Photo: © 2016 Opus Pictures
Split
A gloriously irreverent mash-up of White Men Can’t Jump, Rain Man and Kingpin injected with just the right amount of patented Korean pathos for a surprisingly poignant comedy-cum-sports thriller. Chul-jong (Yoo Ji-tae, Attack the Gas Station) was a bowling ace before a crippling car accident. Now a seedy, cynical hustler, he's in a gambling partnership (not to mention ambiguous relationship) with attractive and tenacious Hee-jin (Lee Jung-hyun, A Petal), who is struggling to pay off massive debts in order to keep her family bowling alley. Enter the devious bowling thugs who threaten both their plans. Everything changes when they discover that a regular patron of the alley is an autistic-savant whose bizarre zen-like methods make him the most indomitable adversary the game has ever seen. They resolutely take him under their wing in order to best the evil competition, save the bowling alley, and score a better future for themselves.