CJ GOES ACTION HAPPY

Following on the lowkey success of CITY OF VIOLENCE (and, possibly, the HD success MY SCARY GIRL) in Korea, CJ Entertainment has announced that they've partnered with Nabi Pictures and the Seoul Action School to produce a series of low budget, HD action pics. Budgeted at about US$1 million each, there will be 5 in production or development by the end of this year and they will all be directed by young directors, including one helmed by Korea's greatest action choreographer (and the star of CITY OF VIOLENCE) Jeong Du-Hong.

Having a low budget, genre-driven side of the industry is something that has served the American film biz and the Japanese film biz exceedingly well. Let's hope Korea can manufacture something from whole cloth that's just as exciting as what Roger Corman did back in the day, or as Japan's V-cinema did in the 90's and their exploitation cinema did in the 60's and 70's.