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	Shiri (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Shiri (Swiri) is a 1999 Korean film written and directed by Kang Je-gyu.
		Shiri was the first "Hollywood-style" big-budget action film to be produced in the "new" Korean film industry (i.e., after Korea's major economic boom in the Nineties).
		Much of the film's visual style is derived from the Asian action cinema of John Woo, Tsui Hark, Ringo Lam, Jingle Ma, and the relentless pace of the second unit directors, like Guy Hamilton, in the James Bond films.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shiri_(film) (951 words)

	Shiri (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Shiri (숴러) is a 1999 Korean film written and directed by Kang Je-gyu.
		Much of the film's visual style is derived from the Asian action cinema of John Woo and Tsui Hark, but it is also clearly indebted to many of the films by American producer Jerry Bruckheimer.
		The total budget of the film was only 8.5 million USD -- small by American standards, but at the time the single biggest budget yet allocated to a Korean movie (with part of the funding covered by Korean electronics giant Samsung).
	bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/s/sh/shiri.html (894 words)

	Darcy's Korean Film Page - 1999 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		This is the second film this year to portray North Koreans in a sympathetic light; the last director to try this did so in the 1960s, and was subsequently jailed for his efforts.
		What makes this film so bad is not so much the cast, chosen from a growing population of Western actors working in Korea (although in truth their acting is quite terrible), but rather the script, which is packed with more tired cliches than I ever knew existed.
		With its splintered narrative and hardly a drop of blood, the film lingers instead on the dynamics of the classroom and the intensity of its young heroines.
	www.koreanfilm.org /kfilm99.html (6125 words)

	Shiri @ Dark Dragon Style (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Shiri was a new breed of film, in some regards, as far as Korean cinema goes.
		This training is shown in quite graphic detail at the beginning of the film and, while not meaning to take anything away from the rest of the film, these scenes are the most memorable from the whole film.
		Given the look of the film, Shiri has been compared to Hollywood action films, and I think it has shown that Korea can compete on the same level, as this is up there with a lot of the better Hollywood action films.
	www.darkdragonstyle.com /dvds/dvds.asp?query=shiri (2195 words)

	Film Review: Shiri
		The film certainly lives up the hype and, particularly after we are past the initial background scenes, is fast paced, very dark and includes infinite nods towards classics of the genre particularly Nikita.
		Interestingly this is one of at least 3 films showing at EIFF 2000 focusing on communism and reunification (see also Sun Alley and Marshall Tito's Spirit) though here the hardships of the regime in the North are never actually shown.
		The film also looks fantastic, the obsession with fish is a nice touch which helps the visuals remain unique as we find big beautiful neon tanks all over the film thanks to one of the cops having a girlfriend who runs a fish shop.
	www.iofilm.co.uk /fm/s/shiri_1999.shtml (463 words)

	History-making Korean film hits Philippine market - Feb. 02, 2004
		Director Je-gyu Kang's "Shiri," (the name of a small fresh water fish), which has turned the tide for Korean films and made history by being a blockbuster, earning at least $42 million during its Korean run in 1999, will hit Metro Manila theaters and movie houses in selected cities nationwide this week.
		The use of "Shiri" as the title of this espionage action thriller that tackles political unrest, touches on terrorism and is spiked with romance is also significant, said Kim.
		Shiri, a small fresh water fish, which is found only in a stream that is bounded by the two Koreas in the north and south.
	www.inq7.net /ent/2004/feb/02/ent_2-1.htm (758 words)

	Shiri Movie Review by Anthony Leong from MediaCircus.net
		"Shiri" also marked a turning point in the evolution of South Korean cinema towards a more market-driven industry, which, up until that point, relied on the country's 'quota system' (where all cinemas are required show domestic films for 146 days of the year) for viability.
		Though the film was made for a paltry $5 million US (which is six times the typical budget for a typical Korean feature), the production values, particularly in the action department, are top-notch.
		When "Shiri" was released in 1999, it was catapulted to the top of the South Korean box office by its blend of action and romance, and ended up toppling the record previously held by "Titanic".
	www.mediacircus.net /shiri.html (931 words)

