Product Details

• Actors: Chang Jung Lim, Ji-won Ha, Seong-guk Choi, Chae-yeong Yu, Min Jung
• Directors: Je-gyun Yun
• Writers: Je-gyun Yun
• Producers: Ho-seung Lee, Ji-seung Lee
• Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Original recording remastered, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: Korean (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), Korean (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Subtitles: English, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: Unrated
• Studio: Panik House
• DVD Release Date: March 28, 2006
• Run Time: 96 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000EHT5N2
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #64,242 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
Sex Is Zero is to South Korea what Porky's, American Pie, and Fast Times at Ridgemont High are to the United States. The Korean film has all the classic elements of a sex comedy: gratuitous breast shots, unusual use of bodily fluids, and a plot that's secondary to the physical comedic skills of the actors. Eun-Sik (Chang Jung Lim) is a 28-year-old sad sack of a college student. Though he's served in the military and is a skilled martial artist, he's insecure and socially inept. He accidentally wolfs down a sandwich made from rat poison and fried, um, sticky fluids (courtesy of his bizarre roommates). He ingests a drugged beverage intended to make women frisky. And when part of his dinner lands on a pin-up poster, what's a guy to do but lick it off? The highest-grossing comedy in South Korea, Sex Is Zero is slowed down with some drama that doesn't ring true. When the girl of his dreams suffers from a complicated abortion (after an affair with the selfish campus playboy), Eun-Sik matures into a caregiver--a role that is out of context for him in this movie. --Jae-Ha Kim

Product Description
Very few comedies have grossed over one hundred million dollars at the box office, but those that have are absolute classics: Animal House, Porky's, There's Something About Mary, American Pie and Sex Is Zero! You never knew they made comedies in Korea? Well now you'll never forget! This film out performed Titanic 3 to 1 in its homeland - eventually becoming the highest grossing Korean comedy of all time. Ever wondered what Fast Times At Ridgemont High would have been if directed by the Farrelly Brothers? Wonder no more! This hysterical Asian import has a decidedly American sense of humor that will have you rolling on the floor just in time for spring break.

•Available for the first time in North America

• Completely Re-Mastered Video & Audio with over 100 minutes of Bonus Materials

• Behind-The-Scenes Featurette

• EnglishAudio Commentary with Mike McPadden & Mr. Skin of The Howard Stern Show

• Spanish Audio Commentary with Jesus "Pelos" Olvera of Al Borde

• I Lost It In The Locker Room - an exclusive booklet by Mike McPadden, detailing the history of the Teen Sex Comedy

• Optional English and Spanish Subtitles

• Deleted Scenes & Outtakes

• Poster Art and Still Galleries

• Theatrical Trailers

• Separate Bilingual Menus in English & Spanish

• Foil Embossed Package Comes with a Free Sticker

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Korean "American Pie", March 21, 2006

By	GR8STUFFZ (HB, CA USA) - See all my reviews

Saw this film few years ago.. Just like the title, this is pretty much the Korean version of "american pie" except it's 5 times funnier. Hopefully nothing will be cut out of the US release. Even All my Non-Korean friends still ask me to this day to let them borrow this movie again. Highly recommend this movie

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars It's all protein, August 26, 2006

By	Daitokuji31 (Black Glass) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

Eun-shik seems like a decent, if a bit odd, sort of guy. A 28-year-old freshman, Eun-shik had to delay his entrance into college because of the obligatory military service that all Korean males have to serve and other difficulties. However, with his younger roommates, Eun-shik is able to enjoy the pleasures of college which in this film seem to be limited to smacking the head of the martial arts club with various implements, gawking at pretty girls, and masturbating to his and his roommates large stash of pornography.

Similar to Jason Biggs character in American Pie, Eun-shik is a bit hapless when it comes to striking up conversations with members of the opposite sex. Yet it must be said that he does not aid his cause very well because he tends to find himself in some awkward situations such as standing on a windowsill in his tighty whities, after drinking a medicine that will supposedly give one an erection for three days, with a couple of perverts who seem to enjoy molesting girls on subways and jerking off at any given opportunity, while hiding in closets watching people have sex and at gymnastic events.

The main object of Eun-shik's affection, or lust, is the gorgeous Lee Eunhyo, played by Ha Ji-won, who seems to acquire a bit of affection for Eun-shik after she kicks him in the balls and sends him to the hospital. This incident also leads to Eun-shik's martial arts club being able to share a room with the gymnastics club where the sultry Kim Ji-won rules the roost. Eventually Eun-shik and three of his friends take out Eunhyo and three of her friends, but while his three friends make "progress" with their dates, Eun-shik seems to be losing Eunhyo to Sung-ok, the university's big man on campus and Ji-won's boyfriend. However, for Eunhyo, even though Eun-shik leaves a lot to be desired, maybe in the long run he would have been the better choice.

Similar to Jung Cho-sin's Wet Dreams 1 and 2, Sex is Zero is filled with some very low brow humor, such as the consumption of semen in soup and fried form and a very sloppy kiss that starts before a drunk girl has finished emptying the contents of her stomach, but unlike the two films above there is quite a bit more skin. With the exception of Ha Ji-won each supporting actress bares her breasts with the actress showing a bit more. While some of these bits can be quite humorous such as when one girl gets stuck in "the wrong hole" there is one scene in which the guy unbuttons the top of a passed out drunk girl feels her up amongst other things. While meant to be humorous this scene was a bit uncomfortable especially after the girl wakes up and the guy blames her for coming on to him. They stopped at a hotel because she had a bad headache from drinking too much.

In addition to the scatological humor which is so gross at points that it is not amusing, Sex is Zero falls into the trap of many other comedies and tries to take itself too seriously in the last third of the film. If it had been left as a sex comedy the film might have been more tolerable, but the last third of the film divulges too much from its beginning to be taken seriously.

If one is looking for eye candy one will find it in abundance in this film, but if one is looking solely for a light, if a bit raunchy, comedy then there are better ones to be found.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally a great Sex Comedy!, May 18, 2006

By	B. Murray "javierw" (Aachen, NRW Germany) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I watched Sex is Zero again last night and remember how good it was,
with all the awful comedies coming out of Hollywood right now, this is
a breath of fresh air. I remember the first thing I heard from this
movie was that it was the Korea's American Pie, but for my taste Sex
is Zero is much better. You get all gags a sex comedy should have plus
more. If you are a fan of Asian Cinema you know they like to throw
dramatic twists even in comedies and Sex is Zero is not the exception.
For example, let's say the do an Action comedy in Hong Kong like Rush
Hour, near the end one of the 2 main characters is going to die, that
throws a punch to the viewer out of nowhere, some people hate that and
others like me love it, enough of Hollywood endings. Not that I'm
saying anybody dies in this movie, this one is a Sex Comedy, not and
Action movie.
Ha Ji Won plays the lead female character, she is a sweetheart, before
watching this I saw her in a Horror movie called Nightmare, she is my
favorite Korean actress, last movie I saw her in is Duelist, you
should look for that movie too, is one of the best pieces of
cinematography I've ever seen.
Im Chang Jung plays the lead male character and he does a great job,
the guy is really funny and also shows he can act when he has to.
I got both the Korean DVD and the US DVD, both are great, but I got
the US DVD because the extra material comes also with subtitles, one
thing that the Korean release doesn't have, plus it also has a very
entertaining commentary track by mrskin, he had a lot to comment since
they didn't went shy on the nudity factor. Hope they keep releasing
Korean movies with this quality in the US.
So don't wait until Sex is Zero is remake by some money hungry studio,
do yourself a favor and watch it now, you wont be disappointed.