Shiri (Swiri/쉬리 -1999)

Starring:
Suk-kyu Han ... Yu, JongWon
Min-sik Choi ... Park, Mu-young
Yunjin Kim ... Lee, Myung-hyun (Lee, Bang-hee) (as Yoon-jin Kim)
Kang-ho Song ... Lee, Jang-gil
Johnny Kim ... Jung, Dae-Ho (as Derek Kim)
Jeong-min Hwang
Hyeong-seong Jang
Su-ro Kim
Jong-hyeok Lee
Seung-Shin Lee
Yong-woo Park ... Sik
Dae-han Ji
Ju-sang Yun


Locked in a fragile détente with its famine-wracked, communist neighbor to the North, South Korea lives in a state of constant national emergency. It is policed by a task force of special agents whose personal lives have withered and died as they root out infiltrators and sleeper agents, rush from crisis to calamity, pursue rumors of war and chase terrorists who vanish like ghosts. One particular phantom, a female North Korean sniper named Hee, has led agents Ryu (Han Suk-Gyu) and Lee (Song Kang-Ho) through a nightmare of burnt corpses and bloody crime scenes for ten years before suddenly vanishing. One year later she resurfaces, and with her comes a squad of North Korean commandos who have infiltrated Seoul and master-minded the theft of an experimental explosive.

A whirlwind of fear and paranoia engulfs the city as civilian targets are bombed and Agents Lee and Ryu chase an enemy who is always one charred and blackened step ahead of them. As Agent Lee is pulled in two directions by his fragile fiancée, Hyun, and the dead-eyed terrorist, Hee, the personal becomes the political and in the blink of an eye affairs of the political and in the blink of an eye affairs of the heart become affairs of state.

This was a freaking awesome movie!!! OMG! The action was unbelievable. The very beginning of the movie we witness the making of a female sniper in North Korea. It was the coolest thing. That tipped me off that this was going to be good!

I will admit withing the first 30 minutes of the movie I figured out some of the story on my own. I'm sure of you will figure it out...and some of you will still be beating your heads against the wall. Even figuring the plot, it was still an awesome movie.

The ending was perfect. Totally perfect in everyway! Which I can't divulge......

If you don't mind a bit of blood, lots of cool action, suspense, mystery, and drama.....this is the one for you. Add a sprinkle of romance...and voila!

The credits listed my man Lee Jong Hyuk but I saw him nowhere. This was made in 1999 so he was probably an extra. *sigh*

Vampire Cop Ricky (흡혈형사 나도열 / Heubhyeol hyeongsa na do-yeol -2006)

Starring:
Ho-jin Jeon ... Inspector Kang
Yeo-Jeong Jo ... Yeong-hee
Hie-jeong Kim
In-mun Kim
Su-ro Kim ... Ricky
Kwang-rok Oh ... Vampire Hunter
Byung-ho Son ... Tak Mun-su
Yeong-su Park

In Transylvania 2006, a sharp needle of a mosquito is driven into the neck of Dracula. That same year the vampire-blooded mosquito is brought to Seoul on a DHL. Very worked up detective NAH Do-yul became the victim of the needle penetration, turning him into a human at daytime and a vampire at night. What will become of this hapless detective?


This was a wonderful movie! I loved the whole story and synopsis. Even add the element that he was a bad cop in the beginning was a great twist.

This was laugh out loud funny. The idea that if he got a "hard-on" was what led him to his vampire awareness was a totally good thought. So, of course, everytime he needed to switch over to the "dark" side he just needed his trusty PSP (loaded with porn) or Playboy mag to get him going. Even a girl with short skirts, big boobs, and long legs, oh what a hoot!

My only gripe to this story was the end. I'm concluding they left this off for a sequel. I hope so. The end left me befuzzled because there wasn't any conclusion with his girlfriend. And the fact, we all hoped for him to go back to "normal".

This was my second vampire movie today.....thankfully this one was waaaay better and left me feeling lots better about the movie industry. I was starting to think I'd seen all the good ones and were now left with duds........

S Diary (에스 다이어리 -2004)

Starring:
Seon-a Kim ... Jinny
Su-ro Kim ... Jeong-seok
Hyeon-woo Lee ... Gu-hyeon
Yu Kong ... Yu In
Mun-hee Na ... Jinny's mother
Kwang-il Kim ... Ho-woo
Sun-yeong Ahn
Hyuk Jang ... Lim Chan
Jae-hyeong Jeon
Yeong-im Kim
Mi-kyeong Kim
Shin-yeong Han
Hyo-eun Hwang
Ju-eun Oh
Yun-min Jeong

On a dreary day Jini gets laid off by her boyfriend with the final note that he was only interested in making love to her but not in a lasting relationship.

