“Boss X File” Poster
Director: Kim Sung-duk
Cast: Jeong Woon-Taek, Kim Bo-Sung, Lee Ji-Hyun, Ahn Moon-Sook, Sung Hyun-Ah, Ki Joo-Bong, Jo Sang-Geon, Lee Yoon-Sung, Park Geun-Hyung, Kim Kuk-Jin
Running Time: 108 min.
By Paul Bramhall
I confess that Boss X File would have been one of the many comedies that Korea churned out during the early to mid-2000’s that would never have landed on my radar, had it not been for an interview that I did with Won Jin in 2015. The same Won Jin who appeared in Hong Kong classics like Operation Scorpio and Women on the Run, I was particularly curious about his work in the Korean film industry post the success he found in Hong Kong through his amazing kicking ability. During the discussion he revealed that he’d spent most of the early to mid-2000’s working as a fight choreographer behind the camera, bringing up the work he’d done on the likes of familiar titles like 2001’s My Wife Is a Gangster and 2003’s Sword In the Moon. A title I wasn’t familiar with though was 2002’s Boss X File, so when the opportunity arose recently to check it out, it was a no brainer.
I’ve always found Korean movies from that small window of 2000 to 2002 to have their own unique feel. It was 1999’s Shiri that put Korean cinema on the map internationally, but arguably it wasn’t until 2003 that the floodgates opened, thanks to the release of movies like Oldboy, Memories of Murder, A Tale of Two Sisters, Save the Green Planet, and Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter…and Spring. I struggle to think of any film industry that’s able to rival Korea’s output Continue reading
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