Centre Forward
Centre Forward
| 30 January 1978 (USA)
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In-Son is a young benchwarmer with aspirations of breaking into the first team, which is littered with established stars. The opening game of the season hands him his opportunity, but his lack of experience coupled with the expectation of the crowd leave him with little success on the pitch. The side loses, forcing the manager and the team back to the drawing board.

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Kattiera Nana

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

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Cubussoli

Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

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CommentsXp

Best movie ever!

Joanna Mccarty

Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

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blumdeluxe

"Chunganggonggyoksu" tells the story of a young soccer player who learns that he has to train his hardest to become a key player for his team and make his people proud.The film would be boring but still okay if it wasn't for the very questionable moral that's being established. Working hard is surely something you have to do, realistically, to become a professional athlete in any sport but not to the point where players have breakdowns and are more or less reanimated on the field. Also if this is how they react and how desperate they are after losing a single game I'd rather not see what happens after a more serious crisis. The propaganda in this Northern Korean title is definetly there but it is still on a level where it isn't too aggressive or in the center of attention. The acting is actually quite nice and could have been the fundament of a better movie.All in all this would be an acceptable film wasn't it for the very inhuman standards that are being promoted here. This way, I can't really focus on the story or anything to save a higher rating that would have been possible.

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Leofwine_draca

CENTRE FORWARD is a short and to the point North Korean film that tackles the subject of football. In it, a struggling team are put through their paces by their coach, who demands the very best from them through a series of gruelling training exercises. Is he demanding too much, or will the team finally prevail against the opposition?This is a very slight and slender film whose low budget is apparent through both the short running time and the black and white cinematography. As a sports film it's acceptable enough, with some workable football sequences and plenty of the usual emoting you'd expect from a film like this. The acting is assured and, being a North Korean movie, there are the usual propaganda songs that praise the motherland and the great leader. Not one of the country's classics, but CENTRE FORWARD works fine all the same as a piece of social documentation.

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Uriah43

Having sat on the bench of an undefeated soccer team, a young player by the name of "In Son" (In Son Cha) finally gets to play in front of a national audience—and he causes the team to lose. Yet, although he is terribly depressed, he continues to work hard and this inspires the "coach" (Tae-su Pak) to implement a rigorous training schedule for all of the other players as well. Unfortunately, the new practice regimen is not very popular with the players and this creates a tremendous amount of pressure, not just upon the coach, but upon those in senior management positions as well. Now rather than detail any more of the story and risk ruining the movie for those who haven't seen it I will just say that for a relatively unknown film--from a country not renowned for its motion picture industry--this particular sports-drama wasn't too bad. Naturally, as one might expect from a film produced in North Korea, there are several strands of propaganda that crop up from time to time. But if the viewer can disregard them then there is a chance that this film can offer some entertainment value just the same. Slightly above average.

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