Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Moderate
- irreverent
- witty
- chaotic
- late night viewing
- cult movie night
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The quartet's takeover of the Seoul gas station concentrates customers, employees, gang members, and police pressure in one volatile setting.
The youths' robbery, hostage-taking, and staged fights turn their grievances against society into spectacle.
The manager is forced to sing, complaining customers are kidnapped, and the gas station becomes a stage for mocking social hierarchies.
Employees, customers, street gang members, and the four robbers are pushed into increasingly absurd confrontations.
Films like Attack the Gas Station!, and why
Pulp Fiction
shared anarchic comedy, criminal mischief, and irreverent social satire
The Young Offenders
shared disaffected youth, chaotic crime, and darkly comic violence
Four Rooms
shared hostage comedy, working-class frustration, and escalating absurdity
Movie Details
- Director
- Kim Sang-jin
- Release Date
- 1999-10-02
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Rating
- 6.6 / 10 (120)
Cast
- Lee Sung-jae
- Yu Oh-seong
- Kang Seong-jin
- Yoo Ji-tae
- Park Young-kyu
- Lee Yo-won
- Jung Jun
- Kim Soo-ro
- Cha Seung-won
- Lee Jong-hyuk
Common questions
- What is Attack the Gas Station! about?
- Four alienated Seoul youths turn a gas-station robbery into an anarchic hostage farce aimed at every social grievance they can find.
- What is Attack the Gas Station! like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Attack the Gas Station! as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Attack the Gas Station! violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Attack the Gas Station! as moderate.
- Which films are like Attack the Gas Station!?
- Films with a similar feel include Pulp Fiction, The Young Offenders, and Four Rooms.
- How long is Attack the Gas Station!?
- Attack the Gas Station! runs 113 minutes.
