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Punch Lady (Movie - 2007)

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Punch Lady (펀치 레이디)
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펀치 레이디 (Peon-chi Le-i-di)

Directed by Kang Hyo-jin (강효진)

Screenplay by Kang Hyo-jin (강효진)

Action Comedy Drama

121min | Release date in South Korea : 2007/10/25

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Feisty Grandmas Pull Off Bandit Acts (Source) 2010/03/11
By Lee Hyo-won
Staff Reporter

Cinema has seen its fair share of uncanny elderly heroines, from Miss Daisy (not) behind the driving wheel to the cross-dressing Mrs. Doubtfire, but feisty Korean grannies turning into larger-than-life bank robbers in the whim of a late-life crisis, is a first.

"Yukhyeolpo Gangdodan" ("Revolver Gangsters' Gang") is like a hearty bowl of "makgeolli". It's brewed from vintage humor like the traditional rice wine -- the physical farce, crude jokes and other comic formulas may not be strikingly novel but they are just the stuff that make local audiences drunk with laughter.

But the family comedy is also determined to inspire tears with a dose of heartfelt drama, and Charlie Chaplin's famous saying comes to mind -- "Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up but a comedy in long-shot".

Basically, three senior citizens decide to rob a bank, or more precisely, reclaim what they believe is rightfully theirs.

The elderly widows have worked hard for th... |More
[ChanMi's movie news] "Punch Lady" stars Choi Seol-ri from F(x)! (Source) 2009/12/25


We've seen Choi Seol-ri as a pop star in the girl group F(x)!


She's been an actress since she was a child an she was in the film "Punch Lady".


Her short hair and less makeup make her look tot##ally different with a different image!


Choi's face expressions are great and real!


It seems as though she fits better as an actress.

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PiFan Announces Project Line-up (Source) 2009/05/22
The Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan) is geared up for its 13th edition with a promising line-up of 19 genre projects. The Network of Asian Fantastic Films (NAFF) has announced the selection for the second edition of 'It Project' – what it calls the "world's first-ever exclusive genre film project market".

It Project will be held July 19 – 23 during PiFan which runs July 16 – 26 in the bustling satellite city of Bucheon, located conveniently between Seoul and Incheon airport. Of the 19 projects, 17 are feature films and 2 are animations. The market provides one-on-one business meeting opportunities with Asian/international film producers and key investors as well as cash awards and post-production support to advance filmmakers' projects.

Korea is represented well at the market with several exciting projects. Director KANG Hyo-jin ("Punch Lady", 2007) will present his latest, "Survivor". Promising young filmmaker HA Jun Won will pitch his debut feature "T... |More
'Punch' Lands All the Wrong Moves (Source) 2007/10/18
By Lee Hyo-won
Staff Reporter

Movies are loaded with nonsensicality, and that's sometimes the fun part. Think of those unbelievably undying characters like "Die Hard's" Bruce Willis or Uma Thurman in "Kill Bill".

Nevertheless, things make sense -- in a comically surreal way -- within the internal logic of the film. "Punch Lady" is a tale of modern heroism where a battered housewife- turned-kickboxing queen fights her abusive husband in the ring. Pitifully reminiscent of J-Lo's "Enough", it stops short of being ridiculous, period, because it lacks its own set of cardinal rules.

The movie thoroughly disappoints as it serves third-rate comedy and contrived drama . without aplatter. Ha-eun's husband Ju-chang is a mixed martial arts champion who does not hesitate to practice Guillotine chokes or low kicks outside the ring. Ha-eun decides she cannot take it any longer and, in a spur of passion, publicly challenges Ju-chang to a duel in the ring.

This is a woman who has grown imm... |More
[MOVIE REVIEW] 'Punch Lady' throws high kicks but misses its cinematic target (Source) 2007/10/17
Spousal abuse is not a new cinematic theme, but "Punch Lady" takes a fresh approach to the tricky issue by portraying the psychological trajectory of a battered Korean woman. The question is whether the likely climax -- whatever triumph the victim will manage to get -- meets viewers' expectations in a swift manner, just like the bullet-speed punch of a professional fighter.

After all, this movie, the debut feature by Kang Hyo-jin, involves a professional K1 fighter, Ju-chang (Park Sang-woo), and his timid, shy, self-conscious 36-year-old wife Ha-eun (Do Ji-won). The opening is telling: the couple is engaged in a K-1 fight in the living room, with all the vicious tricks fully deployed ... well, at least by the seemingly crazy husband. What is hard to understand, especially when the film is set in the 2000s, is why Ha-eun still sticks around this monstrous wife-beater.

The level of violence is almost unbearable. We see Ha-eun virtually flying over into the corner of the kitchen, wi... |More
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Punch Lady | Reviews

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 Produced by
 Lee Seo-yeol (이서열)
Staff
Seo Yeong-hwa<br />(서영화)  Lee Dong-joon (이동준)
 Musician
Seo Yeong-hwa<br />(서영화)  Kim Yong-soo (김용수)
 Martial arts team
 Bang Ho-seok (방호석)
 Management department
Seo Yeong-hwa<br />(서영화)  Lee Jeon-ho (이전호)
 Poster designer
 Lee Seon-jeong (이선정)
 Martial arts team
Technics
121 min 35mm Panoramic (1.85)
Web site
www.punchlady.co.kr... ( English Korean )
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Festival(s) & award(s)
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Release date in South Korea : 2007/10/25
South Korean Box Office
Source : www.cine21.com & www.kobis.or.kr
As of 2007.10.28 : 26,394 admissions (total)

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2009-09-27 14:03:59
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I've just watched Punch Lady, and have to say it's really bad. I love martial arts and Korean dramas, but the combination of domestic violence and weak comedy with an attempt to get a stick thin woman to be a champion boxer didn't work. Save your time and don't watch.
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