My Wife Is A Gangster 3 (2006)

this movie was just as funny as the other two especially with lee bum soo and hyeon young. this involves china and korea where the main girl (hero) is a swordsman who is wanted in china but flees to korea to lay low. she is then paired up with bum soo as her guide but the communication barrier keeps this relationship interesting. the translator hyeon young is great and very comedic. she mistranslates korean and chinese to her advantage because of fear of being mixed with the gangsters. there is some little bit of chemistry between the actors but i wanted to see one with oh ji ho (catfish) who is the good looking man in the bunch. the chinese girl did a great job acting her part. i want to see a match with both heroines from 1 and 3.

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I felt compelled to write this review after reading so many comments referring to Shu Qi merely as the Chinese actress/girl. The gorgeous, talented, and multiple award winning (12) Taiwanese actress Shu Qi played Aryoung, the gangster's daughter. Shu Qi's father was played by the award winning (7) Ti Lung, who starred or co-starred in around 100 kung fu films. Ken Lo, another hard hitting action star played the Big Bad in Hong Kong. These fine actors' part of the story was a straight Hong Kong gangster movie, that's why they played them in a stern manner.

When Aryoung has to lay low in Korea with a bunch of goofball gangsters, the gangster farce begins. I actually enjoyed most of the comedy, especially the translator's liberal and less than literal translations. The five disparate characters bonded quickly into their own familial gang.

Shu Qi's deadly, fearless, and taciturn character played well off the three stooges of crime. I'm always pleased when the female lead isn't a damsel in distress. In this case, she played the rescuing or avenging hero more often than not and she was glorious when she was fighting.

This is one of those strange mash-ups of straightforward crime story and ridiculous crime comedy. For the most part it worked for me. Shu Qi can conjure up chemistry with just about anyone but I never bought the romance between her and the mullet-headed and not too bright leader of the Stooges, and would have been happy if they had not introduced a romance between them. Other than the forced romance and some of the over the top slap stick comedy I enjoyed this strange amalgam of Hong Kong and Korean movie.

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Instead of drawing inspiration from Hong Kong like in the previous installments, they went on to make an actual Hong Kong movie this time.

But with barely any of what makes them great.

Also, where’s Zhang Ziyi?

Not that I dislike Shu Qi but that’s not what I was promised at the end of the last one!
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Stunts - 81/100

Narrative - 51/100 | Lesson number 1 when making a Hong Kong Triad movie: length should be 90 minutes, not 120 minutes, unless there’s an interesting dynamic going on like in the previous movies. This sequel was excruciatingly boring because it’s half an hour too long. And the absence of Shin Eun-kyung severely hamstrings this movie. Clearly, she was the central pillar that made this whole thing work, at least for me.

Fight Choreography - 78/100 | Steady camera with exciting athleticism always gets a thumbs up from me on the fighting front. Shu Qi is obviously doubled but they did a good job with it. Minus points right there because of the huge missed opportunity of having Ken Lo be the final boss in your movie and not have him throw a single kick. -sigh- It is our lot in life as Ken Lo fans to suffer, is it not? He always plays overconfident mob bosses so why the hell don’t they make him back up that confidence? He certainly can. Oh well, enough ranting about that…

Enjoyment - 42/100 | Hold that thought, still got one more in stock. The translator was so annoying, I couldn’t figure out whether she was a comic relief character or one you’re supposed to root for... or totally hate? I’m lost on this one.

I’m all for their attempt to make a girl empowerment movie but it just falls flat on its head. Stick with the previous entries in my opinion, you get a fully-developed character that’s much more interesting. And a better story. And better comedy. Better everything.

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Omg this movie is sooo funny! The plot was good and i liked the fighting scenes. I wasnt into the romance though cause the chemistry between the leads wasnt there. The ending was nice though.

The acting was very good by the leads but the casting just didnt work for me. Lee Bum Soo was perfect and lovable as always but the Chinese actress who plays the lead wasnt likeable at all. I think it could have worked if they had her speaking Korean when she got to Korea at least instead of speaking Chinese the entire movie. I did like the supporting characters who were apart of LBS's gangster posse.

Overall this movie has a lot to entertain but i wont be watching it again cause i really did not like the main female character at all.

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This is a comedy at most and anything else should be ignored IMHO. I seriously disliked how BORDERLINE sexualized the characters were, especially the translator in the car scene, it was unnecessary.

Comedy was decent though repetitive. For a movie from this way back, I guess the cinematography wasn't too bad, but perhaps could've been better.

Acting was, hm... Relevant to the script, and the script was pretty much written by a stoned chimpanzee, so I can't blame it's state.

In all honesty, if it wasn't Korean these people wouldn't rate it so high.

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