Fly Daddy Fly
Country: Korea
Genre: Action
Release Year: 2006
Type: Movie
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Fly Daddy Fly Review
Jjang Ga-pil is an ordinary man with an ordinary existence, but one day his life is shattered when he finds out his daughter was assaulted by a boy in her school. The boy is none other than Kang Taewook, who happens to be the boxing champion of the school. The High School is very fond of Kang, and they do everything in there power to make sure that Kang is not punished for his deed. Enraged and eager to show his daughter that he is a true protector, Jjang decides to risk everything to teach Kang a lesson, and he comes to school with a knife. On his way to rendezvous with Kang, he encounters Ko Seung Huk who thinks that he is a crazy murderer and Seung Huk easily knocks him out. When Jjang wakes, he is told that Seung Huk is the only person to have ever beaten Kang Taewook in a fight. Jjang asks to be trained in fighting in order to confront Kang and teach him a lesson. Seung Huk obliges, and the race is on to train Jjang into a fighting machine that can defeat the school's boxing champion.
Unfortunately, Lee Jun Ki's new movie didn't live up to my expectations. The storyline was too one dimensional, and the ending seemed too unrealistic. Does it really make sense that a forty year old dad can defeat a champion boxer with only twenty-five days of training? It might be a little bit more believable if supernatural elements were involved. The progression of Jjang from being a fat old man into a muscular athletic guy was the main plot, and personally I didn't find it to be very interesting. Also if you're watching this just because you're a fan of Lee Jun Ki, you might be disappointed to find out that the movie doesn't really revolve around him too much.
This movie revolves more around the life and perseverance of Jjang than Lee Jun Ki's character, Ko Seung Huk. The movie did try something new by making the younger boy a mentor to the older man, but the outcome was that Jun Ki's character saw very little character development. It seems like to make up for the lack of character development, the director added a few “sad” monologues to try and add some personality to Seung Huk. Not only did this make the story even more boring, but Jun Ki is talented enough to let his actions develop his character rather than long monologues giving his sad life story. Jjang Ga-pil was better developed because the story was pretty much told in his first-person view. We were able to see how he progressively gets a better body, learns reflexes, and acquires discipline. There's a large majority of the film devoted to the workouts that Seung Huk and Ga-pil do together, and although some of these are funny, most of them just make you feel like you're watching a fitness video.
Lee Jun Ki is way too talented to be in such a one-dimensional role. Even his minor character in My Girl showed more personality. Since Lee Jun Ki is naturally funny and full of emotion, it wasn't very fitting to see him play a character that doesn't seem to have much life at all. Also, even though Lee's character is a supposed fighting great, he barely has any fight scenes in the movie. Pretty much anybody could have played his role.
This movie is probably only for HARDCORE Lee Jun Ki fans. Other than that, you won't be watching anything really worthwhile. A boring, inane plot, coupled with uninteresting characters really makes this movie a bummer.
Written by Lance
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