Film Review – K-Pops

Anderson .Paak is a musician who’s been working on his craft since he was a teenager, achieving some degree of success in the music industry. He uses such history to help inform “K-Pops,” which marks his directorial debut (also scripting with Khaila Amazan), using elements of his life to inspire a dramedy about a man with a recording dream finding a different kind of education when he encounters his son during a career-making stay in South Korea. It’s not an original tale of understanding and bonding, but .Paak tries to give the endeavor a defined sense of culture and character, helping to move the material away from straight formula. “K-Pops” isn’t going to stun, but .Paak goes easy on the senses with the movie, searching for some laughs and tenderness, while music also plays a significant part in the effort, keeping the feature moving along when a stale sense of drama threatens to slow it to a full stop. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com