Recipe: Take a pissed off mob boss, a desire for revenge, and incompetent employees. Mix well.
Then sit and laugh yourself silly.
Simply put: South Korea meets The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
This is one of the darkest black comedies to come along in a while. It has the accidental disaster atmosphere of Pulp Fiction, peppered with discord between two enforcers, which leads to a very funny scene where the pecking order between them is reestablished.
Add Lee Ji-hyeon (La Belle co-star, and absolute best actress in the world when it comes to droll deadpan), and it gets better and better
There will not be spoilers here. So you don't get a synopsis out of me.
You either like insane, slightly twisted Korean humor, AND have a strong stomach for gore (not as gory as American gore BTW), which makes you a category one, or you're squeamish and don't find whacked out twisted Korean humor funny. If you're in category one, jump in and have a laugh or ten. Category two? Watch something else.
The ending is typically Korean in a delicious way, and fits the crime.
I absolutely refuse to put a morality-tale spin on this commentary. I picked up on one elsewhere, and it gave me a strong desire to rant about the descent into mediocre thinking we have become so placidly accepting of for too many years now.
I love the flick, have watched it a lot of times, and will close by saying, it is just plain bloody funny. And bizarre. And outrageous.
By A. Murray
Running 7 Dogs available at:
Available at:
HK FLIX:$9.95
YesAsia:$13.49
Amazon: Used (2) $8.34 + $8.37-New $9.03-$12.99
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Available also through eBay and Half.com. Prices vary.
Shipping costs at e-Bay are always an issue for me.
Best buy used: Half.com at $5.00
Set shipping rate 1st DVD/VHS $2.99 via Media Mail. Additional movies shipped from same seller, same transaction, $1.89.
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