - Thriller. Directed by Lee Hang-bae. Kyung-ho (Yang Dong-geun) is an unsociable computer genius whose only companion is action figures that he has collected. Arich guy John (Kim Sung-soo) approaches him in an action figure store and they become friends. John suggests an irresistible offer to join a scheme to withdraw money from every bank account in Korea. Kyung-ho is tempted. However, John's girlfriend (Yoon Ji-min) hints John will take advantage of Kyung-ho and tells him to stay away from John. But Kyung-ho's unconditional belief in John makes him join the plot and puts his life in danger. (91 min.)...

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By Kim Tae-jong
Staff Reporter

When you watch such films as "Sixth Sense" and "The Usual Suspects", you reach a point when you realize you've been totally deceived throughout the film or that your guess has taken you in the wrong direction.

Reaching such a moment of realization means you lost the guessing game, but you can still find film fun just like you enjoy a magic trick.

New crime thriller "Monopoly" tries hard to play tricks on audiences _ to offer them such realization in the end _ but it falls short as the director's tricks are too familiar and predictable.

Directed by Lee Hang-bae and starring Yang Dong-gun and Kim Sung-soo, the film revolves around two friends who team up to commit a crime.

In the film, Kyong-ho (played by Yang) is a computer genius, who works at a network security company protecting the nation's banks from computer hackers. He is sophisticated, intelligent, but unsociable, and his hobby is collecting action figures and playing with them.

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