But things start changing for Joong-Pil when a pretty girl, Min-Hee, catches his eye. She's a good student who studies hard and plays classical guitar. Joong-Pil starts to reform. He starts taking guitar lessons and stops fighting.

But just when the bad boy is turning respectable, a new kid shows up at school. Sang-Mahn is a tough customer who wants to rule the school in Joong-Pil's place. But he hasn't been living off of his reputation for years, and most people think Joong-Pil's days as king are numbered. But has Min-Hee really made him the king go soft?

I enjoyed watching this movie, and the only real problem I have with it was that the film had a hard time deciding if it wanted to be a drama or a comedy. There were actually more dramatic moments than comedy. While there weren't a lot of jokes, the ones that they did put in worked well and made the film amusing.(Thankfully there isn't a laugh track.) I would have warmed up to the film a little more if they had chosen one genre or the other and stuck with it.

The movie has a great beginning, with Joon-Pil's friend telling some students about one of his fights, but the middle of the film starts to drag a little. I also had a hard time relating to Joong-Pil and when the big battle for his title occurs at the end, I didn't really didn't care who won. That isn't a large critique though since the movie isn't that deep to begin with. I did think the ending worked quite well.

Final Thoughts:
This is a film that has some good moments in it, but just doesn't seem to come together as a whole. The comedy was mostly funny, and the dramatic sections were interesting, but the movie just doesn't seem to work well as either genre. Still, it was enjoyable to watch and well worth tracking a copy down. This would be a good rental.

The movie is mainly about two things, a "first love" story between Joong-pil and Min-hee, and the struggle for top position at the school. The romance aspect is cute, but nothing special. It was mildly amusing to see the first kiss between two high school kids. Unfortunately, there wasn't anything special about the relationship.

The three major fight scenes in this movie, however, were just great! They were completely over the top, in the sense that they are being told from the point of view of an exaggerating student who got the information second hand. The first two establish the characters as nigh-invincible superheroes, while the third fight displays a typical high school fight, complete with wild swinging and lots of tackling, not the amazing skills talked about from the previous fights. There was lots of CGI use for these fights, but in a humorous way, which made the feel even funnier. Plus, there was a nice high school girl gang catfight, which was very nice.

The acting was really good, from all players. There are lots of cute high school girls in this movie, decked out in 80's garb. The soundtrack really stood out as it was chock full of 80's sounds, including Tone-Loc's Wild Thing. The limited edition DVD comes with 3 discs, two for the movie and extras and the third for the OST.

Overall, it was a decent movie. It was nothing special, but still enjoyable. If you loved the 80's this is one you might enjoy.