	Political Film Society - Shiri
		The film's title refers to the shiri, a fish indigenous to Korea that swims upstream to spawn, which Kang has made a symbol of the Korean longing for reunification.
		The film is premised on the conflict between North Korea and South Korea, beginning with titles that indict the North for starting war in 1950 and implicate a certain fictional North Korean female named Hee in several terrorist plots from 1992.
		When the film begins, in 1998, Seoul is preparing for the first ever soccer match in which a team from the North will play a counterpart from the South.
	www.geocities.com /~polfilms/shiri.html (484 words)

	DVD Web - Review:Shiri SE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Shiri contains a good measure of blood and violence and one of the shootouts is very reminiscent of the street shootout in Heat, however what you see is not a straight rip off.
		Shiri was originally shot as 1.66:1 but for the Bitwins release the director reframed it to 1.77:1 and also made a slight 2 or 3 second cut later in the film.
		Shiri is an excellent thriller which delivers some good twists and stacks up very well against comparable Western offerings, the price is a bit steep but don't let that stop you from buying it.
	www.dvdweb.co.uk /new/review.asp?mainID=205 (1298 words)

	dOc DVD Review: Shiri (1999) - Printable (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Throughout the film, the fish act as a rather goofy, heavy-handed motif, symbolizing the divide between the nations as well as the desire for reunification.
		The Korean blockbuster than toppled Titanic, Shiri tells the story of two secret agents, Lee (Kang-ho) and Ryu (Suk-kyu) on the trail of Hee (Yun-jin), a deadly female assassin, who is wanted in connection with the deaths of several top officials in the South Korean government.
		From guerilla filming at a soccer game, to creating some of the gunfights using real bullets, to forcing the actors to do their own stunts, the production was one big injury waiting to happen (and, it seems, every actor manages to get hurt at least three or four times a day).
	www.digitallyobsessed.com /showrevpdf.php3?ID=3344 (1196 words)

	DVD Times - Shiri (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Shiri centres its story around two special agents (Ryu and Lee, portrayed by Han Suc Kyu and Sung Kang Ho respectively) who are on the trail of the dangerous female assassin, Hee.
		Few films can survive on their action-based antics alone so within the story we see that Ryu is unequivocally head over heels in love with his fiancée Hyun (a recovering alcoholic played by Kim Yun Jin).
		Originally shot at a 1:66:1 aspect ratio the Director reframed the film for this DVD release which is presented at a 1:77:1 aspect ratio (thanks to Bullets N Babes for this information) with anamorphic enhancement.
	www.dvdtimes.co.uk /content.php?contentid=3554 (1936 words)

	Korean Movie Review \| Shiri (1999) Je-kyu Kang, Suk-kyu Han
		Also, the film seems to want its cake and eat it too -- the North Koreans are shown in a nihilistic, vicious light, but the film seems to be asking for mediation between the two countries.
		The film is not very original, even though a quiet love story managed to be very effective among the loud gunplay, running, and explosions.
		The film probably has too many plot points for its own good, and the ending, which takes place at a soccer stadium full of South Korean officials marked for assassination, is quite thrilling.
	www.beyondhollywood.com /reviews/shiri.htm (703 words)

	Shiri (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The special effects are well done (Shiri had a budget of only five million dollars, but that qualifies as a big budget in Korean cinema), the cinematography is beautiful, and the overall presentation of the film serves to touch the viewer in any number of ways.
		Shiri is a suspenseful tale of infiltration and espionage that tingles the nerves; however, there is slight inelegance in the story that downplays the complete cinematic experience.
		SHIRI caused a massive sensation amongst western fans of Asian cinema upon its release, generating a massive amount of hype and stimulating a new interest in Korean cinema.
	blog.markwshead.com /info2/Shiri.html (9082 words)

