Hard to fight
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Hard to fight |
| Original title | Clementine |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English , Korean |
| Publishing year | 2004 |
| length | 100 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Kim Du-yeong |
| script | Eun Hye-rim |
| production | Mark Hicks |
| music | Lee Sang-ho |
| camera |
Ku Gyu-hwan , Thomas Kuo |
| cut | Kang Myeong-hwan |
| occupation | |
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Hard to Fight is a South Korean-American drama film .
action
A model South Korean police officer has to cope with severe setbacks in his private life and in his professional reputation. He gets recognition in a Taekwondo competition in which he competes against the US champion. Due to a wrong decision by the judges, he loses the world title. He takes refuge in alcohol and violence during his missions. This is also felt by his daughter Clementine, who desperately looks after him. The very young girl shows many adult features. She befriends a woman she meets while shopping. She describes her problems with her father and tells her that she misses her late mother. The woman, however, is also a police officer investigating her father, who uses harsh methods during his investigation.
In the course of the film, after many more low blows, it turns out that Clementine's new friend is actually her mother who was believed to have died. Her father was meanwhile blackmailed by a gangster and was forced to take part in illegal cage fights, otherwise one would kidnap Clementine, which in the end also happens, so that he faces again against the American champion played by Steven Seagal and loses. Father and mother bury their disputes to save Clementine. While the mother succeeds in this, the father can turn the fight around and ultimately wins.
At the end of the film, the family is reunited and Jack Miller apologizes to Clementine's father, saying he didn't know about the kidnapping and told what taekwondo is about.
German market
For the German market, a cover and film title were used that suggest a martial arts film. On the back of the cover, only the few martial arts scenes of the film are described. Although Steven Seagal only appears in the film for six minutes and thus only has a minor supporting role, his picture appears on the cover, presumably for marketing reasons. Many film reviews, such as the one from the Lexicon of International Films attached below, are simply based on the incorrect / incomplete cover text. Contrary to the presentation and marketing, it is neither a martial arts nor an action film, but a drama.
In June 2014, the film was re-released on the German DVD market as The Enemy .
Reviews
"Stupid martial arts film with an aged leading actor that brings a ten-minute reunion with the inevitable Steven Seagal."
Individual evidence
Web links
- Hard to Fight in the Internet Movie Database (English)