DACHIMAWA LEE (2008)

A crazy, frantic Airplane!-style spoof of Korean spy movies from the 1980's, Dachimawa Lee is a short, round-faced Korean James Bond who fights villains with his martial arts and various spy weapons, while at the same time also wooing the various women who fall under his spell, all of whom seem smitten by him.  Here he's out to get the Golden Buddha, a small, cheap statue sprayed gold whose real value lies in the list of Korean secret agents hidden inside; a list the Japanese are determined their hands on.  The film is funny, even laugh-out-loud in spots (the part with the airplane propeller is worthy of an "OMG" moment, alone), but even at 99 minutes it feels a bit long, thanks to a segment in the middle - when Lee gets amnesia - that drags things down a bit.  Nowhere near the frenetic lunacy of Airplane!, but still an enjoyable spoof that fans of the action-spy genre especially should enjoy. (not rated)  B-

DACHIMAWA LEE trailer