Product Details

• Actors: Hyuk Jang, Min-a Shin, Su-ro Kim, Sang-woo Kwone, Hyo-jin Kong
• Directors: Tae-gyun Kim
• Writers: Tae-gyun Kim, Dong-heon Seo
• Producers: Anant Singh, Brian Cox, Celia Hamel, Cheol-gyu Kang, Hyo-Jung Kim
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: Korean
• Subtitles: English, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: 20th Century Fox
• DVD Release Date: March 22, 2005
• Run Time: 120 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0006UEVRC
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #56,185 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Volcano High" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Like a jump-spinning roundhouse kick to the side of your head, VOLCANO HIGH will smash to pieces everything you thought an MTV movie could be. In a wild high school setting, the kick-ass martial arts action explodes as rival sports teams go at it kung-fu style. With mind-blowing special effects, a hip-hop soundtrack and an impressive cast of celebrity voices including André 3000, Lil' Jon, Snoop Dogg, Method Man and Mya, this film will keep your pulse racing. Brace yourself, Grasshopper.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One side crap - other side great, May 20, 2005

By 

Kung Fu Fanatic "Dean" (Indiana) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Volcano High (DVD)

The first side of this movie has the 80 minute American MTV version dubbed by rappers and the like - and is quite honestly crap. It is supposedly the directors cut - but the way it is cut changes the original storyline and is confusing especially if you have seen the original.

There are three cuts of Volcano High the original Korean version
(122 min) the International version(100 min) then the American version (abt 80 min). If you flip the disk over it does contain
the original Korean version(with Eng subtitles) this does redeem
the movie to some extent.

The basic plot stays the same in all three movies a good boy with supernatural powers who has been kicked out of 8 or 9 high schools gets one last chance at Volcano High where everyone
in the school knows martial arts and is after a secret manuscript.

my recommendation is for the International version of the movie
(it is not too fast -nor too slow) then the original version
then lastly the American version.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Fun movie, good picture/sound, stupid CC Subtitles, March 23, 2005

By 

Edward A. Kim - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Volcano High (DVD)

If you're in the mind for a over-the-top, crazed, charged, genre-bending action-comedy movie, then VOLCANO HIGH is a good choice. It has great energy and interesting performances from the stars. The anamorphic picture is quite good and the sounds is very good. It is really nice to have the original Korean movie, as i find the MTV version nearly unwatchable, but the real annoyance here is that the english subtitles are CC english subtitles, which means there are things like, "[Thinking]" or "[Rumbling]" that show up in teh subtitles, which are just too irritating.

4 stars for the movie
-1 star for the bad subtitling.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars No, it's not a rapper/gangster movie!, March 30, 2005

By 

A. Tow (Canada) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Volcano High (DVD)

I don't know why they have Hip Hop stars adorning and overpowering the DVD cover. They are not even in the film they just do the english audio and soundtrack. Maybe they thought that would attract north american movie buyers. Anyways if you look closely at the tiny images at the top of the cover you will see the fine young korean actors.

This is a cool "Korean" kick-ass fantasy film in the veins of "Dragon Ball Z". You can watch it with english subtitles and the original korean audio track and you still be blown away.