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- Hi, Dharma!
- by KIM Hyun-jung / Oct 25, 2016
2001｜95 MIN | ComedyDIRECTOR PARK Chul-kwanCAST PARK Shin-yang, JUNG Jin-young, PARK Sang-myunRELEASE DATE November 8, 2001CONTACT CineworldEmail: videocus@naver.comIn early 2000s, gangster comedy had been dominating the nation’s theater for a few years. This unique genre created an odd combination of violence and laughter when it started from My Wife Is a Gangster (2001), and led to successful franchises like Marrying the Mafia (2002) and My Boss, My Hero (2001). Also, Hi, Dharma! (2001) is a gangster comedy. However, the film is not too much comedy, even reflects on our life at some point while other films force brothership, violence and sadistic laughter.After attacked by a rival gang, Jae-gyu (PARK Shin-yang) and his men run and hide in a secluded mountain temple. Chief monk (KIM In-moon) permits them to stay for a week, but other monks including Cheong-myeong (JUNG Jin-young) revolt against them. So they make a rule that winners who get three games out of five can decide gangs’ position.Hi, Dharma! is a film with a wonderful handling more than ten characters. Along with Jae-gyu who is aggressive and ignorant but respects people, and Cheong-myeong who is very like a monk but never flinches in front of Jae-gyu, all characters are interesting and individual including a simplehearted gangster, a talkative monk, and a gangster and a monk intertwined with the senior-junior relationship of the marine corps.Above all, this is more growing film of gangsters and monks. A set that a monk enlightens and leaves is like a cliché, but the journey to the end is not so hackneyed. Also, it is impressive many actors with personalities and great performances including PARK Shin-yang and JUNG Jin-young gathered together.
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