The
Prince and the Pauper gets a contemporary Korean twist in
The Twins, a madcap comedy from acclaimed
director Park Heung Sik. Actor Jung Jun Ho (
Marrying the Mafia and
The Legend of Evil Lake) takes on challenging
dual roles, playing two brothers who may look identical, but are like night and day when it comes to their individual personalities!
The arrogant Hyon Su is clearly the more successful of the two; he's a top student who's on the verge of graduating with honors
and going on to study law at Seoul University. His twin Myon Su, however, isn't quite a model student. In fact, he's not even
in school, having quit sometime during middle school. Rather than crack open a book, this rough-around-the-edges dropout spends
his days cracking heads working as a bouncer at a nearby brothel. But when he's not protecting hookers and local vendors from
gangster interference, Myon Su helps out at his mother's (Park Jeong Soo) little restaurant near the train station.
But beneath Myon Su's obviously tough exterior lies the heart of a loyal brother, willing to trade spots with his sibling
at a moment's notice whenever the selfish Hyon Su gets in over his head, even going so far as to serve jail time at one point!
The mistaken identity quotient gets jacked up even further when a bitter girlfriend (Yoon So I) jumps into the mix, causing
more hilarity to ensue!
DVD FEATURES:
- Language(s): Korean
- Subtitle(s): English, Korean
