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ATTACK ON THE PIN-UP BOYS

 ABOUT THE MOVIE

Genre: Comedy/Mystery
Starring: Kim Ki-bum, Choi Si-won, Kim Hee-chul, Kim Young-woon
Director: Lee Kwon
Rating: PG
Year Made: 2007

 

 


 SPECIAL FEATURES

- Trailer
- Highlights
- Photo Gallery
- Music Video

 

 


 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Languages: Korean & Mandarin
Subtitles: Chinese & English
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1
Running Time: 1 hr 21 mins
Region Code: 3
Distributor: Simply Fun

 

 

SYNOPSIS: 

The unusual attack on cute boys started on February 14 and subsequently, on the 14th of every month, such an attack happened at different high schools. Studious student Ki-bum decides to investigate this matter and starts blogging all these terror events. He predicts that the next victim will be either Siwon President of the student body; Hee-chul President of the dance club or Kang-In, Captain of the Judo Team.

MOVIE REVIEW:

This reviewer’s sister is a fan of all things Korean. When she saw this DVD lying on the table, she exclaimed in astonishment: “Super Junior!” Call him ignorant, but this reviewer has no idea what or who this “Super Junior” is, but it probably is related to the pretty boys whose faces are gloriously plastered onto the DVD cover. Without listening to what she has to add about the movie, he popped the DVD into the player and what followed was a, err, unconstructive 81 minutes.

The story plot is silly beyond words: On the faithful day of 14 February, a school heartthrob of the male species was attacked, and following that, the same attacks started happening at different high schools every month on the same day. This becomes a popular topic within the Neulparan High School student body, and a group of students begin investigating the matter and predict who the next victims will be. Sounds like a typical high school drama series which teenage girls would enjoy watching on TV? Wait till you find out what kind of attacks these flower boys (good looking high school jocks) underwent. We’ll leave that till the end of the review.

Now, “Super Junior” is a 13 member boy band from Korea, and judging by their good looks, this movie is obviously a star vehicle for them, and a money milking machine. They can now put in their resumes that they have “acted” in a movie, so that they are more credible artistes, and can earn get more young girls to pay for their albums. But because one member got hurt in a car accident, the movie only stars 12 of them in various roles which, we hate to say it, do not require much depth and skills.

Maybe this reviewer is of the male species himself, he doesn’t see what the big deal is about all these K-pop cultures. Maybe he isn’t a good looker himself, he doesn’t see what the big deal is about having 12 good lookers to star in a movie vehicle to boost their popularity. Maybe he is just suffering from jealousy, he doesn’t see why teenage girls would fork out money to buy boy bands’ albums and for this matter, a movie DVD starring them. When you have an eight minute music video incorporated into the movie’s finale, you know this is definitely a picture targeted at their fans.

Oh, we haven’t touched on how the movie fares? Forgive us, because we have been distracted by the fact that a movie can actually be produced based on a plot which involves throwing feces (yes, that’s sh*t) at handsome high school boys. And yes, that’s the attack these pin up boys suffer from. Poor them, other than some nice computer graphics to create the glow around these pretty boys, most of the story plot involves how they have to avoid feces thrown at them. And you know things have reached its lowest point when someone asks the attacker whether he uses his own feces for the attacks.

Darn, this reviewer thinks his sister was trying to warn him how silly the flick is before he ran off to pop the DVD into his player.

SPECIAL FEATURES :

This Code 3 DVD includes a 15-minute “Highlights” which simply puts some scenes from the movie together in one sequence. There is also a three minute “Music Video” where you may be inspired to pick up some cool dance moves. There is a “Trailer” and a “Photo Gallery” for fans to ogle at the boys in their own sweet time.

AUDIO/VISUAL:

There is nothing to complain about the disc’s visual transfer. The movie can be watched in Korean Dolby Digital 5.1, Mandarin Dolby Digital 5.1 or Korean DTS 5.1.

MOVIE RATING:




DVD RATING :

Review by John Li

 
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This review is made possible with the kind support from Simply Fun

 

 



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