So we just saw D-War at the movies…
…before you continue, please go and watch the trailer…
…ok, so we saw this film last night.
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Holy God was it awful great!
The basic story is this: very bad dragon smashes up Los Angeles looking for Korean princess to get power to become a God. Sounds simplistic I know, and in the hands of a lesser director it may have been. But Shim Hyung-Rae (the film is Korean) is clearly an amateur auteur, and, working from a ludicrous masterful script, crafted a truly unique film that had both KLS and I laughing uncontrollably entranced until the last shot.
The diabolical brilliant acting trumpeted belied the fact that most of the cast were unknowns. It is perhaps indicative of how completely I was swept away by their performances that I could almost hear myself as the characters delivered such lines as “I can’t believe this is happening!“, or “This is insane!”
The battle scenes in Los Angeles were so spectacular they had young children wandering dazed in the aisles of the cinema. The final battle was so gripping we were not even distracted by the snoring of nearby patrons. And – bless my soul – the emotional goodbye between hero and dragon at the very end was a celluloid reflection of similar tears of self-loathing that I had wasted $20 that streamed down my own face at the same moment.
Rarely, and I mean this sincerely, rarely does one get the chance to see such an effluvial astounding film on the big screen. D-War is truly a film that puts the ‘S’ in ‘Soporific’ ‘Sensational’, and unquestionably one of the single worst best films I have ever seen.
Take my word for it and punish treat yourself: I honestly believe that you will loathe love Dragon Wars as much as I did.
