Profession ceinture noire

RATED 8/10 Language: Korean Source: Netflix RECOMMENDED

This movie is very good in both sentiments and action blocks. There is no lagging moment. The action blocks are filled in proper intervals and it well placed along with the story flow.

The core subject is so relevant in India now and the subject is handled carefully. I liked their earlier one "Midnight Runners", this time also they surpassed the expectations.

This is very good action masala to watch in weekend... The story is bit predictable, still the comic + sentiment +action perfect mix make it as entertaining one. No gore/adult content.

Worth the watch.

What an awesome movie. It had a bit of everything in it, comedy, buddies, lots of fight scenes, and drama. The storyline can get a bit dark at times and I was thankful they weren't going too dark with it where it was hard to watch. I'm so happy to see Kim Woo-Bin coming out in lots of dramas lately. All the actors were fantastic in this. They bad guys were all so creepy, just what you need for a show like this.

Let's hope they make this one into a Kdrama series or at least have a 2nd movie. I could see them doing something similar to Taxi Driver with different bad guys and storylines throughout. Fingers crossed. 😄🤞🏻

Yes, there's some light-heartedness, but mostly, it's relief from the grimness of the perpetrators' crimes. Strong themes of larger community, society and justice, this film really balances it all well; brought me to tears on occasion.

Many fight scenes are easy to follow, but inelegant as opposed to the Jackie Chan type choreography.

A bit of swearing, and I cheated by watching the dubbed version - the English voice casting is pretty good in my view; lip sync doesn't distract.

Worth a watch, for sure: just... be aware it isn't a rompy jog: there's some heavy nasty stuff in here - done delicately and without glamour/exploitation.

The promotions for this are deceptive - it looks goofy fun. It turns into more of a serious action movie - great but different.

After a "slight" start showing the star living a pretty chilled life alternating between being very competitive in martial arts practice, doing food deliveries for his dad, and playing computer games with his friends, he stumbles onto an "officer of the law" (kind of a parole officer but arresting delinquent people breaking parole, by force) getting beaten up by a parolee. He puts his skills to use, and ends up helping out that law enforcement group.

That sounds pretty plain - but as he realises he's stopping violent criminals, and worse - and occasionally helping put someone back on the right track - he really finds meaning, and dedicates himself to catching a very bad criminal. Here the action really kicks in and changes from showy moves to really good brawling.

The movie is by the same writer/director as Bloodhounds which was a very impressive Korean series which also had spectacular fighting in it. And like that series you feel the star is really throwing himself around and being thrown around - not just letting the stuntmen do all the work.

There's good supporting actors too - and the "bad guys" add genuine danger to the mix.

Thoroughly enjoyed Officer Black Belt ...won't pretend it's not a little high on the 'cheese' factor, but simultaneously focuses on the darker side of Korean culture.

Lived in South Korea for a few years & learnt there was some major issues with rape & although this is a feel-good film, it is focused on combating these terrible crimes.

The fight scenes are well choreographed & realistic - heroes get hurt alongside the villains.

The characters & relationships are also reasonably well, if lightly written.

I'd highly recommend to anyone who is interested in a fun, occasionally brutal & somewhat comedic, martial arts film.