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GeneChing
11-29-2012, 01:28 PM
Not to be confused with Jet Li's Fist of Legend (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=50105)... :rolleyes:

Fist set for April strike (http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/fist-set-for-april-strike)
By Patrick Frater
Thu, 29 November 2012, 12:49 PM (HKT)
Production News
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Production wrapped yesterday on Fist of Legend 전설의 주먹, a new South Korean action drama directed by KANG Woo-suk 강우석 | 康祐碩.

The story focuses on a reformed small-time crook who joins a martial arts reality show in order to pay for his daughter's medical bills. He has to make a tough choice when the gangsters that he used to run with offer him a bribe to throw the fight.

The film, which started production on 15 July, stars HWANG Jeong-min 황정민 | 黃晸玟, YU Jun-sang 유준상 | 劉俊相 and LEE Yo-won 이요원 | 李瑤媛. The script is by JANG Min-seok 장민석, who wrote Secret Reunion 의형제 (2010).

Production is by Cinema Service Co Ltd 시네마 서비스 with South Korean distribution and international sales both by CJ Entertainment Inc CJ엔터테인먼트. The producers yesterday announced that the film will be released in April 2013.

Kang is one of South Korea's most successful directors — whose hits include Two Cops 투캅스 (1993), Public Enemy 공공의 적 (2002), Silmido 실미도 (2003) and Moss 이끼 (2010) — as well as a leading producer.

GeneChing
04-15-2013, 09:09 AM
Posted on Friday, 04.12.13
Korean film adds complexity to martial-arts genre (http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/04/12/3339844/korean-film-adds-complexity-to.html)
By CARY DARLING
Fort Worth Star-Telegram

South Korea cinema has been acclaimed for its bleak horror films and crime thrillers, less so for a martial-arts film like "Fists of Legend." Yet, true to its Korean roots, "Fists" has an intriguing dark side. It isn't just a display of kinetic athleticism but also a veiled commentary on corporate and cultural conformity.

Lim Deok-kyu (the sad-eyed Hwang Jun-Min), Lee Sang-Hoon (Yu Jun-Sang), and Shin Jae-suk (Yoon Jea-moon), known for their fighting skills in high school, are three fortysomething former friends recruited by a ruthless reality show that pits middle-aged men against each other in a mixed-martial arts showdown. Each has something to prove: Lim was a boxing Olympic hopeful who threw it all away and now is a single dad running a failing noodle shop; Lee was the best fighter in Gangnam but now is in the corporate world working for an extremely sadistic boss; and Shin was a street fighter who became just a low-level hood with no future.

They have to fight each other, and other assorted goons, as well as their demons. While the latter gives the movie more depth than the average Jackie Chan film, director Kang Woo-suk certainly knows his way around an MMA cage, especially in the final, bruising match between Lim and a mob-backed opponent known as The Turtle.

At 2 1/2 hours, "Fists of Legend" goes on too long. But Kang Woo-suk's take on a genre often relegated to the level of cartoon is a refreshing change of pace.

FISTS OF LEGEND
4 stars (out of 5)
Unrated (martial arts violence); 150 min.
In Korean with English subtitles.

Sounds like ILHK (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=65463) + TW (http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/forum/showthread.php?t=51936) :p