Attack the Gas Station! (1999)
DVD reviewed by Dennis A. Amith
CAST: Lee Song-jae, Yu O-sung, Kang Sung-jin, Yu Gee-tae.

DIRECTED BY: Sang-Jin Kim
INTERNET MOVIE DATABASE URL: http://us.imdb.com/Title?0262246 

TYPE OF MOVIE: Comedy
DURATION: 112 minutes
NOTE:  Reviewed Mei Ah DVD version with removable English subtitles (All Region)

 
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Movie Synopsis:

A quartet of disaffected Korean youths decides to rob a gas station. When they find out there is not as much money as they expected, they take over the gas station with the staff held hostage. Their wacky antics ensue kidnapping customers that complain about service and staging fist - fights between street gangsters.…


DVD EXTRAS:

*  English/Chinese removable subtitles
*  Synopsis and cast info.

KNOWN DVD SECRET(S): None that I know of


DVD REVIEW:

A story about four individuals (troublemakers) who decide to rob a gas station the second time due to being bored.  The four have been wronged during their youth by authority for no apparent reason and the results from the abuse has led them to this lifestyle.

Although you may wonder if the movie is violent because of the quartet's feelings against authority, the movie is a comedy.  You are in no way rooting for anyone but you see how each person is affected by the robbery.  During the robbery the quartet face a gang, rude customers, a delivery boy union and more.  To enjoy this movie and you are conservative, just view it with an open mind and try not to analyze this as a politically correct film about people sick of authority.  This is not what this film is about.  You will enjoy the film in a weird kind of way.  I guess you can say this movie is like Space Travelers meets the Outsiders with a big splash of comedy.  

As for the DVD, it's typical Mei Ah DVD with hardly anything on it.  Just a page synopsis and cast info.  Nothing much.

As for the video quality, the colors are very good.  The audio quality is typical for a dialogue film.  All in all, a basic DVD but it's worth getting this Korean film because you probably will never see anything like it.  Also, you can get it with the removable English and Chinese subtitles.

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THE MOVIE: B- 
THE DVD EXTRAS: D- 
THE DVD OVERALL: C

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