A former arm-wrestling champion raised in the U.S. returns to South Korea for a tournament that could return him to glory, but he finds his life complicated by the appearance of the biological family he never knew.
Acting
Don Lee's surprisingly vulnerable beefy dad performance.
Practical Effects
Actual arm-wrestling technique, no fake CGI here.
Director
Kim Yong-wan
Ma Dong-seok
Mark
Kwon Yul
Jin-ki
Han Ye-ri
Soo-jin
Choi Seung-hoon
Joon-hyung
Ok Ye-rin
Joon-hee
Son Sook
Mark's Mother
John D. Michaels
Fight Announcer
Carson Allen
Announcer
Lee Kyu-ho
Punch
Derek Chouinard
Club Goer
No Ji-yoo
Exhibition Hall Reporter
Yang Hyun-min
Yoo Chang-soo
Nam Yeon-woo
Team Leader Kim
Kang Shin-hyo
Combo
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Don Lee (Ma Dong-seok) trained for months with real arm-wrestling pros; his physical dominance is entirely authentic.
The film subtly critiques Korean diaspora identity—Mark's broken Korean and American bravado make him an outsider to both worlds he straddles.
KR
