A man who works for a bank is constantly humiliated
by his boss.
One day he walks by a professional wrestling
school.
And after convincing the owner he’s a man
who wants to become a professional wrestler,
he starts to train there.
Now he will show his boss who the actual boss
is, and maybe he will fulfill his big dream
of becoming a professional wrestler.
This is an action-comedy mixed with a small
dose of drama.
The Foul King was the second movie for director
Kim Ji-woon.
His first movie was the wonderful The Quiet
Family, followed by A Tale of Two Sisters,
A Bittersweet Life, The Good, the Bad, the
Weird, I Saw the Devil, and The Last Stand.
So he made some interesting movies in different
genres.
In the lead role, we find Song Kang-ho.
That man needs no further presentation.
He‘s as safe as the bank, and he gets to
show off his comedic side here.
The movie is fun, and the last fight is energetic
and well-choreographed.
I love the scene when he accidentally takes
a real fork instead of the fake one and stabs
his opponent.
That scene will make you laugh hard when the
blood squirts out.
There is only one thing I can put my finger
on.
That’s the story of the protagonist’s
friend.
What the point of this story is, I don’t
understand.
It’s the only drama element in the movie,
and it doesn’t fit in at all.
This was a strange choice by the director,
for the man knows how to make a movie.
It would have been nice with an explanation
from the director why he chose to keep this
in the movie.
It’s not interesting at all, but fortunately,
these scenes don’t last long.
For people who were disappointed with Nacho
Libre starring Jack Black, check out The Foul
King.
It has everything Nacho Libre didn’t have.
Next to The Wrestler, The Foul King is the
best professional wrestling movie.
The Wrestler is dark and serious, and The
Foul King is light, cheerful, and a little bit crazy.
