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  • 2013
  • Not Rated
  • CJ Entertainment
  • 2 h 34 m
  • 2013
  • Not Rated
  • CJ Entertainment
  • 2 h 34 m

Summary On a television show billed as “the greatest fight show on Earth,” eager amateurs with lots to prove boldly step into the ring and expect to leave bloody but victorious. The ratings hungry producers seek out “legendary” but largely forgotten streetfighters and mine their desperation for redemption and glory into ratings gold. [CJ Enterta...

Directed By: Woo-Suk Kang

Written By: Min-seok Jang

  • 2013
  • Not Rated
  • CJ Entertainment
  • 2 h 34 m
  • 2013
  • Not Rated
  • CJ Entertainment
  • 2 h 34 m

Fists of Legend

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Summary On a television show billed as “the greatest fight show on Earth,” eager amateurs with lots to prove boldly step into the ring and expect to leave bloody but victorious. The ratings hungry producers seek out “legendary” but largely forgotten streetfighters and mine their desperation for redemption and glory into ratings gold. [CJ Enterta...

Directed By: Woo-Suk Kang

Written By: Min-seok Jang

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60
Apr 15, 2013
Bloated but energetic, entertaining but interminable, tortured but strangely satisfying, Fists of Legend spends two-and-a-half hours unraveling the knotty saga of three middle-aged fighters, their shared dark past and their rocky road to redemption.
By Justin Chang FULL REVIEW
60
Apr 11, 2013
Director Kang Woo-Suk spins an epic swirl of masculine psychodrama over his many punishing fight sequences...But he also makes a handful of sage points about desperate times, the cycle of bullying and our modern culture of ratings-sanctioned aggression.
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50
Apr 11, 2013
Shot with some wit and considerable speed, its short, sharp beatdowns are a refreshing change from the bloated action sequences favored by some of Mr. Kang’s genre contemporaries.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW
50
Apr 11, 2013
The film is so generous in its characterizations that it's easy to overlook the fact that its hot-topic drama (bullying, economic marginalization, etc.) amounts to little more than padded lip service.
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30
Apr 11, 2013
The battles are staged with moderate intensity but a dispiriting lack of surprise that's also characteristic of the story in general.
By Nick Schager FULL REVIEW

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Production Company CJ Entertainment, Cinema Service, InfinityOne Comics Entertainment, InfinityOne Films
Release Date Apr 12, 2013
Duration 2 h 34 m
Rating Not Rated
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Awards

Grand Bell Awards, South Korea
• 5 Nominations
Korean Film Actor's Association Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Shanghai International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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