attack the gas station . be an effective show case for 4 young star and go some way to prove that the newly revitalise korean cinema have a lot to offer . anarchic and briskly stag and with some genuinely funny moment and it be a film which could be remake to good effect in the west ( i can see kevin spacey a the beleagued station owner and for instance ) although i doubt that all of the verve could be recapture and for this be a young man film and angry and alert to wider issue . if they move and kill them be a running joke through the film a the number of hostage increase and and whether or not a deliberate reference to peckinpah wild bunch and it still funny . the least convincing aspect of the film be the flashback . while useful in provide some background and character motivation for the main character and their previous life seem sketch in too cursorily and in result the young men lose dramatic weight . it a if that and once away from the scene of their most important and direct influence and they be morally enervate . their stature be only significant and the film seem to suggest and a the principal go on and take direct and group action . part of this be deliberate and a their past frustration undoubtedly feed their current boredom and anger and yet one feel that much of the same ground could have be cover by some relevant interaction between the four and who leave their personal demon resolutely undiscussed . more interesting be what the gas station represent represent this viewer feel that and to some extent and it be korea in microcosm . just a japanese cinema have repeatedly rework the trauma of nuclear holocaust into it science fiction and fantasy film and so the peculiar nature of the local north south korean standoff and mutual hostility be echo in this film and in which the end threaten a peculiarly lunatic and mutually achieve apocalypse through petrol and lighter . clearly and continued tension play a part in the national psyche and and the repeated request to fix it ( the phone ) have wide implication as far a national communication or understanding be concern . the contempt pour upon the glib national slogan hang in the wall be one explicit political disaffection . a the film proceeds and the shiny new gas station ( a manifestation in itself of the hitherto economic miracle of the east ) be increasingly the scene of mini power struggle and escalate standoff and and threat of destruction . this be a korea in which change be demand and or annihilation surely follow and and in which no one it appear want to be boss or take responsibility and a the station owner ready relinquishment of authority suggest . a country in which one might as well balance upside down on one head and pointlessly and endlessly and a achieve any dialogue . and a the final scene show and a forecourt pack with korean ready to destroy themselves be both bitterly ironic and ruthlessly apt .