The Host

The big Korean monster smash hit of 2006 by Bong Joon Ho swept the Korean box-office in a tidal wave. It then went on to draw large audiences throughout Asian cinemas.
A monster creature rosed from the polluted Han river and caused much chaos as it rampaged through the gathered crowd, killing and maiming it's way. Finally, it snatched a young girl with its tail and took her away.

The young girl's family was frustrated by the authorities lack of belief in the existence of such a monster; and thus, lack of action in attempting to look for the missing girl.
The desperate family scoured the tunnels beneath the city hoping against hope that their youngest is still alive.

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Cast:
Song Kang Ho as Gang Du
Park Hae Il as Nam Il
Bae Du Na as Nam Joo
Ko Ah Sung as Hyun Seo

Ratings: 4 out of 5
What made this movie different is that there are no beautiful plastic faces in this show. Everyone is pretty much of the average-joe looks. And this is what made the whole movie believable and kept the viewers rooting for this very ordinary family.
In the end, we feel sympathy for the monster who must die as in all monster movies. It did not choose to be a monster but was created by Man's polluting. It killed not because it enjoyed killing but because of food. It captured humans not because it enjoyed torturing but because it must prepare for its offspring.

My Wife is a Gangster 3

Latest installment in the series, this movie has no relationship with the 2 earlier movies as the main actors and actresses are all different as well as having a different storyline.

The story starts in Hong Kong at a dinner attended by 2 rival triad leaders, one of them is acted by Ti Lung. The rival leader requested Ti Lung's daughter, Lim Aryoung, to perform a sword dance for which she is noted. During the dance, a henchman of the opposite faction threw glass onto the floor to humiliate Aryoung. She exacted her punishment by piercing his hand with her sword. A fight was barely averted by her father.
The next day, Aryoung assassinated the rival gang leader and Ti Lung hurriedly packed her off to Korea for her own protection.

Arriving in Korea, she was placed under the care of a small-time hood, Ki Chul, under the impression that he could speak Chinese. A female Korean translator, Hyun Young, was brought in to help but she was so terrified of offending the hoods she deliberately gave pleasant translations that was opposite of what Aryoung actually said. These mistranslations formed the bulk of the comedy moments of this movie.
The HK triad sent killers after Aryoung but Ki Chul thought they were after him, not realising Aryoung's actual background and fighting skills. It was only when a rival Korean gang leader had captured his underlings and almost beaten him to death that Aryoung showed her true abilities to Ki Chul. From that moment his attitude towards her changed and mutual affections rose between them.
A highlight pf this movie is a car chase with Aryoung sitting in Ki Chul's laps and driving the car in an attempt to escape killers sent from Hong Kong. Ki Chul was aroused and both became excited when the car hit various bumps on the road and a final drive down a stair case.

The show's last part was where Ti Lung was injured by a rival and Aryoung returns back to Hong Kong to take revenge. Ki Chul follows her with his gang to lend support.

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Cast:
Shu Qi as Lim Aryong
Lee Bum Soo as Ki Chul
Hyun Young as the mousey Korean interpretor
Ti Lung as Lim Aryoung's HK triad father

Ratings: 3.5 out of 5
This show's interesting and watchable. Both Shu Qi and Lee Bum Soo are competent actors but Hyun Young was hilarious with her mis-translations in the first half. The fighting is good even though Shu Qi obviously used a stunt double but that was not so noticeable.