I just finished watching AtGS, and am trying to get a handle on what the heck I just saw. The movie takes place over a single night, and is a "funny" hostage drama of sorts. While billed as a comedy, I'm guessing a lot of the humor will be lost on non-Korean audiences. It's a very odd film.The plot has been discussed in detail here, but to sum up, four bored, disaffected youth vandalize a gas station, and a month later return to hijack it and extort money from the patrons. If someone annoys the young punks, they are added to the ever-growing list of hostages being held in a back room. One man, Mad Dog (Bulldozer) watches over them with a club. Various characters are played off each other, and we get a bit of back story on each of our heroes (?) while waiting for the inevitable gang vs police climax.It's a bizarre film, and while quite silly and rarely serious, I never found the slapstick humor amusing. It's hard to wring humor out of old men and women being terrorized by wanna-be thugs, even if the victims are unsympathetic. The 4 attackers's motivations are never really explained; we're supposed to believe that their random, violent actions are a way of rebelling against a rigid, authoritarian society that marginalizes their talents. Yet this explanation is unconvincing, and the viewer is left with a hodgepodge of amusing scenes that don't cut it as a 110 minute movie.Attack the Gas Station is a fast-paced, energetic film, but it fails as both an action film and as a comedy, so I'm not really sure how to recommend it. If you're a fan of Korean films, dark humor, and goofy characters, it may be worth a look. Overall, a sub-par film with a few good unexplored ideas.

Its been a while since I've commented on IMDb, the only excuse I have for that is that no film in the past year or two has moved me, or even made me want to comment at all on here.Well I'm back at it and might I say its an uplifting return. "Attack the Gas Station" by Kim Sang-Jin was above and beyond what I expected for a pick off the blockbuster wall. This film takes you from the beginning all the way to the end, at first you really don't like these protagonist, but near the end you want to join their gang.Anarchy is an understatement here, The film centers around 4 guys who have all grown a grudge with society for one reason or another, and one night decide to take it out on a little gas station and the enviorment around that station.This film is awesome, and if you really want to have a good time(Laugh, Root, and Edge of your seat action) WATCH THIS MOVIE.... out of a possible 10, I give it a sparkling DIME!Don't know what took me so long to watch this film, but it was sure worth the wait.

I've seen a good variety of Korean movies but this ranks among the worst I've seen. The story (without spoilers)...4 young Korean guys rob a local gas station for fun. Some time afterwards the guys get bored and decide to rob the same station a second time. This time around the owner has hidden the money, so the gang decide to capture the staff and work at the station to get money.And so the comedy ensues. Or not. The four central characters somehow all manage to act badly and be annoying throughout the movie. Seong-jin Kang is incessantly flicking his hair around and stomping around. Sung-jae Lee is pouting moodily or chewing on invisible gum. Oh-seong Yu has at least half an hours screen time where he does nothing but shout at the characters to kneel with their heads on the floors. Ji-tae Yu is unconvincing as 'Paint'.The inherent pointlessness & stupidity of the storyline makes the movie completely un-enjoyable. Why does the station not have any alarms, video cameras or security? Why do the hostages not put up any resistance against the criminals? Why is the music so embarrassingly 80's when this film is made in the late 90's?Attack The Gas Station reminds me vaguely of 'Airheads', which may or may not be a compliment. If you've contributed to this movie's 7.1 IMDb rating you really should be ashamed of yourself. Let's recommend good movies for fellow IMDb users.

"Attack the Gas Station" (Juyuso seubgyuksageun) is an exuberant, anarchic tour de force from post-punk Korean director Sang-Jin Kim (Gangster Lessons, Kick the Moon). These four kids who are really strong just kick the crap out of a gas station, and then they hold the staff hostage and spend the rest of the day running the place. But instead of putting the money in the register, they just keep it!This is a great movie, and a great idea for how to make a lot of money by pretending you work in a gas station. This is something everybody should do.4 stars.