Crying Fist - 2005 * * *

Winning is the only option.

I was very surprised with this movie. It was captivating, humourous in parts in the way that only the Korean can do and actually a very poignant experience. The story centres around two characters who are having a bad life, one is a forty-something man who is jobless and treats his wife and child like dirt, the other is a twenty-something year old who because of crime landed himself in jail. Both begin to share a common interest in boxing and see it as the be all and end all that will either change their lives or ruin them. Interaction between the characters is very complex. A worthwhile movie although it does begin to drag towards the end.