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The President's Last Bang
2005 1h 42m
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6.9
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A look at the life of President Park Chung-hee and the events leading up to his assassination.
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Directed By
Im Sang-soo
Written By
Im Sang-soo
Studio
Myung Films
,
CJ Entertainment
,
MK Pictures
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Cast of The President's Last Bang
Han Suk-kyu
KCIA Chief Agent Joo
Baek Yoon-sik
KCIA Director Kim Jae-Kyu
Song Jae-ho
President Park Chung-hee
Kim Eung-soo
KCIA Agent Colonel Min
Jo Sang-geon
KCIA Butler Shim
Kwon Byung-gil
President's Chief Secretary Yang
Jung Won-joong
President's Chief Bodyguard Cha
Cho Eun-ji
Banquet Guest
Kim Yoon-ah
Singer
Lee Jae-gu
KCIA Agent Kwon
Kim Sang-ho
KCIA Agent Jang
Kim Seung-wook
KCIA Agent Won
Kim Yeong-in
Prime Minister Choi
Youn Yuh-jung
Mother
Kim Ki-cheon
Boiler Kang
Jung Woo
Han Jae-guk
Park Geun-hye
Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Im Sang-soo
Doctor (uncredited)
Jeong In-gi
Deputy Shin (uncredited)
Bong Tae-gyu
Samcheong-dong Military Police (uncredited)
Kim Byeong-ok
Colonel Kim (uncredited)
Jo Deok-jae
Major Jo (uncredited)
Kwon Tae-won
Chef (uncredited)
Hong Rok-ki
Sentry (uncredited)
Jung Jong-joon
Chief of Staff (uncredited)
Cha Seung-yeol
Restaurant Assistant (uncredited)
Choi Dong-hoon
Army Surgeon (uncredited)
Kim Min-su
Interrogation Room Detective
The President's Last Bang Reviews
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
Although a tad long-winded and plodding, it's vigorously acted and persuasive, leaving the viewer to suspect that Im's account, drawn from historical records, could be pretty close to the truth.
San Francisco Chronicle
G. Allen Johnson
Im Sang Soo is, film by film, challenging the way modern South Koreans think and behave.
Boston Globe
Janice Page
what the film lacks in depth it makes up for in Hong Kong-style punch, with vivid cinematography and powerfully choreographed action.
Seattle Times
Ted Fry
The President's Last Bang comes off as all too ridiculously believable.
New York Times
A.O. Scott
This tight, sober and strangely comical new film from South Korea tells a tale that may sound far-fetched, but that is all the more crazy for being true.
New York Post
V.A. Musetto
Im deftly mixes slapstick with political intrigue in this darkly buffoonish exercise, which struck a raw nerve with the South Korean government.
New York Daily News
Jami Bernard
Bizarrely droll.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sean Axmaker
... the way it brazenly mixes matter-of-fact brutality with the deadpan comedy of the fumbling execution and slapdash cover-up is inspired...
Kansas City Star
Robert W. Butler
The President's Last Bang has been extremely well made, and its cast deftly walks the thin line between reality and parody. Perhaps the players do it a bit too well.
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Laura Kelly
In the end it's probably best to say, glad I saw it, but not sure I got the most out of the experience. My advice: Do a little history homework first.
Slant Magazine
Ed Gonzalez
A marvel of design if not insight.
Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
Jeff Vice
The off-kilter humor is a welcome contrast, and the performances are strong, particularly by Baek as the increasingly unhinged patsy.
Variety
Derek Elley
A virtuoso slice of sustained black humor.
Observer
Andrew Sarris
The President's Last Bang is as funny as its title promises. I can think of no higher praise.
Hollywood Reporter
Frank Scheck
The filmmaker's irreverent take on the story is certainly arresting, and somehow feels more true to life than if he had taken a conventional approach.
Village Voice
J. Hoberman
From mid-movie on, confusion escalates (along with one's incredulity) as the body count mounts.
Cinema Signals
Jules Brenner
In the end, the film develops an amusing entertainment out of dire circumstances.
Salt Lake Tribune
Sean P. Means
The gallery of Park's cronies and sycophants are presented as buffoons, but as the violence starts, the narrative thread gets hopelessly tangled.
Film Journal International
David Noh
It's riveting and unsettling, but, as powerful as it is to watch, because of its basic, panoramically broad conception, it may not really stay fixed in the memory.
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