The Roundup: No way out (4 Stars)

This is the eighth film in the Stuttgart Fantasy Film Festival.

It's the third film in the Korean Crime City series, starring Don Lee as the hard hitting Detective Ma. He's an ex-boxer who's joined the police force, and his crime-fighting style is to hit first and ask questions later. Most of the fight scenes made me laugh. Don reminds me of Bud Spencer, which I say as a great compliment.

The story is about the appearance of a new drug on the streets of Korea. It was originally imported from Japan, but now it's being manufactured cheaper in Korea, so the Japanese yakuza wants to buy large quantities from the secret Korean factories.

Detective Ma wants to break up the drug production, but he's hindered by a corrupt Korean policeman who's making money from the deals.

The plot goes to and fro, sometimes difficult to follow, although everything is clear at the end. The film is really just an excuse for a series of exaggerated fight scenes. Whenever Ma hits a criminal, he flies across the room. But I love it. I need to buy the first two parts.