boys of tomorrow 우리에게 내일은 없다 [movie]

quiet lonely movie.

well for a start the blurb on the media wiki is not really the best thing to describe this movie. it makes it sound more coherent than it is, and that there is more story to it. It is a very quiet film, kind of sad all the way through, and ultimately bittersweet in its ending.

Nothing much happens for a good long while so describing the story without ruining it is a little hard. The outline is that we follow two friends who have grown up almost as close as brothers but lead very different lives and have a different outlook on life. KiSu (Kim ByeongSeok) is quiet, reserved and lacks confidence to push forward in his life concerning his dreams of being a musician. JongDae (Yoo AhIn) is reckless and aggitated, filled with inadequacies fuelling his desire to own a gun and become stronger than other people.

The issues JongDae holds in him were caused by an incident in childhood where KiSu kicked him in the crotch resulting in JongDae having to have a testicle removed (can that happen?) and KiSu's issues appear to stem from the same incident. inadequacy and guilt seem to be the pair's respective crutches and we watch how the two deal with living their lives coloured by their past.

JongDae's recklessness comes round to bite him when he does eventually get hold of a gun, and KiSu's need to try and protect JongDae also comes into play when things start to go wrong. But as this is such an uneventful movie, to explain any more than that would render it meaningless to watch.

The friendship is not exactly sweet, on the surface you may think so but actually their obligation to each other doesnt feel all that healthy. but never the less their bond is somehow the kind that makes you drawn to them, even though it feels almost sordid - not in a perverted sense, but in that kind of way where you know it is built on a masochistic emotion like guilt - the real love and adoration is burried under the layers of complex issues they suffer from.

JongDae falls in love with a prostitute, which is a sweet part of the story - and feels somehow appropriate considering his impotence and raging inadequacies brought about by his imasculating childhood incident. but this love is the turning point which brings all JongDae's anger and pent up volitility to the surface, and it doesn't end well. Having said that, it doesn't all end in tears either. it is not a film devoid of hope, but it is still the sun in a gloomy grey sky. Not so depressing that you should avoid - but it is a little dingey. Yoo AhIn (sungkyunkwan scandal, antique bakery) who plays JongDae is really interesting though, he seems to pull the whole movie along with his smile and difficult energy. worth watching for his performance alone. He really has got something.

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