Rating : I don’t do sports, not to mention extreme ones. My sport is watching sports. That’s why the movie suits people like me. And some cool shooting angles will make you feel like watching a commercial video. Nice.
Director : Jeong Jae Eun
Cast : Kim Kang Woo, Cheon Jeong Myeong, Lee Cheon Hee, Jo I Jin
I bought this movie simply because it reminded me of my early teenage, when CaliforniaPro inline skate was a huge trend back in the days, and the teenage me (and my teenage shaking knees) tried to smoothly and gracefully glide, but ended up with such pathetic awkward skids. I gave up after some intimate moments with the asphalt road. Yeah, yeah, what’s so good about rolling on the damn wheeled shoes anyway..
Since i bought it just because of the cover, i didn’t know what it was about (i mean the storyline), i thought it might be a some kind of semi-documenter movie.
At the beginning yes. It seemed like semi-documenter, when this nerd highschool boy Soyo (Cheon Jeong Myeong) first encountered this inline skate group, where he eventually joined and learned more about his secret passion, the aggressive inline skate. The director introduced us to the skaters through Han Joo’s camera (Jo I Jin), and that was when i started to hope to see some unique way of storytelling. The skaters were preparing for the local competition, and it seemed like a big thing, and Soyo, the rookie skater, wanted to join too.
Soyo started to build relationship with the group, led by Gabba (Lee Cheon Hee *wiping drools*) the Hyung of the gang. But it was not Gabba that Soyo looked up to, it was Mogi (Kim Kang Woo, with his erratic thin moustache), the gang’s big guy with the big brag and in peevish fact, big competence. Soyo learned how to live the street skaters’ life, that a railing is not for your hands, but your wheels.
and to be chased here and there by the police.
As the story went further, more drama added. And then, the movie became just like any ordinary drama movie. I always think these amazing street wanderers could be pictured in so much more interesting way, than just a drama telling about boys’ ego. And they could use some more of Han Joo’s camera, instead of making her as a useless role but Soyo’s daydream object.
But hell, even with that lousy drama and romance, watching the guys strolling the roads and buldings just like Yamakasi on wheels, is good for your eyes. The movie had the jawdropping moments, and man, i did drop my jaw…and the message before the credit title was really touching, it said something like “This movie is dedicated for those who falls thousand times for a five minute glory”…oh, and damn good music!!!if you don’t like the movie, you’ll definitely like the soundtracks.
i also had the bonus footage on the DVD about the real aggressives skaters, made me dug the storehouse, just to find my CaliforniaPro’s rotten wheels are no longer in round shape..damn..
Movie Trailer and Music Video
MV
pictures credit : hancinema.net
