Harry Potter meets The Matrix at a Korean boarding school where everyone's got beef and chi blasts.
Kim is expelled from his eighth school and finds himself at Volcano High where students fight to possess a treasured ancient document. Kim, who must resist from using his Chi, is caught in the middle.
Stunts
Wire-work so excessive it becomes its own comedy genre.
Production
Rain-soaked corridors and neon that scream early 2000s Korea.
Acting
Jang Hyuk's smoldering restraint vs. everyone else's screaming.
Director
Kim Tae-gyun
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Volcano High arrived at the peak of Korea's early 2000s youth film boom, when studios were desperately chasing the crossover magic of Shiri and Joint Security Area.
The film was originally conceived as a much darker martial arts drama; studio interference pushed it toward slapstick comedy, explaining its wild tonal whiplash.
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