The Kick
Theatrical release poster
Directed byPrachya Pinkaew
Produced byGang Seong-gyu
StarringJeeja Yanin
Petchtai Wongkamlao
Cho Jae-hyun
Ye Ji-won
Na Tae-joo
Kim Kyeong-suk
Lee Gwan-hun
Production
companies
Baa-Ram-Ewe
Bangkok Film Studio
Distributed bySahamongkol Film International
Showbox/Mediaplex (South Korea)
Lionsgate (United States)
Release date
  • November 3, 2011 (2011-11-03)
Running time
94 minutes
CountriesThailand
South Korea
LanguagesThai
Korean
English
Budget$3,500,000[1][2]
Box office$344,288[3]

The Kick (Korean: 더 킥; Thai: วอนโดนเตะ!!) is a 2011 Thai martial arts film, directed by Prachya Pinkaew. The film follows a Korean family of taekwondo experts who immigrate to Thailand.[4]

Plot

Mun is a Korean immigrant to Thailand, and a taekwondo master running an old taekwondo gym in Bangkok. All five members of his family are also taekwondo exponents, each of whom infuses the art with a particular skill: his wife Mija in cooking style, son Taeyang in dancing style, daughter Taemi in soccer style, and the youngest, Typhoon, in the style of brute strength; he can break anything with his strong forehead.

Mun wants his children to become taekwondo coaches and take over his gym in the future. However, Taeyang wants to be a famous pop singer and Taemi is only interested in her classmate at school, whom she harbors a secret crush on.

One day, Taeyang foils a gang's attempt to steal a priceless antique kris. Pom, the leader of the gang, is the only one to escape and threatens revenge. Mun's family becomes more popular in the public eye, but they do not know when or where Pom will try to get his revenge, and must put aside their differences to stand up for their family.

Cast

References

  1. ^ (in Korean) 조재현ㆍ예지원, 한.泰 합작영화 '더킥' 출연, Yonhap, 2010. 8. 12.
  2. ^ (in Korean) 옹박 감독, 조재현·예지원 '콜', NEWSIS, 2010. 8. 12.
  3. ^ "The Kick".
  4. ^ "US POSTER FOR PRACHYA PINKAEW'S THE KICK". Twitch Film. Retrieved 2011-06-05.
  5. ^ Oh, Mi-jung (7 October 2011). "Yeh Ji Won an Action Star?". enewsWorld.
  6. ^ Lee, Jin-ho (25 October 2011). "Yeh Ji Won Eats Like A Beast". enewsWorld.
  7. ^ "Jeeja Yanin Joins Prachya Pinkaew's The Kick". Neo. Retrieved 2011-03-20.
  8. ^ "AFM 2010: CHOCOLATE STAR JIJA YANIN JOINS CAST OF PRACHYA PINKAEW'S TAEKWONDO PICTURE THE KICK". Twitch Film. Archived from the original on 2011-03-08. Retrieved 2011-03-20.

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