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I bought this movie because I loved the first one : Public Enemy.

I thought 'Another Public Enemy' would be a different case with the same interesting characters and style as the first one. Instead, the cop is now a Public Prosecutor, he talks, acts and even looks different - without any explanation as to how we got from the first film to this one - it lacks any kind of continuity. It's almost as if the two have nothing to do with each other.

In this movie Kang Chul-jung is more of clever, on-the-ball investigator rather than rough-edged instinctive cop he was in part 1.

Unlike the first the first film, Another Public Enemy is 'just another cop movie'. For me this film lacked the originality and quirkiness that characterised first one.

If you were a fan of Public Enemy 1 you'll be thoroughly disappointed with this.

This movie is the typical South Korean film that relies on melodrama, plot holes, unbelievable characters and, as always, a dash of nationalistic pride. Even the main character, a city prosecutor, is hard to sympathize with as his main motivation for pursuing the antagonist is because of resentment he felt for this person back in high school. The scene where dozens of police cars show up out of thin air and have every street in Seoul blocked off to catch some motorcyclists requires the viewer to suspend all logic. There are some Korean films that show promise for the future of the industry in Korea. This isn't one of them.

This movie is a very stereotypical police-gangster movie ambient ed in South-Korea. The characters act so childishly and everything is so simplistic that you can hardly believe it when you are watching it. When the protagonist is being "funny" he is just painful to watch. The rhythm is very, very slow, almost like a TV series and with few if any ellipsis. That's what makes the movie so incredibly LONG, I spent 2 and a half hours watching Koreans making bad jokes, many people in my screen didn't stand it all. The patriotic part when the protagonist says how proud he is his national team reached the semifinals in the world cup is shameful. I expected to see some martial arts but besides the spectacular beginning there's very little of it. Is not the kind of movie you hate, but, seriously, avoid it.

New Public Enemy¡¦ who laughs at Justice with his money and power

The new antagonist born out of " Another Public Enemy " is JUNG Joon-ho. Even the cinematographer was taken back by the actor¡¯s naturalism at playing such an evil character.Although many other members of the production crew were worried how JUNG Joon-ho will be playing the role of such a cold hearted, manipulating villain so well, the character was perfect for him to play. During the final showdown between the public enemy and the prosecutor, the cinematographer recalls that his acting was so intense and powerful that it actually shook the camera. And in order to give the actor the appearance of that of being a member of the aristocratic, bourgeois society, more than 20 designer suits and a luxurious hotel suite, which cost USD 5,000 a day to rent were used.

Tunnel Total Shut down¡¦ 5 Simultaneous Camera ¡¦ The Most complex and dangerous High-speed pursuit scene ever ! One of the highlights of the movie is the scene where KANG Chul-joong, the Prosecutor is in high-speed pursuit of bikers. Because of the complexity and amount of danger the scene possessed, it was necessary to block off the tunnel that was used for the scene. The tunnel was shut down with barricades provided by numerous patrol cars and police officers. More than 5 cameras were used in the scene in order to captivate the best scenes, including an unmanned camera that was set up on the road.

Another scene was when the motorcyclists run KANG Chul-joong¡¯s car off the road and onto the entrance of the tunnel, where a truck comes barreling out and crushes the car.The crew chose a suburban area near the InchonInternationalAirport. And since the scene was a very risky one, several ambulances and emergency personnel were on stand by.This scene also required the 5 camera set up.

Three Directors for One film¡¦ Each scene for the best directors¡¦ In "Another Public Enemy", director KIM Sang-jin of "Jail Breaker", "Ghost House" and "Attack the Gas Station" was placed in charge of the flashback scenes of KANG Chul-joong¡¯s youth, while CHANG Youn-hyun of "SOME", "Tell me Something" directed the chase scenes. Director KANG took charge of the films overall drama, and character development. Giving each director in charge of specific scenes was to make the best film with the best scenes which the two other directors are good at. Because the two directors already had experience working with director KANG in previous films, the outcome of the collaboration was perfect that created a synergy effect that added to the films overall success.

SYNOPSIS KANG Chul-joong (staring SOL Kyung-gu), a prosecutor for the Seoul District attorney¡¯s office, is a unique one. He prefers going directly to the crime scene to reading files, his intuition and guts to logic and reason, and using weapons of force to sitting back watching his men get stabbed by criminals. And now, once again, his gets one of his gut feelings about a particular case, and wastes no time in getting involved in the Myung-sun Foundation case, during which he opening declares war on HAN Sang-woo ( starring JUNG Joon-ho), the Public Enemy.

HAN Sang-woo( starring JUNG Joon-ho) assumed the position of Executive Director of the Myung-sun Foundation when his father died, and his successor, his elder son, suffered a car accident and fell into a coma. Soon, a director on the board of the Myung-sun Foundation becomes suspicious and files a case with the prosecutor¡¯s office.KANG Chul-joong has a hunch about the case and decides to pursue it.And coincidentally, HAN Sang-woo turns out to be an old friend of KANG Chul-joong from high school.

I haven't seen many foreign films but a friend past along the Korean DVD to me and I have to say I am now a huge fan and plan to watch more. The two main actors were soo perfect opposite each other. Most Hollywood cop/bad guy films only care about the moments of fighting or action where this film is all about the actually fight between the two leads. It's kind of like watching an episode of Law & Order where you are presented the problem and go through the whole execution of busting the bad guy. That isn't to say that there aren't cool fight scenes, there is this huge one with like 40 guys fighting each other during a police bust which felt like a crazy martial arts film. I loved that. Oh and the have a lot of bikes in the film which i also love. I totally recommend this to someone who wants to see a smart Asian attempt at the police/crime genre!