'Tazza' series marks the end of a 20-year journey. Tazza: The Song of Beelzebub (directed by Choi Guk-hee) promises a new contest with a story and world completely different from the previous three films and is targeting this Chuseok's box office.
Tazza: The Song of Beelzebub is the fourth and final work in the 'Tazza' series. If part 1 Tazza, part 2 Tazza: The Hand of God, and part 3 Tazza: One-Eyed Jack built a worldview that continued through characters and incidents, this film boldly severs that link and starts as an independent story. It distinguishes itself by allowing audiences who haven't seen the previous films to enjoy the movie with the new story alone.
Above all, this time the game itself has changed. Instead of hwatu, poker is put front and center, and the setting, which had been confined to Seoul in the previous series, is expanded to Japan and Vietnam. Jang Tae-young (Byun Yo-Han), who succeeded in the online casino business, and his close friend with the same name, Park Tae-young (Roh Jae Won), who took everything from him, stand at the center to unfold a powerful story of friendship, betrayal and revenge.
The original author Heo Yeong also showed special affection for the final story the 'Tazza' series brought out after 20 years. Heo Yeong named 'Tazza' part 4, "The Song of Beelzebub," as his favorite story among his series. Director Choi Dong-hoon, who directed part 1, also once said that the story was so fun and tense that there was talk of making part 4 first.
As the story praised by those who made the series finally unfolds on the screen, the scale is also unprecedented. Against a global gambling backdrop that crosses Korea, Japan and Vietnam, heavyweights from each country gather in one place, and 11 actors including Byun Yo-Han and Roh Jae Won, as well as Jo Woo-jin, Yoon Kyung-ho, Ihara Tsuyoshi, Hong Dao, Kim Min-ho, Lim Se-mi, Stephanie Lee, Moon Ji-hoon and Miyoshi Ayaka join to bolster the film.
After the preview screening, praise continued that the film is immersive even without links to previous works. Actual viewers reacted with comments such as "a film that makes you lose track of time; the development and twists are amazing," "a crime-entertainment film you can enjoy even if you know nothing about poker," "an independent pleasure that doesn't matter if you haven't seen the series," and "a film that feels the young blood we haven't seen in a while," raising expectations.
In particular, the new material of poker, the vast gambling scene that crosses borders, and the revenge of two men who turned from friends into enemies combine to promise a different kind of fun from the existing 'Tazza' series. The symbolism of being the final chapter of a series that has lasted 20 years adds to the interest in what kind of contest will mark the end of the epic.
Tazza: The Song of Beelzebub is a crime film in which Jang Tae-young, who seemed to have the world after succeeding in the online Big Bet business, and his close friend with the same name, Park Tae-young, who took everything from him, meet again on a global gambling stage and engage in a final game of revenge. The final story of Heo Yeong's original comic series, Tazza: The Song of Beelzebub, opens on the 23rd.
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