| You know a movie is bad when the best scene is a musical performance by a current K-Pop artist. “Quick Man” tries to have all the right elements of fighting, kidnappings, nudity and action scenes, but it just doesn't click. Thanks to a "Saved by the Bell" special I learned that in dance scenes, no music is played. That explains why the club scene is so lifeless, but what about the rest of the movie?
There is a plot about finding a girl who is the supposed heir to a fortune, but the bad guys want the girl to sign away those fortunes to them. However in order for that to happen they have to find the chick. But let us forget about that and talk about the musical performance. So the chick is found and she takes her boyfriend of sorts to a club. Usually when a club scene happens, a fight breaks out or some meaningful dialogue is exchanged inside or outside. Instead, they pop inside, hear J perform "Timeout" then he drops her home. The whole purpose then of the club scene was to see J sing and do that weird punching hands dance. Which is enough for me.
There are some fights involving killing the rich guy, rescuing girls and having the girls snatched away again. It seems interesting at first but gets dragged down by lack of emotion from the fighters. Sure someone falls off a car but no one is having fun and the story line has a few holes or two, so it is like "China Strike Force." However things end on a bright note when another song by J is played in the credits.
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