Fate (DVD) (US Version) DVD Region All

Song Seung Heon (Actor) | Kwon Sang Woo (Actor) | Ji Sung (Actor) | Park Han Byul (Actor)

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Average Customer Rating for this Edition: Customer Review Rated Bad 4 - 4 out of 10 (1)
Average Customer Rating for All Editions of this Product: Customer Review Rated Bad 7 - 7.3 out of 10 (3)

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numinair
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October 30, 2009

This customer review refers to Fate (DVD) (2-Disc) (Korea Version)

The Angry Young Men Customer Review Rated Bad 8 - 8 out of 10

Although a buddy chummy matey cover of Sang Woo and Seung-hun on the “Fate” poster ad that shows how their characters were before descending into the falling room, this won’t be any saving grace reference to the nature of this movie, as most of their character’s ‘relationship’ or ‘friendship’ is at the end of a fist, a baseball club and a lot of brutal gangster ware fare and is as gritty, moody and violent as you might expect. Both lead characters are perpetually angered, harassed and at brittle loggerheads with what life or fate throws at them and at times bordering on the psychopathic. Considering that Sang Woo and Seung-hun are beloved by many romantic drama fans their appearance in “Fate” will certainly challenge such fans. If anything it as brutal as past Korean flicks “Once Upon a Time in High School” and “Gangster High”, but it’s the unrelenting nature of this film and the soulless anger that could alienate the most. There are action bits with car chases, which are rivetingly filmed but could also seem passé.

Although I love all the actors in this film and “Fate” does comes across ironically as a strong anti violence movie (when looked at beneath the superficially obvious), by showcasing 'wrong box' ultra negative personalities, it’s still a difficult film to recommend as a whole (unlike K-movie "Friend"). Not many fans of Sang Woo and Seung-hun will want to partake this film more than once and only hard action fans will appreciate its merits. I do appreciate harder movies, but much preferred the above three to this. Still a lesson in it all though, by the final scenes (when that chummy cover photo eventually is revealed) of how shared happiness of four friends can become blighted by foolish ignorance, self-delusions of grandeur and the weakness of need and greed. But otherwise you’re going to be challenged to the hilt with this one.

The bonus disk ‘making of’ featurettes are interesting with many action scenes and sequences shown that don’t really request subtitles to appreciate them. Some fingers over eyelids bits such as the stunt work where Seung-hun’s character is thrown over a moving car (stunt double relieves Seung-hun though) but softer bits with Han Hyul Park grooving and enjoying a car outing with Woo Min and some ‘corpsing’ mirth with Sang Woo trying to be hard and serious, but as a bit of a laugh instead (the last thing you’ll be getting from 2 hours of “Fate” however).

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August
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March 5, 2009

BORING Customer Review Rated Bad 4 - 4 out of 10

A boring movie
The leading actors (Song S H and Kwon SW) are all good looking, but I could not relate to the whole story. It is boring.
Too many 4-letter words and I don’t think it is necessary.
This is an old fashion gangster movie, noting new about it.

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Rhoda
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October 5, 2008

This customer review refers to Fate (DVD) (Limited Edition) (Korea Version)

Absolutely a good buy!! Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10

Finally, after the Make it Big movie, there are back together. Kwon Sang Woo and Song Seung Hoon's comeback movie after being in the army... is worth your while.

Abosolutely favolous, amazing actors. Kwon Sang Woo great villain role.So intense and Song so strong in his character. Overall, its a movie worth awaiting for. From start to finish... breathtaking.

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