*My Wife Is A Gangster* cover
Opening scene
Cha Eun-Jin, known by the codename Mantis of the Scissors Gang, is actually the right hand (wo)man of the big boss, who has gone on an overseas trip, and hence, the men and the territory are in her charge during his absence.
She is an orphan separated from her older sister when they were children and so roughed her way up to be No. 2 (Dr. Evil also has a No. 2).
The humour starts when she finally found her sister, who unfortunately is dying of cancer. Her sister had a favour to ask, and that is to be able to see Eun-Jin get married and settled down with a nice man.
Unsuspecting groom
And so, Eun-Jin gets her men to arrange blind dates in the hopes of getting a husband as soon as possible. She finally managed to find one unsuspecting man (Kang Su-il) to marry.
The blur husband
Soon after, Eun-Jin's sister has another request, that is for Eun-Jin to be a mother as soon as possible. In the following scenes, Eun-Jin, who has yet to consummate the marriage, suddenly becomes this sex-crazed nympho who couldn't take her hands off Su-il
One to one close combat
Meanwhile, her enemies try to muscle their way into her territory and she has to fend them off and not surprisingly, her dual role was discovered by Su-il soon enough.
Stylish cinematography
The movies goes on with Eun-Jin getting pregnant, her sister dies, Eun-Jin being involved in a fight and received such a trashing that she miscarried, of Su-il discovering about the dead baby, of Su-il taking revenge on behalf of his wife and accidentally sets fire to their enemies and Eun-Jin securing her territory, with Su-il joining the gang, in this order.
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*My Wife Is A Gangster 2* movie poster
Meanwhile, the good Samaritan who saved her that night, took her back to his town where he operates a Chinese restaurant, and Eun-Jin works as the delivery lady for him.
The first half of the movie focuses on Eun-Jin trying to recover her memory and to find true herself. Only later did someone discover her and contacted her men back in Seoul and they came to claim her back, but not before the Snake gang nearly laid their hands on her.
Naturally, there are more fight scenes near the end of the movie, but as a comparison, the sequel is so much milder than the original movie. Her husband, Su-il has no screen time at all. At least, I did not notice him.
Zhang Ziyi in redSomehow, watching these movies, especially the fight scenes in the first movie, I get a sense of deja vu of watching Kill Bill. Maybe it's because of the choreography or the soundtrack, I'm not sure.
"My Wife Is A Gangster 3" stars the luscious Shu Qi.
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