Geukhanjikeob (2019) Reviews

• Best Chicken I've Ever Had

  JermaineM2019-02-09

  Making good chicken is not an expressionless pursuit of frozen poultry, cellophane wrap and robotic assembly. A true cook understands that preparing a dish is a sacred art, honorific in the exchange of life. Excellent preparation and strategically calculated ingredients make for a perfectly balanced marinate sauce over succulent (yet crispy) chicken. This chicken is neither over or under fried, the sauce isn't too sweet, spicy, thick or too complex. Although the sauce has an unusual character, little effort is made to create something completely unique, instead; exploits the forgotten fundamentals of what makes real sticky chicken, thus landing in a purgatorious state to be judged for both its good, and sinful deeds. This is chicken exposed and uncensored, the aroma is a tease leading to what becomes a deliciously erotic bliss. I am forced to wonder, is it really even chicken? 2019 is off to a splendid start. There comes a film maybe once every 5 years that can make up for every bad film in the last 5 years. For comedy, this is one of them. You do not have to be fond of Korean or east asian cinema to enjoy this, and I personally did not expect it to be as great as it was. Who could've known? Its been a very long time since I've seen a comedy fit so many elements of a great story into 2 hours. It wasn't just "ha ha" funny, it was hilarious and impartial to any type, age or people, a true comedy to the core. It's a clean execution through and through. The characters are well developed and defined. The script's timing is punctual. Nothing spoken or seen is randomly injected or ejected; so as to either look or sound out of place and disconnect the story line. There's a strong consistency that leaves nothing unknown for too long, no deep lulls or delayed sense of wonder. Towards the middle and end, there's no sharp left turns completely void of audience validation. The music selection is melodic and well timed, complimenting their scenes. With all of this including the obvious fiction, it maintains a true to life feel, and resonates as a very human story. The film accomplishes its mission as a comedy and more. It's a pleasantly refreshing supply of laughter that can only come from great casting, a solid team and hard work, I thank the cast for this gift. It's hard to step away from this film in search of something more, similar or greater. I look forward to everything Bae Se-Young (Bae Se-yeong ), Lee Byeong-heon, Noh Seungbo and Bang Ok Kyung have to offer in the future. The bar has been lifted, I have a strong "trailblazer" feeling about this film. 9/10 One star has not been earned for the following reasons 1. The boat scene was 2-3 minutes too long. 2. Some more explanation between the TV director and the success of the restaurant would've been helpful. Living in North America, the film was free of any hype, so their was no expectation to lead to any amount of disappointment (Its harder to laugh when you're expecting to). Had hype been a factor, I doubt my review would be any different. I now see this wasn't the case in Korea, but East Asia does have a way of sensationalizing great films to "excessively" high points, which will eventually lead to negative reviews, many of which have found their way to IMDB.

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• Hilarious

  maindraaritomo2019-03-02

  It is comedy but also packed in action. If you're not person that so into Korean movies, you might experience effort to adapt with Korean accent and gesture. But after 15 minutes you would get there for no doubt. Thumbs up for all actors and director. Somehow it touched me by one scene when original sound track from legendary A Better Tomorrow was in it. I laughed alone since I guess none of other spectators in theater aware of it. Again, everyone is perfectly in the right place to produce this movie.

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• Ceaseless Laughter!

  gichanny2019-02-13

  What a Comedy/Action movie! It'll make you laugh constantly while you're watching this movie. I guerantee it if you like funny, a little ridiculous movies.

• Can't stop to laugh

  miho-dae2019-02-26

  This buddy cop movies is not just awesome at comedy, but best at fight scene too. Trust me, it will not disappoint you.

• A fantastic COMEDY with very smooth and seamless storytelling

  winter_lake2019-03-01

  Have you ever felt that most comedic movie these days feels like a forced addition without real meningful connection toward the main storyline. Or maybe the comedy is part of the storyline but just not funny because the story are just forced to be a joke? No, not on this movie. The story about an underapreciated(also underperforming) senior cop that lead a inconpetent drug investigation unit which ironically success at a fake bussiness even when he try hard to repel customers just trigger a nonstop laugh on the first half of the movie. The half empty theatre just burst of out laughing to the point that it fells like it's fully occupied, so it's not just me. The second half got more action scene as the laughter and when I thought they finally running out of jokes, they proof me wrong. The action scene is not disappointing either. The diversity between the martial arts expert and crazy 'tanks' makes the combat really fun to watch, triggering another gag and, well, romantic moment which already slipped here and there without disturbing the whole movie. The characters are well developed and consistent on their own quirk. There's moment when they show unexpected side of themselves but then audience are keeps reminded back that 'hey, don't forget that he/she are actually this kind of character', which makes the characters unforgettable. In two hours I slowly This is such a fresh comedy that do not try too hard begging for audience to laugh, it just go with the flow.

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