A dazzling action movie from South Korea, Shiri follows two South Korean government agents, Ryu and Lee, as they pursue a female super-assassin from North Korea. Meanwhile, an elite paramilitary squad from North Korea has stolen a shipment of CTX, an undetectable liquid explosive of enormous power, which they've planted all over the city of Seoul. As their investigations are successively foiled, Ryu and Lee begin to suspect that there is a mole within the ranks of the agency--and it may be one of them. Both hyperstylish and hyperrealistic, Shiri rips along as a smooth fusion of Hong Kong and American action movies. Ryu's troubled romance with his alcoholic fiancée adds a striking emotional counterpoint to the blazing gunfights and high-speed chases; the ending is unexpectedly moving. It's not surprising that this film beat Titanic's box-office records in Korea. --Bret Fetzer
'Champion' tells the true story of Kim Deuk-gu a poor man from the countryside that took up boxing and became one of the world's elite fighters. In 1982 after winning fame in the ring and marrying his first love Kim travelled to Las Vegas to fight Ray ""Boom Boom"" Mancini the reigning lightweight world champion. After 14 intense rounds in which Kim refused to give in he fell into a coma from which he would never wake changing the sport of boxing forever and throwing a nation into
Champion tells the true story of Kim Deuk-gu a poor man from the countryside that took up boxing and became one of the world's elite fighters. In 1982 after winning fame in the ring and marrying his first love Kim travelled to Las Vegas to fight Ray ""Boom Boom"" Mancini the reigning lightweight world champion. After 14 intense rounds in which Kim refused to give in he fell into a coma from which he would never wake changing the sport of boxing forever and throwing a nation into shock... Yu Oh-seong re-teams with director Kwak Kyeung-taek (director of Friend the biggest film in Korean history) for this tragic but ultimately uplifting tale winner of the Gold Award at the Philadelphia Film Festival of one man's struggle to overcome all the odds with the hopes of a nation riding on his narrow shoulders. Acclaimed cinematography ferocious fight choreography and dynamic heartfelt performances have established Champion as one of undisputed classics of modern World Cinema.
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