My Wife Is A Gangster (2001)

This movie was mine first Korean movie that I acknowledged that it's indeed Korean and not just "Asian movie". Maybe this review will be a little to much sentimental, forgive me ^^ I just have so good memories watching this!

Story for me is outstanding, truly! I never watched story about gang master which decides to become wife, to fulfill last wish of her dying sister. And then all sort of hilarious stuff begin! Seriously I thought I will never stop laughing.

Every character has unique background story, which will make you laugh, cry and excited. I never liked "flying/fighting/scenes" that's way I avoided Asian action movies. There is some flying around in this one, but it did not damaged this movie to me.

Music is nice fit with the story. Sister love is so moving and chemistry between husband and wife OMG! Even a thought of that makes me smile.

Overall it's just great actions comedy which I encouraged you guys to see for yourselves ^^ Have fun.

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Female crime boss wants to get married to uphold a promise, cue the confusion as she orders her men to search for a viable candidate.

Blend in the famous Hong Kong Triad power struggles/dynamics with South Korea’s perpetual game of Genre Musical Chair and you get this, whatever this is. I liked it!
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Stunts - 83/100 | Somebody high up in the creative team is a fan of Hong Kong movies. They even included the staple humorous sidekick that we all love to hate (more like hate tbh)

Narrative - 68/100 | (Melo)Drama, Crime, Action, Comedy all merge together to form a weirdly functioning mess.

Fight Choreography - 68/100 | Only part that I wished they had studied better in their efforts to replicate fights from the best school of action cinema. Still, there was an attempt here, with a brutal end fight sequence that was pretty decent. Performers had it in them I think but the editing… bleh. It really was all over the place and the fights were hard to follow, which is the opposite of what you’d want. I liked the wire bits though.

Enjoyment - 79/100 | I was surprised by how much depth the main character had. It was really fun to see her struggle with basic life stuff and yet, be so respected and feared by her peers. Funny and yet intense central performance by Shin Eun-kyung. She’s a stone-cold certified badass.

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