Gangnam Blues (2015)
Jong-Dae and Yong-Ki make a living by picking up paper and empty
bottles. Both then join different gangster clan and becomes involved in a
struggle of political interests over development in Gangnam, Seoul.
Director:Ha Yoo
Writer:Ha Yoo
Stars:Min-ho Lee, Rae-won Kim, Jin-young Jung
Storyline
In the 1970s, during the height of political corruption, Gangnam, the southern part of Seoul is starting to be transformed into a developed area. Childhood friends Jong-dae and Yong-ki struggle to get by, until their shanty homes are demolished by local thugs. Desperate for cash, they get involved in violent political clashes, and are separated during one of the skirmishes. Three years later, Jong-dae lives as an honest man with former gang leader Kil-su. Meanwhile, Yong-ki has joined Seoul's most powerful criminal organization, the Myeongdong-pa. As a gangster, Yong-ki is entangled in a high-stakes battle over land in Gangnam, all in the name of putting together secret presidential election funds that drive up the value of the city. As the gangs fight over the rights to various plots of land, Yong-ki is captured and interrogated by a rival gang. The southern part of Stransformed into a developed area.Gangnam Blue Reviews
what we got here is a
very badly scripted clichéd screenplay with very pretentious dialog,
then we got a very deadbeat director who failed to ignite those who
signed up for playing the roles in it. there were several segments of
this film that made me feel like watching a lousy Korean pornographic
crap. those intercourse, fornication scenes are just absolutely
unnecessary, yet this brain-dead director just added and inserted those
love-making scenes. every time when the clueless sexual stuff suddenly
showed up, i just couldn't help myself to curse. this film was trying to
portray the Korean politicians using the gangsters to rip the land from
the poor, and the real estates business and values in Korea were
starting to boom. the storyline is very weak, and most of the acting
performed by almost every actor in this film was not good, therefore it
failed to get me connected. a very bad film that the Korean movie
industry rarely under achieved in recent years, since most of their
recent products are very good, some of them are even light-year better
than what Hollywood did in recent years. i have to confess that i didn't
finish it, because it's one of the worst Korean films.
