“Le Grand Chef: Kimchi Battle” is the follow up to 2007’s culinary blockbuster, again based on the manhwa comics by Hur Young Man. With the first film having been a neatly self contained affair, the sequel features an all new cast of chefs and characters, headlined by competing siblings played by popular actress Kim Jung Eun (recently in “Forever the Moment”) and actor Jin Gu, following up his award winning performance in Bong Joon Ho’s superb “Mother”. This time around Baek Dong Hun takes over from director Jeon Yoon Soo, teaming with the original’s co-writer Shin Dong Ik. Kim Jung Eun plays Jang Eun, a female chef from humble beginnings who has spent years working hard for international recognition by creating fusion dishes. She returns home from Japan when a nation kimchi contest is announced, planning to close down her family’s old restaurant as a way of...
- 6/12/2010
- by James Mudge
- Beyond Hollywood
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