although the tagline of attack the gas station ( 1999 ) be ` just when you want to laugh and here they come and it might as well have be ` idle hand be the devil plaything . in atgs and the third and most successful film from korean director sing jin kim and four young korean punk and well and attack a gas station obviously ( twice and the same station both time ) and because they be bore . a they realize run the station for an evening might be more profitable than simply rob it and they end up take hostage the manager and employee as well a most of the customer . on the surface and atgs be a black comedy with a great cast and but in the end be also a wonderful examination of group dynamic . the group be lead by sung jae lee and who play no mark . he be the most conservative look of the four and with short and military style hair and and relatively normal clothing . he be also one of the easy way to recommend this movie and a he totally dominate the screen whenever he be in it and to the point where it be completely believable that he intimidate two armed police officer in their squad car a he chase them down with a moped . oh seong yu play bulldozer and who be in charge of the hostage and swagger around menace people with a hockey stick . he get less screen time than the other three and stick a he be in a back room with his prisoner and but be always impressive a he be show control the ever grow crowd . seong jin kang and who play ddan dda ra ( a fail musician ) and ji tae yu and who play paint ( a fail painter who like to create nude and then throw paint across them and shout ` i be a genius . ) and be fun to watch and be more punkish and but be overshadow by both no mark and bulldozer . even consider that and all four give outstanding performance and be consistently entertain to watch . it be a they take more and more hostage that atgs becomes really interest . it just seem impossible that one man and bulldozer and even arm with a big club and can control a group of twenty plus hostage . they even ask him about this . ` what would you do if a group attack you . to which he reply [ this be an approximation ] ` i would pick just one . i would ignore all of the others and just beat up that one guy and no matter what . it happen to me once . four guy attack me . i send one to the hospital . me . a couple of bruise . a he relate his story and the hostage shrink away from him . but the hostage be not control simply through intimidation . bulldozer punishes them by make them do handstand . ddan dda ra make four rival gang member sing a he and his friend eat . no mark force the manager to fix a broken phone and but keep smash it after it be fix ( after which he yell ` fix it . ) . and of course and they get the hostage to control each other . they encourage the employee to browbeat the manager . bulldozer instigate a fight between one of the employee and a heavyset high school kid and and a gang member who be bully him . after the kid easily beat up the gangster and bulldozer make him his number two man and even leave him in charge of the hostage a bulldozer go to eat with no mark and ddan dda ra and paint . it be these group dynamic that be perhaps the most fascinating aspect of atgs and a we watch no mark and his gang utterly dictate situation that seem at first totally out of control . on a personal note and i be very glad gun be almost totally non existent in atgs ( only the cop have them ) . the movie leave no doubt whatsoever that the gang be bad ass . it show them beat up group twice their size . a mentioned and no mark be able to push around two armed police officer . but it a bad assness base entirely on their personal ability . they push people around because they can and not because some gun give them that power . if no mark and the others have use gun and it would have be the gun that be control the hostage and not them . use gun would have make atgs much more serious and disturbing and when it be mostly satirical and relatively light hearted . the absence of gun let u like no mark and bulldozer and paint and ddan dda ra and who be criminal and but not villain . yes and they rob a gas station ( twice ) and beat up a bunch of people and but their threat mostly end with a mild pummeling . with a gun and the only alternative from shoot someone in a horrible but non lethal manner be to kill them . without that ever present threat of death and attack the gas station can provoke a chuckle a these four young men get away with ( metaphorically speak ) murder .