This triggers the girl's curiosity about whether her past three lovers were also only after her favors. As a result Jini checks back on her previous boyfriends including Ku-hyeon, an advocate of strong religious beliefs, macho college lover Jeong-seok and inexperienced Yoo-in who makes a living as wandering artist. Will Jini's emotional journey be rewarded with sincere answers from her old admirers ? Find out as S-Diary unveils its top secret material.



LOL! This was a riot. And why wouldn't it be? Kim Seon-ah is a comedic genius!!!

Revenge is sweet! Oh yeah. You go girl!

How I wish I could get back my love that I shelled out to all my ex's. I'd be rich. For all those girl's who gave what they thought was love, this movie is for you. We girl's shouldn't have to sell ourselves (not meaning prostitution) to win our guy's love. I really think this was the moral to this story. Be true! AH-JAH! FIGHTING!

Ah, and for eye-candy factors....we have Gong Yoo and Jang Hyuk! Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeet!

Gong Yoo


Jang Hyuk

My Lovely Week (Naesaengae gajang areumdawun iljuil, 내 생애 가장 아름다운 일주일-2005)

Starring:
Jeong-hwa Eom - Hur Yu-jung
Jeong-min Hwang - Na Do-chul
Kyeong-ho Jeong - Yu Jung-hun
Hyeon Ju - Mr. Kwak
Su-ro Kim - Park Sung-won
Chang Jung Lim - Kim Chang-hoo
Jin-seo Yun - Lim Soo-kyung
Ji-won Ha - Cameo
Hie-bong Jo - Cameo
Se-yeong Lee - Cameo
Hyeon Woo - Cameo
Ho-jin Jeon
Hye-jin Jeon (01/01/1976)
Yi-da Jeon
Tae-hyeon Kim
Yun-seok Kim
Yu-jeong Kim
Mi-hee Oh
Jin-woo Park
Seung-su Ryu
Jin-wook Seo
Yeong-hie Seo
Seong-rok Shin
Hyo-eun Hwang

Chang Hu (Yim Chang Jung) finds himself on the verge of poverty, as he struggles to make ends meet, while keeping his financial difficulties a secret from his dutiful, cheery wife Seon Ae (Seo Yung Hi). Chang Hu is being hassled by Seong Won (Kim Su Ro), an embittered ex-basketball player-turned-debt collector, who is surprised to learn that he's got a six-year-old daughter (the adorable Kim Yu Jeong), who just so happens to be suffering from a life-threatening medical condition. While in the hospital, she's often visited by her "boyfriend", a young boy who turns out to be the son of a sassy divorcee named Yu Jeong (Uhm Jung Hwa, from Singles). While appearing on a television show, the ballsy doctor finds herself butting heads with Detective Nah (Hwang Jung Min, from You Are My Sunshine), a tough-talking, Rambo-loving cop whose experience with the ladies is practically nil. Of course, the bickering twosome soon find they may like each other more than they think.

But that's only half the cast. Yu Jeong's ex-husband is shown to be an uptight music industry big shot named Jo (Chun Ho Jin), who has to confront his gay past head-on when he hires a male housekeeper (Kim Tae Hyun). The film's other two stories include one about nun-in-training Su Gyeong (Yoon Jin Seo) who falls for a fading pop star named Jeong Hun (Jung Kyung Ho), and another tale about an elderly theater owner (Ju Hyun) who takes a shine to the vivacious, but aging actress (Oh Mi Hi), who runs a coffee shop located on his property.

As the film proceeds, the narrative strands begin to cross as the events of each story begin to have consequences for the other characters, all of whom are, in their own way, trying to find happiness in an increasingly uncertain world. Loneliness, unemployment, strained family relations, and impending death are just a few of the not-so-pleasant themes that resonate through many of the tales spun in All For Love.



The premise of this movie was like no other Korean drama/comedy movie. At first, they had several stories that were a collage of scenes and left your brain trying to figure out what goes where, and who belonged to who. But as the movie went about it's business, all the scenes started to mix together and make more sense as you started to relate to what was going on.

I loved how they figured out how to make all the couples and relationships come together. My favorite couple were Su Gyeong (nun to be) and Jeong Hun (pop star). I wasn't too happy how they had this relationship end but the others ended on a better yet happier note.

If you can get past the mosaic of relationships at the beginning, you'll really like this movie. It does take awhile to catch on but the stories come together and you find yourself routing for all or one of the couples. Really nice and sophisticated type movie. Totally wonderful way of putting a movie together. Real cool!