As they fight over land in soon-to-be developed Gangnam and funds for presidential election, the gangs come head to head with each other. The last scene is very touching, heart wrenching and symbolic and very well done a fitting end to a roller coaster movie.Childhood friends Kim Jong Dae and Baek Yong Ki accidentally get involved in gang related activities at the command of some powerful politicians at the height of corruption in 1970s. Forgive me for rambling about Min Ho I am a fan!
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In fact, after sharing his pain and loss as Jong Dae, I had to get a dose of fresh air and made my way to the Innisfree store downstairs to look at his standee (he's their global brand ambassador) - there he was standing, smiling, fresh faced and youthful, with his Kim Tan look and that was when the contrast of characters really hit me, it was like i was looking at 2 completely different people, and that was when I realised he had really managed to change his image for the movie and he had done it very successfully. All in a great performance for a breakout role such as this. You have to watch his eyes it's all in his eyes. Aside from anger and ferocity which he conveyed well, he also spoke volumes with his eyes when channelling ambition, despair and emptiness. I think overall it was a major transformative role for him and he truly delivered. So he can be excused for looking exceedingly handsome while wielding a knife.
It helps that he is not an all out baddie he did not start out as a gangster and his psyche is such that he would not have been one if circumstances and fate had not dealt him such a hand. It is tougher to see Lee Min Ho as a gangster, but on the occasions when he is out for blood and you see the anger and raw emotions - that's when he really stands out. Jeong Jin Yeong who plays Jong Dae's adoptive father is also an excellent actor - very controlled in his acting yet conveying volumes - pain, regret you really get that he wants to leave his gangster roots behind and live a simple life. Kim Rae Won shines as a baddie but I think this has to do with his "bad boy" look in the first place which makes his character believable but KRW does play his character very effortlessly and it is testament to the good actor that he is. The pace of the movie is tight and well controlled although I think the editing did leave some parts a bit patchy and not as smooth and seamless as it could have been. The first time was a blur because there were so many characters, and to be honest, all the men, and there were plenty of them - gangsters and politicians - did sort of start to look like one another after a while which made it difficult to understand the plot and storyline, not to mention having to read the subtitles fast left me a bit confused.īut when i watched it a second time, I enjoyed it much more because the story and characters became clearer to me.The action/fighting scenes are very realistic and well executed there is a lot of blood and gore. Having said that, G 1970 is thoroughly watchable. So on that score, it was a bit of a letdown for me if compared with say, Hong Kong director Wong Kar Wai's noir films which truly fit that description.
It can actually be a mainstream gangster/action movie. Rewatch Value 9.0 For a noir film, this is not as dark and complex or intriguing as I thought it would be.
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