"Marine Boy" (마린보이, S. Korea)Directed by Yoon Jong-seok (윤종석). Starring Kim Kang-woo(김강우), Cho Jae-hyun (조재현), Park Shi-yeon (박시연).
It’s about time the Korean Peninsula saw a maritime action flick. ``Marine Boy’’ indeed features the most water treading sequences in South Korean cinema -- something only a fearless newcomer like Yoon Jong-seok can brave -- but it keeps afloat with classic premises like dramatic tension and great supporting characters.
An ocean-crossing drug mule the movie has named ``marine boy’’ calls for extensive oceanic shoots that make up about 20 percent of the film, yet this is no big budget version of drug mule stories like ``Maria Full of Grace’’ nor is it a raw crime thriller like ``The Chaser.’’ A complex ``trust no one’’ formula fuels the seaside story, but an obscure love triangle rather than underwater skirmishes crafts the drama. While the two-hour running time could have been cut shorter, Cho Jae-hyun and other bona fide actors keep the film from completely conforming to Hollywood.
The vast ocean blue invites viewers to plunge right into the narrative with the protagonist. `Le Grand Chef’s’ rising star, Kim Kang-woo, bares his six-pack abs as Cheon-su, a youthful hedonist who gives swimming lessons by day and gambles by night in order to escape to Palau. But his one-way ticket to paradise is forever lost when he loses a big poker game and lands in 10-digit debt. >>More
An ocean-crossing drug mule the movie has named ``marine boy’’ calls for extensive oceanic shoots that make up about 20 percent of the film, yet this is no big budget version of drug mule stories like ``Maria Full of Grace’’ nor is it a raw crime thriller like ``The Chaser.’’ A complex ``trust no one’’ formula fuels the seaside story, but an obscure love triangle rather than underwater skirmishes crafts the drama. While the two-hour running time could have been cut shorter, Cho Jae-hyun and other bona fide actors keep the film from completely conforming to Hollywood.
The vast ocean blue invites viewers to plunge right into the narrative with the protagonist. `Le Grand Chef’s’ rising star, Kim Kang-woo, bares his six-pack abs as Cheon-su, a youthful hedonist who gives swimming lessons by day and gambles by night in order to escape to Palau. But his one-way ticket to paradise is forever lost when he loses a big poker game and lands in 10-digit debt. >>More
Read about the director and actors discussing "Marine Boy."
No comments:
Post a Comment