Les Formidables/Gang-jeok

DVD. 2006.

Nära nyskick. Fodral i nyskick. Cast (in credits order)

Joong-Hoon Park ... Inspector Sung-woo

Jeong-myeong Cheon ... Lee Su-hyun
In-yeong Yu ... Mi-rae
Chang-min Choi ... Jae-pil

Soon-Tek Oh ... Jong-chae
Moo-Seong Choi
Hak-seon Kim ... Detective Choi
Jung-ki Kim
Ik-joon Yang
Jung-hee Moon (as Jung-Hee Moon)
Hyeon-jin Baek

Directed by
Min-ho Cho
Les Formidables tells the story of a man trying to start a life independent of the Korean mob, who is accused of a murder he didn't commit. He pairs up with a guilt-ridden, divorced cop who has a son in need of a liver transplant the cop cannot afford. The cop wants the man, who the cop believes is truly a killer, to murder him so his family will collect money from his death--solving all his problems. The film starts with considerable energy and verve, but stalls about midway through and later seems sorely in need of extensive editing. The film is too long, with the camera lingering too much on our hapless duo, who are dodging both the mob and other cops as they try to sort out their respective difficulties. Also, one wonders why the film's "English" title is actually French.