Sex Is Zero
by Je-gyun Yun
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Actor: Chae-yeong Yu, Chang Jung Lim, Ji-won Ha, Min Jung, Seong-guk ChoiDirector: Je-gyun Yun
Brand: Ryko Distribution
Cinematographer: Yeong-cheol Kim
Writer: Je-gyun Yun
Editor: Sun-min Kim
Producer: Ho-seung Lee
Producer: Ji-seung Lee
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); Korean (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; Spanish (Original Language); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Original recording remastered, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 96 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-03-28
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Panik House
DVD Reviews of Sex Is Zero
DVD Review: Not very good
Summary: 1 Stars
That's the problem with comedy--either it makes you laugh or it doesn't. The latter applies in this case. Waste of time and money.
DVD Review: Compares to US movie "American Pie"
Summary: 3 Stars
If you like teen targeted films with a lot of sexual humor, this film is probably perfect for you. It's funny... but not laugh my pants off funny. Its storyline isn't too bad. On a scale of 1-10, I would give it a 7. It's not a must see. But if you're into asian films and sexual humor you would be wrong to pass this movie up.DVD Review: Korea's answer to Fast Times and American Pie
Summary: 5 Stars
I grew up watching teen films like Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Porky's, and those are two reference points of partying, raunchy teen flicks. American Pie throw in male bodily fluids in the formula. Now, from South Korea, comes Saekjeuk Shigong, which combines elements of those movies, and it's quite enjoyable.
One can see the influence of Fast Times from the opening sequence using the Go-Go's "We Got The Beat," albeit in an abbreviated version; it features a host of hotties doing an aerobics workout, while the first year college students are undergoing a gnarly initation ceremony.
One of them is inept Jang Eun-shik, recently having finished his military service, who's often at the receiving end of an accident that lands him in the hospital or leads him to jump out of windows. He's also in Songgchuk's martial arts club involved in spiritual concentration, which amounts to basically bashing each other on the heads with phony wooden sticks or doing silly stuff like doing a headstand in a bowl of water. His three roommates are the goofy Changsu, an unnamed nerdy bushy-haired guy--these two seem to do nothing but watch porn on their computer--and a sissy boy, Taehak, who's not too athletic. When he sees a mouse, what does he do like a girl? Yup, you guessed it!
As for male bodily fluids, there's a funny one involving said fluid, some rat poison, a sandwich, and Eun-shik accidentally eating it. That leads to a hilarious chase scene where his roommates try to catch him so he can spit it out.
Eun-shik falls head over heels with Lee Eun-hyo, a willowy beauty who's an aerobics star and sub on the national team. When he casually tries to steal looks at her, she twigs on, and suddenly, spreads and opens her legs quickly, causing him to spit rice. Her girlfriends are a funny lot, too, including the short-haired Kyoungiu, self-conscious about her breasts who is told, "if someone put two raisins on your back, no one would know the deifference between your chest and your back--but eager to score. After a night at a club, Eun-hyo's friends end up with each of Eun-shik's roommates, with hilarious results. For a grossout scene, one of them who has drunken a lot makes some really horrendous barfing noises, spewing Linda Blair-like at one point, then gives bushy-hair a sloppy barf-laden kiss. Charming, huh? Poor Kyoungiu ends up with the unassertive Taehak with hilarious results.
There's the aerobics prima donna, a pretty but stuck-up girl named Ji-Won, who's dating the hunk Han Sangwook; there are some steamy scenes between them. Things heat up when Sangwook dumps her in favour of Eun-hyo. However, he's quite a cad and when he gets Eun-hyo pregnant, leaves her high and dry, kind of like Mike Damone and Stacy Hamilton in Ridgemont High. While the topic was superficially done in RH, Eun-Hyo angrily tells Han when he seems casual about it, "You and I both have birthdays, but this baby is never going to have one! It's just waiting to die!" It veers into drama at this point, when Eun-shik nurses Eun-hyo, trying to cheer her up with his exercise routines. Although a goofball, he proves to be actually very caring and devoted, with Bread's "If" used as the love theme in this scene.
Then there are two thieves, one with a Moe Howard-like haircut, who end up trying to hard to avoid discovery and end up becoming voyeurs, playing uno, and I DON'T mean the card game.
Yes, the intense drama part is quite a change from the earlier silly raunchiness, but it's a comedy with some heart in it, saved by the aerobics competition set to some snazzy techno music, really well choreographed. And yes, the two thieves are right there doing that crazy hand jive at one point. Heck, all the hot actresses in there are enough to make anyone do that!
DVD Review: hilarious!
Summary: 5 Stars
I got this video today and was excited to watch it. this movie was a hilarious korean sex comedy! I didnt get bored throughout the whole movie. this is a must watch movie!DVD Review: Three hours of confusion
Summary: 1 Stars
This movie was extremely disturbing. It made me want to stay as far away from Korea as possible.
Description of Sex Is Zero
Very few comedies have grossed over one hundred million dollars at the box office, but those that have are absolute classics: Animal House, Porky's, There's Something About Mary, American Pie and Sex Is Zero! You never knew they made comedies in Korea? Well now you'll never forget! This film out performed Titanic 3 to 1 in its homeland - eventually becoming the highest grossing Korean comedy of all time. Ever wondered what Fast Times At Ridgemont High would have been if directed by the Farrelly Brothers? Wonder no more! This hysterical Asian import has a decidedly American sense of humor that will have you rolling on the floor just in time for spring break..Available for the first time in North America
. Completely Re-Mastered Video & Audio with over 100 minutes of Bonus Materials
. Behind-The-Scenes Featurette
. EnglishAudio Commentary with Mike McPadden & Mr. Skin of The Howard Stern Show
. Spanish Audio Commentary with Jesus "Pelos" Olvera of Al Borde
. I Lost It In The Locker Room - an exclusive booklet by Mike McPadden, detailing the history of the Teen Sex Comedy
. Optional English and Spanish Subtitles
. Deleted Scenes & Outtakes
. Poster Art and Still Galleries
. Theatrical Trailers
. Separate Bilingual Menus in English & Spanish
. Foil Embossed Package Comes with a Free Sticker
Sex Is Zero is to South Korea what Porky's, American Pie, and Fast Times at Ridgemont High are to the United States. The Korean film has all the classic elements of a sex comedy: gratuitous breast shots, unusual use of bodily fluids, and a plot that's secondary to the physical comedic skills of the actors. Eun-Sik (Chang Jung Lim) is a 28-year-old sad sack of a college student. Though he's served in the military and is a skilled martial artist, he's insecure and socially inept. He accidentally wolfs down a sandwich made from rat poison and fried, um, sticky fluids (courtesy of his bizarre roommates). He ingests a drugged beverage intended to make women frisky. And when part of his dinner lands on a pin-up poster, what's a guy to do but lick it off? The highest-grossing comedy in South Korea, Sex Is Zero is slowed down with some drama that doesn't ring true. When the girl of his dreams suffers from a complicated abortion (after an affair with the selfish campus playboy), Eun-Sik matures into a caregiver--a role that is out of context for him in this movie. --Jae-Ha Kim
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