He wants to be a chef; he wants to be a dancer; and he just pain sucks. One of these guys is going to head a Korean mob. Who will it be?
Oh, but before you answer, you gotta know a few things. 1) Soon-tae (Jo Woo-jin) is an aspiring chef. His restaurant serves as a gangster cafeteria. He’s the favorite. And he doesn’t want to be boss. 2) Kang-pyo (Jung Kyung-ho) is the #2 contender. He wants to dance. There’s a bitchin’ dance fight in this movie. He also doesn’t want to be boss. 3) Pan-ho (Park Ji-hwan) wants to be boss and thinks he deserves to be boss, but he just sucks. Oh, I guess you knew that.
There’s also an undercover cop (Lee Kyu-hyung) masquerading as a delivery boy in this mix. I’m not sure can be boss. But he’s there.
One more important thing to note here is that being boss comes with a ton of problems – one inherits both the usual enemies (police, rival gangs),
the usual power-vacuum problem that comes with a headless mob, and -in this case- a ton of debt. How does mob acquire debt? Who knows.
So when the mob chair is empty, chaos reigns, and the best guys to lead this thing want no part of it. Ohm and they’d be good, too. Soon-tae and Kang-pyo are both wonderful martial artists and born leaders. They’d right this ship for cure … if they could survive the screening/hazing process. There isn’t much guarantee that will happen.
Boss is a little complicated, but replete with engaging fights and tongue-in-cheek humor. Doncha wish all mobsters could be this fun? Well … maybe not.
The underground was thrown for a loss
When the local mob found need of new boss
But the best nominees
Want to withdraw, please
Leaving their mob completely at a loss
Not Rated, 97 Minutes
Director: Ra Hee-chan
Writer: Ra Hee-chan, Lee Kyu-bok, Yoon Seo-hyun
Genre: Oh, you nutty gangsters
Type of being most likely to enjoy this film: Gangster underachievers
Type of being least likely to enjoy this film: Overlords
