Gangnam 1970

Minho's character, Kim Jongdae family portrait with his foster father & sister & family friend. Minho looks good even in simple attire. :) 

 The crucial gang fight scene. It took 1 week to shoot this scene! Gosh! 

 Gangnam 1970 Movie Poster. Look @ those intense eyes of Minho! He can really act especially with his eyes. :)

A very manly Minho as Korean Mafia, Kim Jongdae. Looks like the Korean version of "Godfather". :D Suddenly made me wanna watch the Hollywood Classic. Maybe I should? Ahh...Al Pacino!

The much awaited Korean Gangster Noir Film "Gangnam 1970" starring Lee Minho & Kim Rae Won has finally opened in theatres in Singapore on 29 January! I caught the movie with a fellow Minoz whom I got to know recently @ Vivocity GV. The movie was rated R21, uncensored. Wow, this was actually my 1st Adult Rated movie. Haha! & it had to be Minho's 1st movie as lead. :O

The movie as expected, was an intense one. It was quite hard to digest with the graphic violence & 3 sex scenes ( & I mean raw graphic sex scene). 1 of the sex scenes being Kim Rae Won & his girlfriend (Who was his mafia boss' mistress). I must say WOW to KRW's hot bod. hahaa! A pity Minho's sex scene with the madam was edited out. I was so looking forward for it, especially wanna see Minho's hot bod too! （色色的我。哈哈！）

But the thing about Korean films & other foreign films who focused on storytelling & realistic action are better as compared to Hollywood films which paid attention to more of the special effects. 

Overall, I find the movie didn't really had time to build up the two main characters - Kim Jong Dae (Lee Minho) & Baek Yong-ki (Kim Rae Won). It focused mainly on the violence. Though I know its a gangster noir film but the story plot should be able to written better. Maybe I should watch the Hollywood Classic "The Godfather" to compare the difference between Hollywood gangster noir film & korean gangster noir film. 

Frankly speaking, if its not for supporting Minho, I probably will not catch "Gangnam 1970" @ all as Gangster Noir films not really to my liking. Too much violence made me yawned quite a few times. :P

& the ending, as expected, (as Minho said that its a tragedy) my guess was correct - both Jong Dae & Yong-ki died, a violent one. The only difference is that one of a quick death, the other of a slow death. 

I'm amazed of Minho's choice of this particular movie, coz' its like a 180 degree change of image! But what I like about Minho is that he's always up to taking challenging roles. I hope this will be his breakthrough role especially into the movies! More better roles for him! 

Two of my friends commented that they find that Lee Minho doesn't look like a gangster @ all in the movie, as compared to Kim Rae Won. :( & both said that KRW acted better. Its so unfair to compare when they didn't watch the movie @ all! & both coincidentally are KRW's fans. I personally find that Minho & KRW' had great chemistry on-screen & off-screen. :) & I that they enhanced each other's acting in the movie. 

Oh well, everybody is subject to their own opinion but its important to respect others' likes. Be more sensitive to others.