AKA: Friend the Legacy /
Chingoo 2
Genre: Crime, Gangster,
Drama
Origin: Korea
Release date: 14 November
2013
Cast: Yu Oh Seong, Kim Woo
Bin, Joo Jin Mo and Jang Young Nam.
After spending 17
years in prison for a murder he didn’t order Lee Joon Suk (Yu Oh Seong) is
weeks away from his release. Few days before the actual release, a high school
friend of Joon Suks visits him in jail asking him to watch out for her son, who
had an incident with Joon Suks gang. The son, Choi Seung Hoon (Kim Woo Bin), is
a hot blooded and short tempered twenty-something year-old, who learned that
life on the streets is not fixed with words, and is in prison for assault. After
spending some time together, Joon Suk starts to like him, and even tell him
that when he leaves the joint, he’ll help him.
Although Joon Suk is
released, he is surprised to see that the Vice-president Eun Gi (Jung Ho Bi)
has risen in power and tries to overtake the gang. So Joon Suk decides with Seung
Hoons help, to take back Busans streets, and pay back for the betrayal. But due
to secrets hidden, a rift between Seung Hoon and Joon Suk occurs, and that
effects more than just the gang…
This movie is the
sequel to the first movie - which was incredibly popular. So yeah is very hard
to compare, but I think it is very good as a sequel. Though it is much more bloody,
violent and grotesque, I kind of found it a bit more realistic than the first
one. The first movie is just sad, and the ending shocked me so much that I got
chills. This one though, I laughed because of the absurdity, not because it’s ridiculous,
but seriously absurd. Like crazy violent people, like freakish violent - and
nonstop. It was much criticized, but it was okay if you ask me. Still has the
depressing feeling, only the difference that it isn’t two best friends - but
something else.
Kim Woo Bin is amazing
in this, so much that I was completely at a loss for words when I saw him: he
really seemed like a full on actor.
Okay, so do I
recommend it? Well it kind of reminds me of Friend and it still has great
actors. So yeah: good.
☆☆☆☆ / 4 out of 5 stars
♥♥♥♥ / 4 out of 5
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