Rough Cut

A Tense, Thrilling, And Very Entertaining Action/Drama Film...
A film within a film threatens too become all-too-real when Soo-ta, the aggressive and cocky lead actor, hires Gang-pae, a real gangster, to play his opposite- and the pair agree to make all of the fights real. Rough Cut is a tense, thrilling, and very entertaining action/drama film.

I really enjoyed the story. The "film within a film" concept isn't used much and adds to the overall character of the film; it's genuinely interesting. It uses tension throughout the film, with many exciting fight scenes; it's also occasionally humorous thanks to funny characters like the director. It keeps you glued to your seat until its excellent, unexpected ending; South Korea rarely follows the generic "Hollywood" formula most of us are accustomed to, "Rough Cut" is no exception. The film moves at a very fast pace, as well, without sacrificing character development or hurting story progression. The acting is great, and the music is excellent, especially during the ending...

Do Not Buy the Asian Crush DVD!
Rough Cut is a wonderful movie, one of the best to come out of South Korea (which is saying something since Korea produces so many great films), and I strongly recommend seeing it. However, the Asian Crush DVD is terrible quality. The picture quality is low and sometimes a little pixelated and even worse the sound is nearly a full second out of sync. It wasn't just one defective copy, the one they sent as a replacement was just as bad.

Movie: 4.5 stars
DVD: 0 stars

Good Flick
When the bad boy actor finally confronts that no one will work with him due to his reputation and attitude, he is saddled with a gangsta as the movies nemesis. As you can predict, the gangsta doesn't play by the rules teaching the leading man a few lessons. All works out in the end--this film could easily star a couple of Hollywood main men and be Americanized and you wouldn't know the difference.

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