[mslee's thoughts] Kim Rae Won Gone Bad in Gangnam 1970
I never thought that Gangnam 1970 would be so very violent and that I would be able to finish watching it. Maybe I endured because I already started and wanted to know the ending. Even though Lee Min Ho is the lead role in the story, I am interested in Kim Rae Won's story. How bad has Kim Rae Won as Baek Yong Ki played in the movie? Seriously, I expected this much knowing his caliber as an actor. And I am just awed every time he appeared on screen. That aura of a true gangster has definitely fitted him and he gave justice to the character. The pacing of the story is quite fast maybe because it is a movie. It started with the two of them , him as Baek Yong Ki and [Lee Min Ho] Kim Jong Dae as brothers trying to stay alive each day on a cruel and hungry world. They shared a house. They are not really brothers by blood but they met at an orphanage and since then, Jong Dae calls him hyung. One day, their pathetic house was bulldozed by gangsters hired by politicians. That w...
