The Art of Fighting (2006)

[GwaiLoMoFo]

Just watched this action/black comedy from Korea. Read alot of mixed reviews about it but I thought it was pretty damn good. Action was more realistic and brutal, not stylized. Kind of similar to Karate Kid... if Mr Miyagi was a psychotic grizzled criminal on the lam. Worth a watch.

[Chinatown Kid]

Sounds interesting, I'm gonna have to check this film out. I know you said the fighting was more realistic instead of stylized, but what type of Martial Arts was used in the fights? Was it like a MMA style or more like TKD or Karate?

[GwaiLoMoFo]

Style, hmm..... not much style. I would have to say street brawling, they never really discussed partiucular styles. More so "anything goes" type of fighting.

[Chinatown Kid]

Oh ok then, thanks for the info Gwailo.

[Mark Pollard]

REVIEW: The Art of Fighting (2006)

Fending off bullies by any means is the subject of director Shin Han-sol’s dryly comedic actioner THE ART OF FIGHTING, starring 3-IRON’s Jae Hee and Baek Yun-sik (SAVE THE GREEN PLANET). It’s essentially a Korean KARATE KID with more bite, smarmy black humor and an uneven mixture of reality-based and absurd fight choreography from VOLCANO HIGH action director Lee Eung-jun. (more…) (http://www.kungfucinema.com/?p=1891)