Beystiman It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

filippaberry84 I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Lidia Draper Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

Mehdi Hoffman There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.

perfect_circle21 I've seen a good variety of Korean movies but this ranks among the worst I've seen. The story (without spoilers)...4 young Korean guys rob a local gas station for fun. Some time afterwards the guys get bored and decide to rob the same station a second time. This time around the owner has hidden the money, so the gang decide to capture the staff and work at the station to get money.And so the comedy ensues. Or not. The four central characters somehow all manage to act badly and be annoying throughout the movie. Seong-jin Kang is incessantly flicking his hair around and stomping around. Sung-jae Lee is pouting moodily or chewing on invisible gum. Oh-seong Yu has at least half an hours screen time where he does nothing but shout at the characters to kneel with their heads on the floors. Ji-tae Yu is unconvincing as 'Paint'.The inherent pointlessness & stupidity of the storyline makes the movie completely un-enjoyable. Why does the station not have any alarms, video cameras or security? Why do the hostages not put up any resistance against the criminals? Why is the music so embarrassingly 80's when this film is made in the late 90's?Attack The Gas Station reminds me vaguely of 'Airheads', which may or may not be a compliment. If you've contributed to this movie's 7.1 IMDb rating you really should be ashamed of yourself. Let's recommend good movies for fellow IMDb users.

the_foley "Attack the Gas Station" (Juyuso seubgyuksageun) is an exuberant, anarchic tour de force from post-punk Korean director Sang-Jin Kim (Gangster Lessons, Kick the Moon). These four kids who are really strong just kick the crap out of a gas station, and then they hold the staff hostage and spend the rest of the day running the place. But instead of putting the money in the register, they just keep it!This is a great movie, and a great idea for how to make a lot of money by pretending you work in a gas station. This is something everybody should do.4 stars.

whatdoes1know Someone said: China's king of action, Japan's king of horror, and Korea's king of comedy. I said, what? and watched ATTACK THE GAS STATION. MY GOD WAS I WRONG! KOREA EARNS THE TITLE ALL THE WAY! I thought SHAOLIN SOCCER was hilarious. I thought, er, no Japanese comedies come to mind--oh, yes, SHALL WE DANCE was hilarious (back then), but nothing beats ATTACK THE GAS STATION in pure lunatic fun!! It's like watching JACKASS:THE MOVIE, with a plot that's really good and unpredictable!!If you claim to be PUNK, watch this movie.If you've got HOT BLOOD in your veins, watch this movie.If you've got FRIENDS who'll back you ALL THE WAY, this movie's about you!If you're an ANARCHIST, you're gonna wet your pants and scream with JOY! IF Someone's p***ing you OFF right now in your LIFE, this movie is your THERAPY!!!ATTACK!! ATTACK!!

Puke Bag Taking a single location and having all this chaos erupt turns Attack the Gas Station! into one of the more entertaining foreign films to come out in a long time. With many surreal and absurdist moments, the film is hilarious to boot, while offering some insight into Korean culture.Unfortunately, much of the humour doesn't translate properly, while many of the cultural nuances will be lost on a non-Korean audience member. Although Ddan-Ra being chastized for drinking Pepsi and supporting American companies, while he defends himself because the Pepsi logo vaguely resembles the mark on the South Korean flag, should be understood by most.After a conversation with a person more versed in Korean culture, it is easy to see how much gets lost on the non-Korean viewer. The four central characters, set up as a group of tough-guys, play elementary school games during their seige of the gas station (the syllable game, the paper-scissors-rock variant, etc.). While amusing, they don't hold much resonance for a non-Korean viewer, but for a Korean viewer, are much easier to identify with.Sadly, Sang-Jin Kim's follow-up, "Kick the Moon", lacks much of the absurdism and satire of AtGS, instead punching up the level of violence.