Once Upon A Time In High School (DVD)

...one of the seniors. However, once he becomes friends with fellow martial arts fans 'Hamburger' and Kim Woo-sik, his school days become much more fun - to the extent that his grades begin to drop, much to the fury of his father, who has very high expectations. When the boys rescue Eun-Ju from bullies on the bus, Hyun-soo immediately falls for her and is devastated when she starts going out with Woo-sik. But Woo-sik is a bully himself and it is only ...
...Hyun-soo be able to win his girl and stay friends with Woo-sik? This is one of those films that I came upon by accident - it was recommended to me by Tesco.com after I had rented a series of Korean horror films and I expected this to be similar. It is, however, not at all the same. Nor is it a soppy high school, boy meets girl story. It is very much the story of a young boy growing up in an incredibly militarised school system; how he copes with ...

sunmeilan 22.01.2008 · Read full review
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This movie is not very well known when it really deserves to be, it has everything, action, fight scenes, romance, sad scenes and interesting characters and out of all of the martial arts films that are out there, this is defiantly one of the ones to see, in my opinion. The movies main feature without a doubt are it's amazing fight scenes which are a breath of fresh air from the traditional and usual martial arts films, managing to look believable, ...
...what life was like for students attending high school in Korea in the past, with teachers able to dish-out physical punishment and with military guards throughout the school made it a tough time to grow-up in not to mention the other pupils as the heavy security didn't stop arguments, altercations or brawls breaking-out in the school. The story follows the life of a particular student, Hyun-soo who lives with his father, a Tae-Kwon Doe teacher and ...

FlyNebula 01.08.2009 · Read full review
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