The movie revolves around a five-member POW tap dancing team consisting of different nationalities. "Swing Kids" could have been one of the greatest Korean films if it had achieved what the filmmaker set out to accomplish.ĭirector Kang said he wanted to pull together a fun and exciting story out of one of the darkest, most tragic periods of Korean history. But the plot in the former part was hard to follow and the dancing was mediocre.ĭespite all the fancy elements, it is a loose-knit film that falls far short of its potential. The multinational dancing team's Christmas performance seen in the latter part of the film was intense enough to make audiences feel that the film was worthwhile. It is not exciting as the title suggests.ĭirector Kang Hyeong-cheol keeps audiences waiting through over 110 minutes of boredom and unconvincing storytelling to finally experience the highlight squeezed into the last 20 minutes. Well, the movie has not lived up to such sweeping pre-release excitement. In a preview piece, for example, one Korean media outlet reported "Swing Kids for sure is going to be this year's best movie." 19, some even made a hasty prediction that it would be a matter of time for the film to attract 10 million viewers, rounding off a great year for domestically produced cinema. "Swing Kids" was one of Korea's most-anticipated films this year and few denied it would easily make a box-office hit.īefore its official release to the public on Dec. Tale of POW dance team not quite convincing Although it was directed and co-written by Nitesh Tiwari, whose “Dangal” became an unexpected $193 million breakout hit in China in 2017, “Chhichhore” grossed just $1.43 million when it was originally projected to hit $3.15 million.A still from the film "Swing Kids" / Courtesy of NEW This weekend also saw the debut of “Chhichhore,” the first Indian film to release theatrically in China in two years since the rise of tensions between the two countries over a border dispute. Shanghai-set romantic drama “B for Busy,” starring Xu Zheng as a divorced man seeking love, came in fifth with $4.09 million. In fourth was “Fireflies in the Sun,” a Chinese adaptation of the 2002 American thriller “John Q,” with $4.78 million. In third place was the local period comedy “Another Me,” which tells the story of a man who discovers he looks the same as the imperial prince and conspires with him to swap places.
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The film - the fifth and final installment in a series that also includes the films “P Storm,” “L Storm,” “S Storm” and “Z Storm” - sees Hong Kong’s Louis Koo return once more as a corruption investigator. Hong Kong action franchise thriller “G Storm” directed by David Lam came in second. In contrast, Disney’s most recent China release, “Jungle Cruise,” grossed $7.03 million in November.Ĭhinese viewers this week instead put the heartwarming, pandemic-themed patriotic film “Embrace Again” at the top of the box office with sales of $11 million, Maoyan showed. The similarly colorful, family-themed “Coco” grossed $189 million in 2017.
“Encanto” co-directors Jared Bush and Byron Howard’s “Zootopia” remains the country’s 39th highest grossing film of all time, thanks to a $236 million haul back in 2016. The disparity between Disney’s recent theatrical outings in China and years past is stark.
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