	OFFOFFOFF film review SHIRI Korean movie about Korean terrorist plot by Kang Je-gyu with Han Suk-kyu, Choi Min-sik, Kim ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		There were three Korean films, all as yet unreleased in the U.S., on my top 10 list last year, showing that at their best, Korean filmmakers are combining world-class technical ability with original stories that pack an emotional and often political punch.
		Politics is about as important to "Shiri" as it is to James Bond — that is, almost not at all.
		So it's worth looking at the movie's very strong beginning to see what was going right and where it fell apart — the elements that work best are the intrigue of an underground commando cell that authorities cannot flush out, and the characters' personal psychological dramas.
	www.offoffoff.com /film/2002/shiri.php3 (623 words)

	reverse shot : online : summer 2005
		One of Shiri’s main goals was to do away with the tradition of awkward fight scenes in Korean cinema.
		Armageddon features all the staples of the disaster genre film: state-of-the-arts special effects, the reduction of the non-U.S. world to a series of clichéd “emblematic” images, a high-testosterone narrative drive—the earthy macho shall prevail, Amen!—fast cutting, in-your-face camera movement, and, ultimately, salvation and redemption.
		The “Global Disaster Blockbuster” was arguably the leading box-office record-breaking film genre of the multiplex during the Nineties.
	www.reverseshot.com /summer05/shiriarmag.html (1325 words)

	Shiri
		The heart of the film is however Korean, taking its roots in a drama that has divided the nation since the Second World War.
		In Shiri, the drama is symbolized by the love story between a North-Korean woman and a South-Korean man and by the title Shiri, an exclusively Korean fish that just like this problem goes back to the Cold War.
		Shiri and its brothers show the large potential of Korean cinema that despite its highs and lows, must be supported to be kept alive since it remains the best arm against the excess of Hollywood.
	www.plume-noire.com /movies/cult/shiri.html (766 words)

	Film Review: Shiri
		On the face of it, Shiri is a fast paced thriller about a unit of North Korean special forces that infiltrates the South in order to steal a deadly liquid bomb that scientists in Seoul have developed.
		Why Shiri has broken every box office record in Korea, earned $20million in Japan and lead the field in Hong Kong is due to writer/director Kang Je-gyu's exceptional visual style.
		Shiri is the opposite of tired and tested, treating the political thriller as a dance of death.
	www.iofilm.co.uk /fm/s/shiri_1999_r2.shtml (384 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Shiri [2003]: DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		This film is the highest grossing film in Korean film history and its easy to see why because despite the averageness throughout the film.
		The fact that the event of the film is a football match between the two Koreas, and that the leaders shake hands in the movie, expresses what many Koreans wish for - a peaceful and amicable reunification.
		Korean films are individual, and like their people, culture and food, a somewhat acquired taste.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000A1M2D (982 words)

	Amazon.com: Reviews for Shiri: DVD: Suk-kyu Han,Yoon-jin Kim,Min-sik Choi,Kang-ho Song,Johnny Kim,Jeong-min ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		I loved the scenes where you just dont know when Shiri is goin to be discover and what she really is. I say Great Movie and people out there tryin Asian cinema for the first time or a need to watch something...good movie.
		I am new to the foreign type films, so if you are like me and had some friends show you one or two of these things that were so jaw dropping with action you couldn't wait to see more, then this movie is a bit of a letdown for action and storyline.
		Shiri is during its time the top grossing film in South Korea, beating off such competitors as Titanic.
	www.amazon.com /gp/product/customer-reviews/B0000633R6 (3088 words)

	cityonfire.com \| Shiri
		If something must be said about Shiri is that, even if it makes a lot of concessions to the american action formula (people being saved at the nick of time being the most usual sin), you're never sure who to root for.
		The first ten minutes of the film, a ridiculously violent training sequence, is one of the most intense introductions to a film I've ever seen.
		I imagine Shiri could be used as the basis for a drinking game, for college kids with too much time on their hands: chug a beer every time you hear "CTX." You'd be wasted halfway through the movie.
	www.cityonfire.com /korean/shiri.html (2984 words)

	kamera.co.uk - film review - Shiri directed by Director: Je-gyu Kang - reviewed by Bob Carroll
		Just like the first foot chase through the malls and back streets of Seoul, Shiri is a hulking great shark of a film that is desperate to keep moving for fear of dying from its overdose of unoriginality.
		The fact that 'Shiri' and other recent Korean and Thai actioners have managed to get a UK release (and in cinemas that more often than not programme 'quality' films) throws up questions about the state of cinema that must surely be within the remit of Kamera.
		but Shiri really doesn't I acknowledge your points about the anomaly in its distribution and carroll has some decents points to make about the film incongrinuity in trying to replicate its western influences but that does not change the fact that it is piece of hackery.
	www.kamera.co.uk /reviews_extra/shiri.php (1068 words)

