Who's Got The Tape?: Reviews

My Wife is a Gangster director Jin-gyu Cho returns with another comedy entitled Who's Got the Tape? The story follows a group of petty gangsters as they come into position of a video tape showing a political figure accepting dirty money. The gang steals the tape in hopes of bribing the politician, but loses it in an incident at a video store. They track the tape down to a young punk whom took the tape thinkin' it was porn. As they bribe and threaten the guy, it's soon revealed that he doesn't even have the tape, but he believes his roommate does. The search continues!

I wanted to like this movie more, but I just couldn't. It seemed too long and a lot of the comedy didn't work enough for me. I liked the characters, especially the two lackeys of the lead gangster since they brought in most of the comedic elements. Also the sub-plot involving the young punk getting pointers on how to score with a girl he likes brought in some funny moments. There's a nice cameo by My Sassy Girl star, Tae-hyun Cha, as a criminal making a statement to an officer while in jail.

And of course there's a small blend of action, as most South Korean comedies I've seen usually do, but the majority of that doesn't happen until towards the end. Overall it's a decent comedy, but it the script needs a lot of work. 6/10