Arahan

Arahan (Jangpung Daejakjeon)

Release Date: 2004
Director: Ryoo Sung Wan
Writer: Eun Ji Hie, Ryoo Seung Wan, Yu Seon Dong

Cast:
Yoon Soy ... Wi Jin
Ryu Seong Beum ... Sanh Hwan




Reviewed By : Shamoo26

A weak protrayed cop turns into a expert master artist. Along with the main female character which I think she is beautiful! But that's besides the point, they train him to defeat the Evil.

The movie itself started off slow w/ a few funny moments and as the movie went on it got more exiciting. I would recommend this movie for anyone that wants action and comedy into one.

Reviewed By : stcajunx

**Spoiler Alert

Arahan tells the story of Sang-Hwan, an ineffective cop who no one can seem to take seriously. After being beaten by the local mob and a disastrous attempt to ticket the local congressman's chauffeur for running a red light, Sang spies a purse-snatcher and promptly gives chase. Unknown to him the purse-snatcher is also being pursued by Eui-Jin, a Tao master in training. When Sang is struck by her errant palm blast he finds himself in the care of Taoist Masters.

When the Masters guarding the key to enlightenment identify a strong ch'i in him they try to persuade him to train with them so that he could save mankind from evil forces.

Harbouring a crush on Eui-Jin and a strong desire to kick some ass, Sang begins training under the Master but an ancient bad guy has come out of a long, long hibernation to seek the key from the Master so that he could control the world.

In terms of action Arahan manages to pull out some very funny and surprising scenes, and many action-packed sequences,especially the fighting scenes involving sword and fist to add to the variety. The fights are very well choreographed with a right balance of action and comedy,all the ingredients of a decent Kung Fu flick.

Reviewed By : Jun

Net Weight: Light

Ingredients: Kungfu action, beautiful female actress, lame humour

Arahan is a typical action-comedy that doesn’t stray much from its stereotype of punches, kicks and laughs (well, not really laughs. More like smiles, as in those smiles you show after hearing jokes which are funny, but in a stupid way- you get my point). The plot is predictable, to the point that it slowly becomes dry, and the only thing that makes this film endurable was the beautiful Yoon So Yi (whose pretty face you get to admire from many different angles throughout the film).

The main character is a loser-cop who tries his best to be cute in a geeky way, but doesn’t quite cut it out as well, cute (unless you follow the popular definition of cute being equal to ‘ugly but adorable’) Instead, he becomes quite annoying most of the time due to the many ugly facial expressions that he pulls, and the only time he redeems himself is during the fight scenes littered throughout the show, which are thankfully, plenty. If movies are categorised into having the beginning, the middle and the end, then this film is suffering from what I call an elongated middle.

I found myself dreading whenever I see ‘a next episode’ link appear on the right-hand side of my screen (for those of you who’ve actually watched the show via crunchyroll, you would know what I’m talking about). The stretched-out storytelling coupled with corny and ill-conceived names like ‘Seven Masters’ and ‘Palm Blast’ makes this film something to watch and forget. The only plus points are the feel-good ending (that has become the hallmark of almost all lighthearted Korean films) and like mentioned before, the beautiful female lead.