	Shiri (1999): Han Suk-Kyu, Song Kang-Ho, Kim Yun-Jin - PopMatters Film Review
		They comprise a familiar movie buddydom: Lee is a loner, serious and married to his job (he carries a picture of Hee in his wallet, identifying her as his missing "ex"), while Ryu is gentler, more thoughtful, and affianced to the lovely Hyun, a recovering alcoholic who also happens to run a tropical fish shop.
		Not only is "shiri" (or, swiri) a type of fish that lives in the streams that flow up and down the divided Korean peninsula, it's also the codename for the Eighth Force's latest plot, menacing Seoul with CPX, a potent liquid explosive, in order to coerce reunification.
		For all its hyperbole, Shiri conveys a recognizable, even sympathetic face upon the communist North, and speaks to the various divisions that have long troubled Korea.
	popmatters.com /film/reviews/s/shiri.shtml (781 words)

	: : SHIRI : : about the film : :
		SHIRI is a big budget flick from Korea that rips into the conventions of the Hollywood action movie with glee, mixing throat-tightening romance with Teflon-hard action to create the kind of heartbreaking blockbuster that Hollywood long ago forgot how to make.
		As Agent Lee is pulled in two directions by his fragile fiancée, Hyun, and the dead-eyed terrorist, Hee, the personal becomes the political and in the blink of an eye affairs of the political and in the blink of an eye affairs of the heart become affairs of state.
		The cast was loaded with stars and the female lead was fresh off a popular TV miniseries but the budget was the highest to date for a Korean movie (nearly $5 million), and principle sponsor Samsung was watching its performance closely.
	www.subwaycinema.com /shiri/about.html (813 words)

	Shiri
		The three very different films provided a glimpse of Korean films, which almost never make it here.
		Shiri is the latest import from Korea, an ultra-violent action film that proves that Korean filmmakers can make movies that are just as bloody and vapid as Americans can.
		By the end of the movie, there is a clear plot afoot, but it seems that Kang is toying with the audience by taking so long to gather all the threads together.
	www.haro-online.com /movies/shiri.html (519 words)

	BBC - Films - review - Shiri (Swiri)
		Korean director Kang Je-Gyu's film certainly has all the right ingredients for an explosive action movie, as Ryu (Han Suk-Gyu) and Lee (Song Kang-Ho) race against the clock to save Seoul from disaster after a rogue group of North Koreans try to lead the country into war.
		Which is quite an achievement, since the plot involves a schizophrenic hitwoman caught between two men, two countries, and two identities and with a vested interest in Ryu that's so obvious it might as well have been stated at the start of the film.
		Running a good 40 minutes longer than it ought to, "Shiri" quickly squanders all the points it racked up for its leftfield approach, leaving us with the kind of action flick where lots of bullets get fired, but not many actually hit their target.
	www.bbc.co.uk /films/2003/04/16/shiri_2003_review.shtml (307 words)

	INTERVIEW: Born Again; "Shiri" Beats Hollywood at Its Own Game
		The film's cinematography is as slick and fast-paced as its its editing, carefully crafted to make viewers forget all about their popcorn.
		Its atmospheric interiors echo the tropical fish tanks the film uses as a recurring motif: lush and peaceful at first glance, but easily shattered by the explosive gunplay which punctuates the film's final showdown between North and South Korean agents.
		The film's primary image of reunification, however, is quite negative because of the acts of terror committed by "evil" North Korean characters.
	www.indiewire.com /people/int_Kang_Je-Gyu_020204.html (1517 words)

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