Short film promoting Crossfire’s re-launch stars Miss A and 2PM, is ridiculous

Last month, we took a look at a new commercial, starring K-pop acts Miss A and 2PM, that heralded Crossfire‘s return to South Korea after having been shut down last year along with a major update coming to both the Korean and Chinese versions. That update is now here — read this post to watch it in action — but it’s nothing compared to the full-length version of that commercial we saw last month, which has now been released in all of its over-the-top glory.

If you can’t read the subtitles here, don’t worry. The “plot” mostly concerns the various pop stars being assigned different roles in a new battle against an “enemy” that never shows up onscreen. No, the words don’t matter: you’re here for the cliched shots, the cheap special effects, and the absurd conceit that a bunch of attractive pop stars would go to war against a concrete wall in skimpy outfits and full makeup.

Unfortunately, the actual game itself doesn’t seem to be nearly as shiny or exciting as the promotional video: