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Audio Format: DD 2.0
Video Format: Widescreen 2.35:1
Languages: Korean
Subtitles: English, Chinese
Region Code: ALL
Year Made: 2008
Running Time: 115
Release Date: 10/20/2008
The higher you climb, the more it hurts if you fall. After much time and anticipation - two years since its completion- "My Mighty Princess" opened across theaters in Korea. Director kwak Jae-Yong, reaches for the sky by adding martial arts moves to a love story in the tradition of "My Sassy Girl" (1999). But he falls flat on his face in this contrived, cliched drama about a love struck martial artist.
So-hwi (Sin Min-ah) is a martial arts child prodigy-turned-college student, and in tune with her rainbow-hued outfits and pigtails, she bounces over rooftops when she's late for class. She's literally a "mighty princess" who makes use of her superhuman strength to dress up as Snow White to pull stunts in a freak martial arts gig. One day, she realizes that openly displaying her monster stamina will never get her a boyfriend, let alone catch the attention of the handsome hockey jock Jun-mo (Yoo Geon). To the dismay of her father and the rest of the mystical martial artist community, So-hwi decides to quit once and for all. She becomes the manager of the school hockey team so she can pursue her love interest.
Meanwhile, So-hwi's mystical martial arts community is at stake when the notorious Heukbeom resurfaces. With their magical sword stolen, only So-hwi ? who can reenact a legendary move passed on to her from her later mother (also played by Shin) ? can stop him. But our love struck heroine doesn't care about family or tradition, and it takes her childhood friend and fellow martial artist Il-yeong (On Joo-wan) to persuade her otherwise.
The final face off between So-hwi and the menacing foe in an open field of flowers is breathtaking, and Sin does a fine job of strutting out some kicks and blows. This is the climax of the movie, but it take two hours to get there, and in that time the viewer has already become distracted and bored despite the endless array of comical situations. The director has attempted to squeeze too many clever ideas into the movie, and cutting its duration by about 20 minutes would have done wonders to the otherwise fun story and beautiful visuals.
KANG So-hwi, a beautiful martial arts prodigy, is about to embark on a journey into adulthood. But her journey is like no other. Her super-human strength and martial arts prowess scares away her fellow undergrads and even the boy she has fallen for. Devastated, So-hwi decides to give up martial arts and takes a different path. Her father, a martial artist himself, is afraid of losing an heiress to the family’s martial artistry, and missions So-hwi’s old buddy Il-young to persuade her to stay in the field. Meanwhile, the evil Heuk-bong provokes a war to conquer the martial arts world with the legendary Fine Blade he stole in the past, killing every swordsman one after another. So-hwi’s father comes to a showdown with Heuk-bong, but the battle leaves him fatally injured. On the brink of her father’s death, So-hwi picks up a sword again with a burning desire for revenge.
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