The Happy Life (즐거운 인생 / Jeulgu woon Insaeng -2007)

Starring:
Jin-yeong Jeong - Ki-young
Yun-seok Kim - Seong-wook
Sang-ho Kim - Hyeok-su
Geun-seok Jang - Hyeon-jun
Ho-jung Kim - Sun-mi
Ah-sung Ko - Ju-hee
Yeong-seon Kim

Ki-young (Jung Jin-Young) is an unemployed lay-about who, after attending a school chum’s funeral, persuades two other friends to restart their old college band. The hardworking Sung-Wook (Kim Yoon-Suk) and the lonely Hyuk-Soo (Kim Sang-Ho) reluctantly agree when they come to the realization that two jobs and solitary nights can’t be all there is to life. They recruit young Hyun- Joon (television heartthrob Jang Geun-Suk) to take over as frontman. It just so happens Hyun-Joon’s dead father was the fourth band member.

OMG! I loved, loved, loved this movie from the beginning to the end. It was fun. It made a wonderful point. And dreams can come true and if you fight and try hard enough. You can win.

My fellow birthday buddy, we share the same day, is in this. Yeah, JGS is that buddy. He is such a cutie, patootie! Look at that face. So young.....*sigh*

I have to say I had to laugh when the members of the band got tattoos. Oh, that was a hoot. And then when they went shopping for the band clothing. They looked sooooooo not ready and overly dressed for the concert. It was like watching KISS.....that make-up. LOL!

Such a great movie. And not a bad ending to be had! Yea!!!!!!!!!

Jang Geun Seok

The Chaser (추격자 /Chugyeogja-2008)

Starring:
Yun-seok Kim - Jung-ho
Jung-woo Ha - Young-Min Ji
Supporting Cast
Yeong-hie Seo - Mi-jin
Hyo-ju Park - Detective Eun-shil Oh
In-gi Jeong - Detective Gil-woo Lee
Yu-jeong Kim - Mi-jin's daughter
Bon-woong Ko - Meathead
Yeong-seon Kim - Young-min's sister
Hee-seon Son - Grocery store owner

Ex-detective pimp Jung-ho is angry because his girls keep disappearing without clearing their debts. One night, he gets a call from a customer and sends Mi-jin. But when Mi-jin meets the customer, Jung-ho realizes the phone number of the customer matches that of the calls the missing girls got last. As something smells fishy, he searches for her. During his search, Jung-ho dents a car in the alley. When Jung-ho spots blood splattered on the driver’s shirt, he senses the man, Young-min, is the suspect. After an intense chase, Jung-ho finally catches Young-min. But because of Jung-ho’s pretense as a cop, they are both taken to the police station. At the station, he bluntly tells the policemen that he has killed the missing women, and the last girl, Mi-jin, may still be alive. As the police force is obsessed with a random search for corpses, Jung-ho is the only one who believes Mi-jin is still alive. With only 12 hours left to detain the serial killer without a warrant, Jung-ho’s hunt begins.


What a ride! This wasn't by any means the best movie but it was good enough to keep me interested. Okay, I was a little bummed because I was hoping for things to turn out the way I wanted it to. LOL! Of course not! This is a Korean drama. It never works out right at the end.

Of course, they get some fresh eye-candy to play the part of the villain. Ugh! They are either the villains or gay. LOL! Ha Jung Woo looks all innocent as he plays the part of Ji Young-min. He's lonely. He needs a prostitute. He can't get "it" up. So he kills all the girls he calls. Except one doesn't die like he planned. Her boss is pissed and wants her back. Lucky enough, he is a former police detective and has a few help from the old days.

As he searches for his "employee" and discovers that he can't find her and that she never told him that she had a daughter. Now time is running out to save her because the little girl is the only family of the missing woman.

Some really good stuff. Some really GROSS parts. I don't like gross. But in all, it was fun to watch the police and Jung-ho rush around Seoul to save the woman.

Ha Jung Woo