On a television show billed as "the greatest fight show on Earth," eager amateurs with lots to prove boldly step into the ring and expect to leave bloody but victorious. The ratings hungry producers seek out "legendary" but largely forgotten streetfighters and mine their desperation for recaptured glory and redemption into ratings gold. Three old friends and rivals from high school days who get their invitation to the big fight for the chance to win $200,000 and much more. 25... (Full plot summary below)
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On a television show billed as "the greatest fight show on Earth," eager amateurs with lots to prove boldly step into the ring and expect to leave bloody but victorious. The ratings hungry producers seek out "legendary" but largely forgotten streetfighters and mine their desperation for recaptured glory and redemption into ratings gold. Three old friends and rivals from high school days who get their invitation to the big fight for the chance to win $200,000 and much more. 25 years later - Deok-kyu, whose Olympic dreams were dashed, now runs a struggling noodle shop. Jae-seok who always wanted to be number one but still finds himself in a third-rate gang. And Sang-hoon, a thug turned corporate executive who must go back and find his bloodlust one last time.
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| VarietyJustin ChangBloated but energetic, entertaining but interminable, tortured but strangely satisfying, Fists of Legend spends two-and-a-half hours unraveling the knotty saga of three middle-aged fighters, their shared dark past and their rocky road to redemption. |
| Los Angeles TimesJeannette CatsoulisShot with some wit and considerable speed, its short, sharp beatdowns are a refreshing change from the bloated action sequences favored by some of Mr. Kang’s genre contemporaries. |
| Sight and SoundAnton Bitelboisterously entertaining template serves as sly cover for commentary on the way that Korea's corrupted social and corporate structures have for decades been holding down the nation's real talent. |
| Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleDirector Kang Woo-Suk spins an epic swirl of masculine psychodrama over his many punishing fight sequences, including flashbacks to the trio's origins as gifted scrappers who take one too many wrong turns. |
| Dallas Morning NewsCary DarlingAt 2 1/2 hours, Fists of Legend goes on too long. But Kang Woo-suk's take on a genre often relegated to the level of cartoon is a refreshing change of pace. |
| Film Journal InternationalDaniel EaganHigh-school friends meet years later on a televised boxing competition. Ambitious drama offers a penetrating look at Korean society. |
| Slant MagazineRob HumanickThe film is so generous in its characterizations that it's easy to overlook the fact that its hot-topic drama (bullying, economic marginalization, etc.) amounts to little more than padded lip service. |
| Village VoiceNick SchagerThe battles are staged with moderate intensity but a dispiriting lack of surprise that's also characteristic of the story in general. |
| User ReviewRobert HFists of Legend (Jeonseolui Jumeok) South Korean MM sports drama and semi-comedy film. Written by Jang Min-seok and directed by Kang Woo-suk. The film is based 'Legend Punch' by Lee Jong-gyu. Starring Hwang Jung-min, Yoo Jun-sang, Yoon Je-moon, Lee Yo-won, and Jung Woong-in. Film received several nominations but no win at Grand Bell Awards. Film's title refers to the television-program called 'Fists of Legend' which invites the middle-aged men in their 40s to show off their college-days muscles and power. Three estranged friends from college-days now spending their lives separately and quite miserably - namely Deok-kyu (Hwang Jung-min - playing central role) is a noodle-restaurant owner with his estranged teen daughter who lives with her grandma. Sang-hoon (Yu Jun-sang) is a white-collar executive at a reputable company, where his job includes servitude to his boss. Jae-suk (Yoon Jea-moon) member of gangster group that is one of the most-feared in Seoul. Tv hostess calls upon Deok-kyu to join the television program 'Fists of Legend'. Deok who was an avid fan of boxing in his college days, and dreamed about going to Olympics - but somehow he had to abandon the dream (explained in the mid); he finds this as an opportunity first to advertise his low-running noodle-restaurant and fund his daughter's studies. Sang-hoon is manipulated by tv-hostess by influencing his boss to come to fight in the ring. He has no intention of returning to fight, but he has to obey his boss so that he could keep sending money to his son and wife. Jae-suk life has changed nothing but miserable over the period - but somehow his ego has remained intact and always has had his trust in Deok-kyu to opt for goodness/honesty. Film also holds flashback stories of three friends, first time meeting, and cementing their friendship - following codes of ethics, but stuck in the whirlpool of deception. How they sent waves of terrors with their fight skills - a record of beating more than 20+ gangster men in their own bar - saving each other from bullies - how some big sharks took their innocent away - how they withhold their principles and morals. Fists of Legend is one of the great films from South Korea. Some should find its 2hrs33min length quite the limit but for me it arranged the stories, frequent flashbacks and momentum altogether quite beautifully. Acting is superb, the comedy and hilarious scenes deserve praise (of course it was my first time to experience comedy from South Korean cinema - and I am confident about this already). Please go ahead and see this great movie. |
| User ReviewJohnny Lthe fights scenes are intense. has enough back story to connect with the main characters. Well made from director Kang. |
