싸움의 기술 (Ssa-woom-eui Gi-sool) Art of Fighting
A good review of this film I came across by James Mudge at about Art of Fighting and I usually stumble upon movies to watch. I did not know what to expect with this film but it was violent.
This film made me despise all bullies. But I have give props to Byung Tae (Jae Hee "3 Iron") a weakling high school student who is always harrassed by thuggish bullies whereever he goes. His father being a cop does not help matters and he misses his mom who passed away years ago.
One day, he sees a Pan Su (Baek Yoon Sik) who is cool, can fight and he wants to be his student. The man says he is not a fighter. Slowly wearing him down, Byun-Tae learns how to fight with mixed results. His journey to get stronger is believable because of the embarrassment, pain and struggles he underwent to get where he becomes.
Pan Su is an enigma and clearly has a troubled past but he is not forthcoming nor does he try to represent himself as an honorable man. Together I enjoyed Byung Tae and Pan Su's affection for each other to the detriment of one of them.
A good movie and do not expect martial arts or slick choreographed fight scenes as the title might imply. In fact, the movie is laden with regular street fighting using whatever means you can to win over your opponent.
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