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With middle age creeping up on him, the life and achievements of amiable, mid-level Korean gangster Kang In Gu are about due for an objective assessment. He’s certainly not in top streetfighting form anymore, and the young thugs under his command aren’t exactly an elite troop of criminals. Moreover, his wife is running out of patience with his career choice and the lack of social finesse it entails, and his dearly loved daughter is embarrassed beyond words by her often uncouth dad (but then, aren’t all teenagers?). Kang’s dream is to buy one of those impressive, Western-style suburban homes, in which domestic peace may come at last blossom. But his headaches at home are matched by even more sinister developments in the criminal underworld he inhabits. Kang is highly esteemed by his boss, who favours him over his own brother -- an underling to Kang, seething with resentment. A conflict with another gang puts Kang and his childhood buddy on opposite sides of the fence. The fact is, Kang just wants everything to work out right for everyone – and we all know which road is paved with good intentions… the road to hell. Edit Translation

  • English
  • Русский
  • magyar / magyar nyelv
  • dansk
  • Country: South Korea
  • Type: Movie
  • Release Date: Apr 5, 2007
  • Duration: 1 hr. 52 min.
  • Score: 7.0 (scored by 104 users)
  • Ranked: #70484
  • Popularity: #17945
  • Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

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Apr 29, 2025
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Overall 9.0
Story 8.5
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 10
Rewatch Value 1.0

'Elegance' and Crime

It was a different kind of gangster movie. I would say it was more of a family movie than a gangster movie.

What this movie did the best was to describe the difficulty of leaving the crime life whether in the form of an actual hindrance, or even mentally.

It was a long movie for me and the first half felt boring, but it was worth it in the end because you can really see the contrast between the slow boring days and the high energy moments in the end.

The visuals are beautifully full of contrast and I love the music, I love how it drove the mood around, it was serious and then when the music appeared it almost felt comedic.

The acting was convincing, everyone did great and the family relations feel realistic, that realism actually might be a part of why the first half feels boring.

The most interesting part for me surprisingly is seeing how other people react to this movie. Everyone seemed to have a different take on the main character and that is probably a bigger commentary than the movie itself.

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  • Movie: The Show Must Go On
  • Country: South Korea
  • Release Date: Apr 5, 2007
  • Duration: 1 hr. 52 min.
  • Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

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  • Score: 7.0 (scored by 104 users)
  • Ranked: #70484
  • Popularity: #17945
  • Watchers: 280

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