Friday, May 15, 2009

Guns & Talks


Guns & Talks (킬러들의 수다/Killerdeului Suda) is a 2001 Korean comedic film about four assassins who live together. Yes, I know, a comedic film about killing. :) It stars Shin Hyun Jun, Won Bin, Shin Ha Kyun, Jung Jae Young, and Jung Jin Young. The summary is as follows:

In the heart of Seoul, Korea, a band of killers-for-hire is slowly making a name for themselves in the business. Their style–kill the victims the way their clients want them to be killed, no questions asked. For this group to succeed, they need the help of each other–and an uncle who designs super cool gadgets in the privacy of his own home. However, the foursome will need more than manpower and an uncle to carry out a new mission they just accepted. Along with an intelligent detective hot on their trail, the killers must accomplish “the perfect crime” or face the consequences. Will their mischievous ways be too much of a burden or will they pull out the crime of the century?

I personally don't mind killing. OK, that sounded bad. What I mean is that I enjoy the violent film from time to time and it helps that I have a somewhat morbid sense of humor. I also find humor in anything and everything - which is probably why people think I'm a bit... odd. What I also enjoy are moments where things are MADE to be funny, where I'm not the only one laughing. Reading through the synopsis and half of a review, I decided that this movie would do it. After watching it... well, it's not bad. I have to say, the guns? Totally cool. I like how they nonchalantly go about their business but even then, they're completely different when they're not out killing people. Meaning they're rather... nice and even goofy. The four assassins living together is a rather odd bunch, with a brother-brother pair thrown into the mix. Romance is found and hilarity ensues. Don't get me wrong, though. There are some (generally) serious moments.

HOWEVER, their brand of humor is the kind of humor that makes parts of the movie, well, a movie. It would most likely never happen in real life. The music that goes along also makes it a comedy. When the summary said "intelligent detective," don't take that seriously. There's the good type of comedy during the scenes when they're off the job, but, at times, while on the job, things happen. Like threatening to kill a cop at police headquarters in a room filled with other gun-weilding people and walking out without a single scratch by brushing them aside. The little banter during the scene and the way he handles the cops is pretty funny though - but I also like realistic things. Also, that scene lecturing on how love is found with that ridiculous music in the background had me cringing.

All in all, it left me in a pretty good mood and I liked it.

You can watch it streaming here and there's a trailer along with the torrent download link here.

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