Bet on my Disco

Cast:

Lee Jung Jin – Hae-juk

Han Chae Young – Bong- ja

Synopsis:

Hae-juk and his friends spend their youth fighting with local villains in a wretched neighborhood of Seoul in the early 80s. They have little to do but drink and brawl, but true love can happen anywhere: one day Hae-juk is smitten by Bong-ja, the local shit collector's beautiful daughter. Bong-ja is forced to work in a discotheque run by gangsters. The local crime boss is having problems filling his venue, so he gives Hae-juk a final offer:
If he wants Bong-ja back, he must win the upcoming disco contest!

Credits: heroic-cinema.com

What I Think:

Okay months before I have decided to watch this movie, I saw the poster and I was thinking "Oooh I have a bad feeling about this movie…" and after watching this one I could not have been any right.

Lee Jung Jin, I just like this actor but I do not want that to be the reason why I should be partial to him and this movie. I have to check when this movie was produced but I am pretty sure that this has been released a long long long time ago already because Lee Jung Jin looks so young here. His acting skills here are still not too polished. Oh but he looks absolutely hilarious when he tried dancing! He gave me a good laugh in those scenes! His body looks good though, he works out a lot that I can say. There were lots of scenes where Jung Jin looks like a wood; you cannot see any feelings there.

Han Chae Young, ever since Autumn in my Heart, I haven't come to like her that much but I have to admit she was funny in "Chun Yang" and so sweet in "Only You." She looks so young in this movie, god she really reminds me of a mouse! She lacks depth in acting, she seem to have absolutely no feelings when it comes to the sad, problematic scenes. I don't dig her hairstyle here either.

This movie is just 6/10 for me. The actors have little chemistry. The first 5 minutes into the movie, Buddha help them, there was no real conversation and the music is not at all good. But there were some scenes that were funny like when Lee Jung Jin was practicing disco dance with a black eye! Yup that was funny. Or the scene where Bong-ja's father almost had an accident while pushing a crt of poop! Yes this movie has its own share of cheap laughs. It took me a few minutes to actually stomach the ruffles, the skin-sticking Ricky Martin-like suade pants. Thank god Lee Jung Jin's hair was short and not shaggy. If you are a big fan of Lee Jung Jin or Han Chae Young you can try watching this one but if you're not you can skip this one out.

I just have to say this,by god it took me days just to find a decent picture of this movie, this movie is a bit old and difficult to search! I got the pictures from han cinema.

Rating: 6 Korean Kimchis out of 10