Remember the 1987 high-school comedy classic THREE O' CLOCK HIGH? It seems the makers of SEE YOU AFTER SCHOOL do, as the plot is exactly the same: a new boy in school accidentally tangles with school bully and is challenged to fight after school, and the rest of the film deals with his increasingly desperate schemes to avoid the fight.
It might be plagiarism, but it still provides a very solid foundation for some good, funny comedy, in the typically "cruel", physically violent, painful style that has become the hallmark of Korean comedies like MY SASSY GIRL, ATTACK THE GAS STATION and SAVE THE GREEN PLANET. The horrors of school are mined effectively in a film that will have universal appeal, both to fans of Korean cinema, and fans of the 1980s high-school comedies that Hollywood used to churn out.
