The Grand Heist Korean Movie Dvd English / Chinese Subtitle

Absolutely hilarious on so many levels! This is the Korean version of The Seven Samurai in a comedic vein! Nice roles for women and kids too! The plot is about stealing ice from an ice monopoly. Its symbolism for power and monopoly trade. Like Ocean's Eleven, a motley ragtag band of thieves steal the ice and the gold to give it back to the people and newly crowned king, respectively. They start out as rough cut characters, but turn out to be morally upright citizens by movie's end. The kids are cute, the women charming and feline, the men stoic and exaggeratedly clownish.Very entertaining for a family to watch. You can laugh with the storyline plot, then laugh some more at the Korean cartoonish characters which are much less subtle than Western counterparts in their humor. Most of all, there is no angst anywhere, just good fun. My kind of film. Too much angst on the world stage these days, so this type of movie is pure relaxation. Definitely recommend!

Korean movies have come a long way over the years and this one is a gem. Take a bunch of lovable criminals and have them plot to rip off members of the Korean nobility who are little better than the mafia. Korean humor is at times slap stick and at other times very subtle, sometimes that's hard for Americans to keep up with. What isn't hard to keep up with are the subtitles. Where some people probably are turned off and will never watch a movie that they have to read, the Koreans slow their speech down to allow the reading to keep up which makes it much less stressful. Something else that Americans will have trouble understanding is that in the monarchy of Korea even if a child had a noble Father if he was born to a concubine he was definitely treated as little better than commoners. They were blocked from certain jobs no matter their intelligence or skill.

I enjoyed this movie very much. Who knew ice can be so valuable, but it is when you need to keep everything cool. Well, in this movie ice is being monopolized by the bad guys and the good guys want to figure out how to steal it so that regular folks can have much needed ice. Each good guy (and gal) has specific skills that are needed for the team to accomplish this mission of a grand heist. This movie has everything, a bit of romance, a bit of funny, a bit of sad (momentarily), a bit of happy, a bit of action, a bit of business, etc. You will most definitely have a good time watching this movie. The cast is great and the storyline is entertaining.

For those of you who closely follow Korean history this is a must as King Yeong Jo was Dong Yi and King Sukjong's child who had Crown Prince Sado who had Crown Prince Jeonjo=Yi San, and I mention as Dong Yi and Yi San were done by the same famous director as Jewel in the Palace, all should be watched for the best of historical information and acting. Although I didn't rate this one 5 stars because the historical information was a bit off but humor is very difficult to do without being slapstick and this film was perfect in that area. Some nice eye candy for the ladies too including a couple of my favorite actors. Child actors always astound me in these Asian films, incredible.

I have watched this like 3 times already. at times I laugh so hard at others it can be very serious. Recommend it to anyone who does not mind subtitles.

Great little movie when you’re not looking for some type of deep meaning. The best word to describe this movie is simply FUN! Yes! The acting is great! Yes! The comedic overtones are great! Yes! You’ll see some of your favorite actors! But I guarantee you’ll also come away smiling!

I noticed that some of the plot is strikingly similar to the Korean TV series DR. JIN, not only that but many of the characters in this movie are very similar as well, and to round things off, many of the main actors bore at least a modest resemblance to the actors in Dr. Jin. It was released late the same year, but I see no obvious connections like a director or production company. Any way, it is an enjoyable, comic heist. It seems a bit plodding at times and even though it comes in at 2 hours some of the plot lines seen underdeveloped, I may be looking at it that way because Dr Jin was a TV series and had time to elucidate us on why things were happening as they did, that's difficult in a movie. At times I was also reminded of The Good, The Bad and The Weird (which had some really weird characters) The Grand Heist is a light comedy adventure, I did not laugh out loud and there is really little physical comedy but it is enjoyable.

This had just the right balance between humor and drama so as not to be slap-stick. I loved it. There were no dull spots; on the contrary, the story moved along so smoothly it was over before I realized the time had gone by. There are interesting characters and a decent plot. No extreme sex or violence. I think it's an all around good movie for everyone.