Dirty Carnival
Type: Korean Movie
Cast:
Jo In Sung as Byung-doo
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This is a gangster movie, a Korean gangster movie. It is the first one like this I have ever seen and I have no idea how true to life it really is. All that aside, I liked it a lot! It was a little weird seeing Jo In Sung go from sweet and sensitive in Madeline to rough around the edges Byung-doo in Dirty Carnival. But in the end I think it just shows how well he works at his profession. I think over all I was surprised by the movie and I was even able to get my boyfriend to watch it with me and I think maybe it changed how he felt about my obsession with Asian Entertainment.
This is sort of a sad gangster story if you can try to imagine something like that. It is about a boy who has to step up to support the family and his ill mother. He ends up getting into a gang and having his own arcade. In traditional gangster movie fashion he is made an offer he can’t refuse and he takes it. It is hard not to grow feelings for him and wish that things turned out better for him. Lets be honest with ourselves, he does some bad things and tries to keep his family from knowing. At some point they are going to find out and by then it might be to late. During the movie he meets some old friends. One of the friends is a girl that he cares about and he tries to keep his life a secret from her, but she finds out and will no longer talk to him. At this point you really want him to clean up his life for her but will he be able to?
This is no love story, while there is a little one built into it. So please don’t watch and think it is going to be a happy movie. This is a movie about gangs and violence and one mans attempt to keep his family going. It is very well done and some of the fight scenes are very good. If you are a fan of the sappy love story dramas and movies, like me, you might still like it, like I did. But please remember it is not a sappy love story. Please enjoy!
Tags: Dirty Canival, dirty carnival review, Jo In Sung, Korean Gangster Movie, Korean Movie
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