Ara Seong ** I modified this comments.User rating was too lower than it seems. This is advice for how you can enjoy watching it.1. Avoid watching English dubbed version.2. This movie is comedy.(IMDb.com forgot to mention it.) Don't even think about otherwise. It is like Kung Fu Hustle. This movie's proper genres are action, comedy and fantasy.(This movie is based on the comic book.)3. You can enjoy watching Jang hyuk's silly and funny acting. I believe his one of best acting on this movie.This movie was extremely funny like Kung Fu Hustle. If you enjoyed Kung Fu Hustle, you can very much enjoy this movie, too. I don't remember how long ago. When I visited some VCD shop, I saw a lot of times shopkeeper watching this movie. It was that funny movie.My rating - Kung Fu Hustle (8.3/10) - Hwasango (8.9/10)Hwasango was so high rating because I don't need subtitles. It is one of my favourite like Oldboy.*** I just watched again and then I realized that it was a little bit overrated. What I remember the movie was that it was extremely hilarious. And it was hilarious but this time I recognized that action scene(i.e. flying scene) was not really smooth. Maybe, because last time I watched it through VCD so I couldn't recognize. Shaolin soccer also quite same happened.I am not sure what will happen if I Kung Fu Hustle watched it again, probably my rating should less than that.My rating - Siu lam juk kau(Shaolin soccer 7.1),Hwasango(7.5)

allen_medenilla Okay, i have to say, after watching this movie, it was great at first. The different martial artist, the titles, the intro was excellent! yet, with the story line tying into so many characters, it became very redundant. The main character got his ass whooped so much that i figured by the end of the movie, he should have been died. Also to the fact that he was such a freak'n pussy through the movie, i lost so much confidence in him. I wasn't so sure if that was what the writers were going for, but he was such a coward that my expectations were getting really low. In the end, with the fight scence of Ryan Jang guy (strong one i like to call) he finally starts kicking some serious ass besides kicking everyones ass. How come he couldn't do that when the new teachers were dragging his ass into the training hall?! oh gosh and the girl! Please girl, do some more ass kicking. She barely fought through that movie and in the end she stopped talking! Oh boy. Well, i'm sorry, this movie really disappointed me. I rather watch Stephen Chow movies, at least his movie have a much better plot line than some school thinking that it has some amazing students. My grade for the this movie, D +!!

mike paines I can understand why this film splits viewers into those who either love it-to-death or those who despise it. To properly enjoy Volcano High, you will need to relax, loosen up and dig up some old skool memories.Considering this is primarily a fun film, main and periphery characters are well portrayed, and there's a lots of subtle comedy and bombastic drama to keep anyone with a developed sense of humour happy. However, if you love martial arts movies, you will be disappointed - the martial arts is spread pretty thin. Although Volcano High is Korean, it appears to have gone the way of recent Hong Kong kung fu films, in that choreography is either obscured or entirely replaced by CGI effects. However, the special effects and acting are top-notch, Hyuk Jang especially evoking both sniggers and respect. Well made and good fun if you don't take your movie-watching too seriously. If, however, you want something a bit more substantial from Korea, try Musa or Shiri.

ncc1205 VOLCANO HIGH is cool in a way that surpasses cool.Kyeong-su Kim (Hyuk Jang) is a bad student, one who's been shuffled from school to school eight times before as his rebellious nature has forced him to shun any attempt at conformity. However, his ninth school -- Volcano High -- presents a curious dilemma: the teachers have conspired in a pursuit against the principal and the students to acquire the school's Great Manuscript, a document which promises to give its owner the ultimate power in the universe. A scheming vice-principal manages to overpower the principal, but the secrets of the manuscript still elude him. Now, in order to glean the secrets from the pupils -- all of them equipped with their own special gifts -- who know it best, the man brings in a virtual hit squad of teachers: black-leather-trench-coating wearing thugs who'll stop at nothing to instill discipline even at the cost of death.Yes ... Kyeong-su Kim is a bad student, but he's finally found the right school to call 'home.'VOLCANO HIGH owes much to traditional anime as much as it owes to trend-setting films like THE MATRIX. While not completely derivative, it also functions like a kung-fu version of the X-MEN films, assuming that the story focused more on the academy and its students. The special effects -- Kim's unique ability to harness wave energy and manipulate water -- are absolutely top notch, and, arguably, are even better than what comes out of Hollywood for the average science fiction film.Movies like VOLCANO HIGH -- martial arts, action, coming-of-age, supernatural -- are never really about the script. Rather, the story only serves as a vehicle to deliver some reasonably well-founded (or, at least, acceptable) characterizations along with dazzling visual effects. The wire-fu featured in the film (from the opening fight between Kyeong-su and other students all the way until the climactic showdown between right and wrong) is absolutely spectacular, often times encompassing an entire 360-degree effect. Mr. Ma (the most evil teacher) manipulates wave energy, utilizing it to hurl people and objects out of his way, in an entirely convincing fashion. Also, the aforementioned ability of Kyeong-su to capture and control water is nothing short of exceptional.Also, VOLCANO HIGH is the type of motion picture that requires, to a certain extent, leaving your brain at the door. Suspend your disbelief throughout the film, and it's pure visceral fun ... harmless cotton-candy pictures for the young-at-heart. There isn't a deep, meaningful message to the script: this is a battle of good versus evil, and it's fought on terms that the average movie-goer (18 - 35 years old) should revel in.Besides all of that, the last twenty minutes -- a spectacular showdown between Kyeong-su and Mr. Ma hurling energy balls from their fingertips at one another -- will blow your mind.