Paul Magne Haakonsen "Saekjeuk shigong" (aka "Sex is Zero") is the South Korean equivalent of "American Pie" in my ways, for better or worse. I must admit that I found "Saekjeuk shigong" to be far more enjoyable than the aforementioned American movie.I watched "Saekjeuk shigong" for the first time during the mid-2000's, and I remember enjoying it back then. So when I got a chance to return to it in 2017, I did not hesitate."Saekjeuk shigong" is very much still an enjoyable movie, one that still has good appeal and still proves to be funny in many aspects.The scene where the law student spontaneously break out in song still cracks me up to the brink of tears. It is just so oddly out of place and hilarious, and the actor looks so amazingly funny while doing that scene. And the scene with the vomiting and kissing is a timeless classic, it is one of those scenes that makes you go "aawwww no, that just didn't happen!"There is an abundance of funny situations, hilarious characters and awkward dialogue in the movie, which all works out well together for a great movie. Some of the scenes and situations will have you curling your toes in disbelief, while others will have you laying flat down from laughing hard.The cast ensemble is good, and they managed to get a group of greatly talented actors and actresses on board for this project. I initially got around to find the movie because I like the talent of Ji-won Ha. And if you are familiar with South Korean movies, then you will see a handful of familiar faces in the movie, in bigger or smaller roles."Saekjeuk shigong" and its sequel stands out in the South Korean comedy scene, because of the sexual tones and concept of the story. And it was refreshing to see a South Korean director branch out to embrace this. And I must say that director and writer JK Youn accomplished this task with perfection.If you enjoy a good comedy that thrives on below-the-belt comedy and delivers hilarious situations with sexual tones, then you definitely have to watch "Saekjeuk shigong". This is a very entertaining comedy that can be watched multiple times.

Desertman84 Sex Is Zero is a South Korean film written and directed by Yoon Je- kyoon, starring Lim Chang-jung, Ha Ji-won and Yoo Chae-yeong. The film follows the exploits of a group of college students, which eventually takes a serious turn.College student Eun-shik and his efforts to impress a Junior student Eun-hyo. He has a habit of finding himself in somewhat awkward situations that often embarrass him and sabotage his attempts to impress her. After mandatory military service for 2 years, he transferred to National University where he plans to major in Law. While she is an aspiring national aerobic athlete. She first noticed him as an awkward weirdo, in college canteen while he stares at her tightly clasped thighs protruding from lower mini-skirt. With a mischievous intention, she then spreads her legs in a jerk, and a glimpse of her white underwear made him throw his meal out of his mouth. Since then their awkward encounters follow. Although she sympathizes with his one- sided love, she eventually picked one of the hottest guy in college, Sangok, who is an apple of every girl eyes. While having a relationship with another aerobic athlete, he spent one night with her, which leads them to accidental pregnancy stage. As a typical rich spoiled brat, he only offered money to abort the pregnancy. What happens next is a series of comedy and adventure as the leads try to make decisions to the dilemma they are currently facing. It is one of the best of the sex comedies I have ever seen in world cinema.Definitely,it is a classic Korean sex comedy. It is not for everyone!!! Obviously,this sex comedy is not for the weak-hearted!!!

Dengarr Really cool intro that gets you into the whole humor thing. The whole movie is based on the same kind of stuff you'd expect from American Pie... but its just way better! No hyped movie, just plain fun!The film style is really nice, great camera work on the intro and it even has a good message to all the egocentric people who don't think about stuff happening after making love.We always have movie nights at our place and this movie just made the evening :), normally its just watching movies and just paying attention while not really watching a movie but this flick different. Even now (2 months later) my friends still talk about it when we have a movie night.Overall a great movie, Perfect for a movie night with friends! Just go check it out when ever you feel like a comedy movie!Tom, 5 November 2005 (1:47)

Brian Thibodeau SEX IS ZERO (2002): Raunchy comedy/drama starring pop idol Lim Chang-jung (see JAKARTA) as a hapless college schlub who falls for Miss Popularity, who conveniently happens to be dating the biggest prick on campus and is therefore blind to Lim's hopeless overtures until she gets knocked up and beaten silly by her embarrassed mother. Often feels like an idealized male-centric filmization of the director's unrequited college romance, except that here the dream girl is made to suffer unspeakable anguish before she wises up to the man who really cares about her (a made-for-the-movies conceit if ever there was one). The dramatic scenes are uncommonly powerful, but they seem almost too heavy in places for a comedy that tries so hard to be base. You may never look at bread or frying pans the same way, though. UNBELIEVABLE FACT: if you watch the making of doc on the Korean DVD, you'll learn that the scene where a secondary female character throws up on her date WAS NOT FAKED. Man, talk about suffering for your craft: the girl downs two full 1.5 Litre bottles of water, mixed with one cup instant noodle soup and voila! Real barf! Which the actor then has to enjoy while he kisser her in the same take. Probably the most f'd-up thing I've ever seen in all my years of movie watching.