Shark: The Beginning (2021) User Reviews

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[ops-52535 · 7/10 · 29 October 2021]

Kungfu-fighting, muy tai, mma, ufc wrestling, karate , budo ,judo and boxing at a juvenile level then this is a treat. Verykorean in style and demeanors, hollywoodish in story and hong kongish on plot.

Its a juvenile delinquents story where fighting is done by the pecking order, and as it seems there are few guards and seemingly nonrealistic settings to be a correctional unit of the south korean government, but its a film after all...

there are much fighting, seems like some of the punch lines mustve thrown some of the actors to the medic for mending, and the power of violence is pretty high, the intro especially may make you gap.

So if you hunger for a good fighting film the grumpy old man recommends, but for the squemish rest its just another karate-kid set up. The production all over is a low budgie and not a black tulip like the best of south korean silver screen products.

The film depicts the story of people who do not stop fighting until the last moment.

[hasanimasoud · 8/10 · 3 November 2021]

The film is one of those motivational stories that goes through the constant process of turning a weak human being into a strong-willed human being, but the form of the story is relatively new. The film is full of action and exciting scenes that take place in a closed space and is always attractive to the viewer. In general, the film attracts the viewer with its exciting story and after seeing it, it receives a good feeling from the film in terms of motivation.

Hot-blooded comics, the setting is unreasonable

[g-89622 · 6/10 · 6 November 2021]

Hot-blooded, Japanese comics have a strong style. The male lord has repeatedly lost and fought, and it is a "small strong who can't die", and the small universe breaks out. In the end, the counterattack is defeated and defeated. It can also serve people with morality and realize a harmonious society of "no fighting, no trouble, unity and friendship". Prison conditions are too good, very harmonious! It's not true!

Definitely worth your time. Give it a try.

[Sdh555 · 9/10 · 28 October 2021]

This is very good prison based movie. Acting of cast is top notch. A person who played negative role in 'midnight' thriller played as boxer/trainer in this movie. Inspirational movie and people who are interested in boxing must not miss this one.

This was a TV Movie? I was very Impressed

[jmigoya · 10/10 · 9 January 2022]

First off I have to admit that I'm a sucker for type of story, Underdog stories if told in a proper way are extremely powerful and moving, It did not seam like a made for TV Movie, the Budget was just right for the sets and action shown, You've probable seen this story told 100 different ways, Shy quiet and Introverted Boy gets Bullied, Boy Seeks help from a Bad Ass to train him and Boy ultimately becomes a Bad Ass Himself, Karate Kid is a good example even Van Damme's Kickboxer follows this type of story, This common type of storyline when presented properly is always inspiring and when told in a fresh and different way like in this case where there 2 storylines of the 2 main leads at the very beginning of the movie and shows how they intersect perfectly and show very efficiently how the both land in jail, there is even a 3rd storyline outside the jail of the main villain seeking revenge, The Acting was fantastic as well as Fight Choreography, I'm wondering if there is a sequel in the works, Like the Title implies this might just be the beginning, If that be the case I'm all on board for it.

Okay movie

[ebzitel · 5/10 · 30 October 2021]

Overall , it's an 'okay' movie, nothing special or memorable about it.

No character development at all, the story goes fast but still enough to keep you engage so I would say overall I enjoy the movie. Also flighting scenes and actions were sometimes a Little repititive but not bad.

I'd definitely watch the movie franchise tho.

not just an action flick, its entertaining and engaging.

[gangeshgnair · 10/10 · 22 January 2023]

What an amazing action movie. The movie is not just a action flick, but builds a simple story, that kept me hooked till the end with its amazing writing and making.

The action choreographer of this movie deserves all the praise, because he understood his assignment correctly. The action scenes are not just there for its sake, but always blends with the story properly and always is part of resolving the conflict. Its very clear at each point the stakes involved in each action scene and it makes the scenes much more interesting and got me emotionally invested. Each character has its traits even in the action sequences, his strength, weaknesses and unique moves. The acting performances are amazing. Kim min seok gives a amazing performance, he portrays his character arc amazingly. All the other actors who performed in the movie did a great job. All the technical aspects, the camera, music, editing all was done nicely.

Nothing special for me.

[NajmiSelamat · 5/10 · 29 October 2021]

This movie is just an average action fighting film. No memorable fighting scene. Not enough character development especially for the mentor of the main character. I think he's there just for the sake of teaching the main character to fight. Character development for the main character was sloppy. He still the same as before except now he know to fight. There's no different in every fight. He still careless, get beat up and looks like he's going to die. Then, for some reason he suddenly have enough energy to fight back. I know the title is Shark : the beginning but they can make a better beginning. In term of production, just ok. So, the movie was good but nothing really special and memorable.

Why I rated it 10.!

[sahudebashis · 10/10 · 11 December 2021]

Experienced a lot while going through it, not a typical review but actually a honest one though.

It's quiet unexpected that such Shonen movie can be thoroughly enraptured emotion of a bully victim and the bully himself. Somewhere or the other I felt the pain of Cha Woo Sol and it's journey of redemption.

Most important stuff which this one portrayed is that when one faces such extremities conditions forces one to turn into Shark. (If you didn't get this one then watch it out).

Have read other's review, it' ok. Not everyone has a same taste, that's it.

excellent movie!

[mikeilalorintalavera · 10/10 · 1 August 2023]

This movie is really good and i would recommend this to anyone, it has a good plot and the actors are really good too! Overall the actors really did a great job at acting. This movie is so underrated and this movie deserves alot of recognition because the actors, staff, director, writer etc really did a great job making this movie!

I love how the actors act in this movie, this kind of movie is breathtaking. Don't miss this!

This movie deserves so much recognition, i dont understand why its so underrated, some people might find this movie boring but i swear to you it is not you just need to watch until the end because this movie is really good!!!

Impartial Review

[svader · 3/10 · 8 May 2022]

School without teachers

Young offenders institution with no guards

30 year old plus actors pretending to be 18

Incredulous story

Slow boring pace

Nothing happens in the first 45 minutes. I couldn't endure anymore.

Read the webtoon, before I watched the film.

[shauntec-33629 · 4/10 · 31 December 2021]

When introducing our protagonist and antagonist in the school, I was a bit skeptical on watching the rest of the movie as I believed they had cut an impactive interaction. Now not to say I wanted every single detail from the webtoon to be transferred onto the big screen. But from my perspective it gave our main character depth and made him more relatable,(spoiler from webtoon) when he had instead lost the plot and grabbed the pen, with the intention of ending his bullies life due to all the pent up frustration. Catching the skillful boxer offguard as he underestimated him for just a moment. Rather than our antagonist encouraging him to do so, in order to showcase psychopathic tendencies.

The bromance between our prisoners were quite rushed, which is understandable trying to not get too invested in the relationships and forgetting the plot. And something else I missed not being able to see, was the technical dynamics between the different fighting styles and how to find loop holes when on defense and offense against various opponents.

If you enjoyed the karate kid series you may enjoy the film, and our main leads did a good job in portraying their characters. Makes you forget the supporting co-stars mediocre acting, well besides Min Seoks prison friend.