Product Details

• Actors: Seung-beom Ryu, Hyo-jin Kong, Eun-kyeong Lim, Ji-hye Shin, Kil-Kang Ahn
• Directors: Geun-shik Jo
• Writers: Geun-shik Jo, Hye-joon Lee
• Producers: John Ledford, Mark Williams, Moo-seung Park
• Format: Animated, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC
• Language: Korean
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Adv Films
• DVD Release Date: August 10, 2004
• Run Time: 99 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0002IQF8Q
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #99,773 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Product Description

Joon-pil is a prick. A big one. He drinks, he smokes, and he cusses like a bastard. When he’s not skipping class, he’s slapping around puny little punks and taking their lunch money. Unfortunately, the duties of being the biggest, baddest mofo in school are very time-consuming, leaving no time for study. Joon-pil is also a dumbass. A big one. So when the innocent, yet delightfully feisty, Min-he throws him a hormonal curveball, Joon-pil is ill-prepared to face life’s nastiest little SAT/ACT/TASK test question of all – For love or lunch money? His life, his friends, his reputation: even his lauded position as Master Ruler Awesome of the school are all suddenly at stake. Joon-pil must make a decision – and he must find something in this world that he can actually pass!

Customer Reviews

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow...Unexpected Hilarity!!!, August 18, 2004

By	Vincent Globe "Vince" (CA) - See all my reviews

This Korean live action comedy was definantly a surprise to me. I was totally not expecting much. But this potty-mouthed film had me rolling. Conduct Zero could be best described as the Korean American Pie, only a bit more twisted.

VIDEO:
The DVD is picture perfect with vivid colors and crisp resolution. The special effects in this film were definitely an added bonus and good for a laugh or two. DVD menus were great with gobs of extra features to keep you busy.

AUDIO:
This remasted edition was great. The effects were totally dynamic. Normally I am not a big fan of dubs, especially live action. But, Conduct Zero is a different story. Not only was I fully entertained, but after a while, I forgot I was watching a dub. Great performances combined with meticulous attention to sync really made an impressive difference. Even the soundtrack was well done.

Overall, ADV has truely outdone themselves. Their first venture into Korean live-action was a success. Hopefully there will be more in the future. I just hope that they will turn out as worthy-of-the-original-release as Conduct Zero.


Try it. It's great vulgar fun for the whole family... well, maybe not for grandma.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable foul-mouthed, rude, Corean high school period comedy, November 2, 2008

By	J. Chang (USA) - See all my reviews

Conduct Zero is a Corean high school period comedy. When you stick "high school" with "Corean" and focus on boys, you're very likely going to see a lot of violence, due to the rather violent masculine culture prevalent in Corean boys' high schools in the past. It's important to understand this, as the social hierarchy in Corean boys' high schools in the past was largely built around fighting prowess, with the best fighter being a sort of "king" at the high school. In Conduct Zero, Joong Pil is the king of his high school. He's also vain, slovenly and perhaps a bit stupid, played to excellence by Ryu Seung Wan. Fortunately, rather than being all fighting and drama like the 70's set Once Upon a Time in High School, Conduct Zero is a comedy and a surprisingly entertaining one.

As king of his school, Joong Pil spends much of his time bullying the other students (more annoyingly then maliciously) and extorting money out of them via his and his buddy's "porn drawings" business. The plot begins as Joong Pil encounters the nerdy, but confident, good girl Choi Min Hee and finds himself instantly smitten. Of course, the local tough guy falling for a nice girl only leads to trouble amongst the wolf pack that is high school.

One thing that Conduct Zero does surprisingly well is balance its comedy and drama elements. The comedy veers from totally wacky (especially in the hyperbolic storytelling of the badassery of Joong Pil and, later, his rival) to amusing character-based comedy, primarily centered on Joong Pil's shenanigans and awkward attempts of courtship. The more dramatic elements appear more towards the climax and while the tone is different, the transition is quite smooth. The rest of the well paced running time is filled with enjoyable side characters. In addition to Joong Pil's scheming buddy, the cast includes rather good-natured by guileless nerd as well as the infatuated "queen" of the girl's school and her posse.

The story moves well from one point to the next, thanks to a good script. The period elements, setting in 1980's Corea aren't obtrusive, but they add a certain charm to the film and the art, sets and costumes are solid. The acting is very good and the direction manages to keep its focus well, appropriately and almost invisibly shifting mood and tone to fit the comic or dramatic aspects of the plot. Not every joke works well, though, and there is some culturally specific comedy involved (including a very amusing music reference to the popular animation "Robot Taekwon V"). Speaking of which, the soundtrack is a blend of period music and a surprisingly catchy sampling of 90's era Corean hip-pop. It was largely successful although the score wasn't as memorable.

All in all, Conduct Zero is actually an excellent teen/high school comedy and while it's rougher and dirtier than the average American entry into the genre, its charms are notable and flaws are limited enough to make watching it a surprising treat. Conduct Zero is by no means an end all and be all to the high school comedy, but it's a rather solid entry that deserves to be seen. 8/10.

DVD Note: I watched the US release, distributed by ADV Films, which primarily does anime releases (as you can tell by the long advertisement when you pop in the DVD). The video transfer is fine, but the dubbing, like much of the dubbing by companies in this business is not exactly inspiring. Unfortunately, the Corean language soundtrack only gets a Dolby 2.0 mix, instead of the 5.1 and DTS mixes that are available in its native DVD release. I recommend steering away from the wooden (and poorly mixed) dubbed track and watching it in its original Corean with subtitles.