That brings us to Big Match. They were obviously trying to make one of those Hollywood films. You know, the ones intended for the market without actual depth, loaded with action, big special effects and same old cliché dialogues. It’s regrettable and doesn’t represent the growing South Korean cinema at all.
Leaving that aside, the film was purely a mean of divertissement. The general concept isn’t off. It had the entertainment keys due to a good mixture between humour and action. Well, the comedy part wasn’t exactly ‘hilarious’, but the action half was rather good. Nonetheless, the pacing wasn’t always attention-grabbing. The run time was too long for an action packed-film.
The main reason I watched this summarises in two of my favourite ahjussi’s and Korean cinema veterans: Lee Jung Jae and Shin Ha Kyung. Well, they both did what they had too. I wouldn’t say it took much effort with the kind of characters they were offered. Lee Jung Jae wasn’t a stand-out action lead but he was faithful to the characterisation which is more than enough. Shin Ha Kyung’s ‘funny psycho’ character didn’t come out funny or impressive but the actor’s way of personifying it was perfect. Only a veteran in Ha Kyung’s calibre can make you like (or at least appreciate) an uninteresting character.
Other performers didn’t stand out at all –except for Lee Sung Min. And there were too many useless, repeated, cliché characters to stand.
The action sequences were fittingly edited –a nice work of fiction. The music was nothing different from the usual South Korean films’ soundtrack and the cinematography work didn’t stand out much.
Big Match is by no mean a remarkable Korean film. It doesn’t even hold the identification of South Korean cinema. It was basically a forgettable action comedy led by two big stars.
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All the actors were great, especially Shin Ha Kyun. I wouldn't have picked a better crazy psycho than him for this plot! If you are a fan of Shin Ha Kyun, you know that he has this little facial expression or gestures that really are his, and through this character it was even more visible which just added to the character. I was surprised by BoA's acting, she did a good job with the though character.
I would recommend this movie if you are interested in martial arts or like action movies packed with fighting scene. All the fighting was really well done and I mean you can see that the main guy really worked out to have similar body muscles as a pro fighter! It has comedy so the movie doesn't get boring from all that fighting!!
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Yes The story is great. There are a lot of movies with psychopaths and hackers and so why complain now? The story is givenis great it makes you feel like you take part of the movies, action never stops so movie feels longer than it is because of how many things happen! And that is great PERFECT action movie and the comedy just cracks you up, it makes it a bit less intense and gives you some breath to relax before it gets serious again.
Acting/Cast: 10/10
The ace (the bad guy) could have been played by ji sung perfectly tbh but I am satisfied. Comedy parts were so real as well as family love and all the feelings, emotions were given trough. Like I couldn'tbe picky on acting at all, honestly Koreans are so well at acting I am surprised by their acting skills.
Music: 10/10
Not picky on music at all. I liked the background sounds, fit the situations well and kept you feel engaged with the movie.
Rewatch Value: 10/10
Will rewatch it with my best friend tbh worth every minute of it.
Overall: 10/10
Kept you on toes and great comedy, makes you laugh so hard at moments like really from beginning to very end cracked me up at random times I thought wouldn't be possible to change the atmosphare from intense to like one where you start wheezing. I was proved wrong and that is why I am so in love with this movie.
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Actually interesting and fun to watch!
To start off, let me just give a big round of applause to whoever pick up the casts! Because this movie has some dope actors and actresses! First off there’s Lee Jung Jae, BoA, Lee Sung Min, Shin Ha Kyun, Choi Woo Shik, Son Ho Jun, Ra Mi Ran, Kim Ui Seong and Bae Seung Woo! WOW the line up is just AMAZING.If you’re looking for a comedy movie, this isn’t probably what you want. Yes, there’s some pretty good comedy (mostly in the first half) but there’s so much more action in this movie. So, it’s mainly action in my opinion. BoA actually did a good job acting out her first role in a movie, although her acting was quite stiff at first, her action scenes were very good!
Overall, a great movie I’d like to recommend! Bless your eyes with great visuals of Lee Jung Jae and have some great enjoyment watching this mostly-action-comedy movie! I was actually trying to rate this 8.7 or 8.8 but MDL won’t let me... so... 8.5 it is! ⭐️
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