ARAHAN: URBAN MARTIAL ARTS ACTION (2004) – An Appreciation Of Promising Korean Action And Comedy That Still Holds Up
The niche already gained a hold of some of the earlier works of Korean director Ryoo Seung-wan with films like Die Bad and No Blood, No Tears at the time I broke into my own fandom in 2004. It wasn’t until after that year though, as my curiousity found its way into a Korean bookstore, that my first exposure to the director’s craft would be one of the most blistering martial arts comedies ever put before an audience. Enter Arahan: Urban Martial Arts Action, starring Ryoo’s own brother, actor Ryoo Seung-bum; Earlier on, I bought a copy of The Princess Blade from ADV and that disc also contained a trailer for Jo Geun-sik’s film, No Manners, which I haven’t got around to seeing provided it’s still available in a whole-in-a-wall outlet somewhere online. Ryoo plays Sang-hwan, a happless traffic cop who finds himself at the business end of an accidental […]
