rebzombie reviews

The Case of Itaewon Homicide wanted to be as realistic as possible and it managed to do just that.  The movie relived a brutal murder of a college student at a toilet of a burger joint in Seoul’s Itaewon district.  The prime suspects were two Korean-American teenagers, Pearson (Jang Geon-seok) and Alex (Sin Seung-hwan).

Except for the names of the suspects and the victim, everything in The Case of Itaewon Homicide is real that it can pass for a documentary.  Director Hong Ki-seon spent years researching about the case before shooting the movie.  Being true-to-life, the movie shows how the gruesome murder was done.  This is not a pretty sight and this should serve as a warning to the faint of heart.

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Judging from its synopsis, I thought You’re Beautiful was going to be predictable.  Go Mi-nyu (Park Sin-hye) has to pretend to be her twin brother Mi-nam and be part of the boy group A.N.JELL., which includes Hwang Tae-kyeong (Jang Geun-seok), Jeremy (Lee Hong-ki), and Kang Sin-woo (Jeong Yong-hwa).

The predictable became unpredictable in Episode 2 of You’re Beautiful when Tae-kyeong and Sin-woo found out that Mi-nam/Mi-nyu is a girl.  That’s when the love triangle and later square comes in. It’s the sort of drama that girls would watch to gush over the male leads.  I recently saw The Case of Itaewon Homicide and I can conclude that Jang Geun-seok can really act.

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I said to myself that I should watch Old Boy before Hollywood murders it.  I was about to catch it in the Korean Film Festival last September but it was cancelled due to Typhoon Ondoy.  This week I finally got myself a copy of the DVD of the movie.

Old Boy is Oh Dae-su (Choi Min-sik), who got drunk and was arrested by the police. His best friend No Joo-hwan (Ji Dae-han) managed to bail him out of prison.  Joo-hwan was just calling someone on the payphone when Dae-su disappears from his side.  He was kidnapped and placed in a room for fifteen years.  After that period he was released and just like his abduction, his release is a mystery to him.

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A friend told me to watch Heading to the Ground (you know who you are).  She said that DBSK’s Yunho plays a soccer player in this Korean drama.  Soccer convinced me to watch it.  Plus it features Go Ara as Yunho’s leading lady.

Yunho is Bong-gun, a soccer player with the potential to represent Korea in the World Cup.  But because of a past crime, his future as a player was bleak.  Things changed when he met Kang Hae-bin (Go Ara), a rookie sports agent who was willing to gamble on him.

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Even before the latest Yoon Eun-hye series first aired, its title was changed twice.  Originally known as Lady Castle, it became Take Care of the Young Lady.  Maybe they thought that the name is too long, the series became My Fair Lady.  But don’t confuse it with the Hepburn classic.  The story is nothing like that. Aside from Eun-hye, the other cast members are Yoon Sang-hyun, Jeong Il-woo, and Moon Chae-won.

Yoon Eun-hye is Kang Hye-na, the lady of the story.  Her parents died when she was young and is now living with her grandfather.  Life is easy for her and she gets what she wants.  She’s self-centered and doesn’t care about others feelings.

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Dream is Korean sports drama series about Nam Je-il (Joo Jin-mo), a successful sports agent.  He reminded me of Tom Cruise in Jerry McGuire but he has the charisma of Sly Stallone.  During the course of the series, he got into his boss’ bad side and got fired.  His reputation is in ruins because of a malicious rumor spread by his former boss.

Things picked up for Agent Nam when he met the ex-convict Lee Jang-suk (Kim Bum).  Agent Nam finds inner peace as he tries his best to turn him into a champion MMA fighter.  Every fighter needs a trainer and here’s where Park So-yeon (Son Dam-bi) comes into the picture.

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Judging from the trailer and the movie poster, one can easily dismiss My Girlfriend is an Agent to be a copy of Mr. and Mrs. Smith.  After watching it, I had to say that I enjoyed the former more than the latter.  The action scenes might be a little weak but you’ll be laughing a lot watching this movie.  This I guarantee.

My Girlfriend is an Agent is hilarious movie that stars Kim Ha-neul as an undercover agent.  This is the first time I saw her work and I must say I’m impressed.  She beautifully handled her role, whether it’s an action scene or a light one.  Joining her in the movie is Kang Ji-hwan, who I last saw in The Rough Cut.  I enjoyed his clumsy rookie agent character.   There’s this scene that involved lots of guns that had me literally ROFLing.

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