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by RD11706
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This isn't really an "action" movie, but a boxing movie. Even so, it's a good boxing movie. Min-sik Choi is good, as always. This film may not give him the places to stretch to like "Oldboy", but it’s still a great performance from him. Seung-beom Ryu also puts in the best performance I’ve seen out of him. I was very surprised by how good he was. Seung-wan Ryu’s direction is really great. He has a good sense of story telling and character building. Plus, the film was beautifully shot and well-edited.

The story brings very little new to the genre of boxing films. It is cool to see two good stories come together at the end, but the film is relatively predictable and unoriginal. The boxing scenes are very well done, particularly the big finale.

One of the best boxing movies I’ve seen. Nothing out of the ordinary, but very well done.

by Lewis
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"Crying Fist" presents a really solid drama about two totally different fuckups (no other word applies) and their search for redemption through a boxing tournament. The two stories remain segregated until the very end. While you know that the two men will eventually meet in the ring, it is never clear who the winner will be. This creates a dramatic tension unlike most boxing movies where you are only presented the “hero’s” story. The acting is great throughout by the entire cast; meaning, in my opinion, that everyone kept up with "Oldboy’s" Choi Min-Sik. The fight cinematography is solid with many long takes of the action (which must have been brutal to film depending on how many takes the actors had to do). This is not a fight film or a martial art movie but if you are in the mood for drama, or just a good movie regardless of genre, you should check this one out.

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by GP47579

A very good movie, pretty much a drama more than a comedy, even though in Korean movies sometimes it can be mixed. A good pair of actors that have been seen before in known films--one in "Oldboy" and "Lady Vengeance", the other one in "Arahan". It is the story of the redemption of two men that have lost the meaning of life, and pride, and regain it through a boxing competition.

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