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The Foul King

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A bullied bank clerk (Song Kang-ho) finds an outlet for his frustration by moonlighting as a professional wrestler.

Critics Reviews

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Anton Bitel Little White Lies Kim Jee-woon’s second feature plays like a comic Korean rejoinder to Fight Club. Apr 11, 2024 Full Review Jason Gorber Film Scouts I'll be the first to declare it: Foul King is the Raging Bull of Korean wrestling movies. Rated: B+ Jun 21, 2007 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member I am a big fan of Asian movies and wrestling, but unfortunately I was very disappointed with this film. I can't say I was expecting too much from it. It doesn't have anyone known attached to it and it is clearly pretty low budget. It revolves around a wimpy office worker who inadvertently, boring story short, becomes an underground wrester. The wrestling gives him more confidence, but he is still kind of stupid. Even when he stands up for himself, it's just awkward. His boss is a jerk and it's kind of ridiculous how he gets away with physically abusing his employees. This type of violent slap-stick goofy humor is popular in Asian countries I've noticed. Some of the wrestling scenes are kind of wacky and funny, but this was just a boring pointless movie in the end. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member This is a very funny movie, with some tender love scenes. I don't usually like slap-stick, but, given the subject matter, it works for me in this movie. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A bullied bank clerk (Song Kang-ho) finds an outlet for his frustration by moonlighting as a professional wrestler.
Director
Kim Jee-woon
Producer
Lee Mi-yeon
Screenwriter
Kim Jee-woon
Production Co
B.O.M. Film Productions Co.
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
Korean
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 6, 2018
Runtime
1h 52m
Sound Mix
Surround