| Oh look it's the girl from "Lost". Mainly this movie is about a lovesick guy whose English name is Iron Palm that just can't get over his ex-girlfriend. She went to America just to get away from him and he still can't take a hint. So instead he saved his money and flew to America to find out that his girl pretty much forgot about him and has taken up with a new guy. Somehow she breaks her arm or leg and has the two guys competing for her affection. It's not much of a competition since both of these guys don’t seem like the right type for her, but somehow the movie makes you care.
This movie is borderline passable. The English spoken by Iron Palm will bother you like Sarah Jessica Parker's constant narration in "Sex and the City." We don't really get why the girl would even think that it's a hard decision between those two guys unless she was about to flip her current boyfriend and was looking for an excuse to do it. Iron Palm's devotion for the chick is as unrelenting as Emilio Estevez's character in "St. Elmo's Fire." It is like every other Korean romance movie ever except that the setting is in America. Unlike "Rush Hour" there some but no constant comic misgivings about clashing cultures. Everything is pretty much the same as if it was set in Korea. A lot more English is spoken and more foreign extras, but that's about it. There aren’t any big racist showdowns like in "Pedicab Driver" or "Better Luck Tomorrow." If you like your romance movies tepid with pleasant surprises that will please but won't fulfill you, then here you go.
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