I just watched this film the other day. Directed by Su-chang Kong, it was touted as the “Blade Runner” of Korean films.

The Good Stuff

This film had some nice special effects without overkill CGI crap..hardly any CGI actually. The fight scenes were pretty good. The cinematography and editing was artistically interesting as well. There was a very creepy vibe to the whole thing that made you want to see more. It was creepy in a more ghostly way and less of the dark industrial cyborg stuff we all came to know in Blade Runner.

The Lame Stuff

My main issue with this movie was that the storyline and dialogue construction was extremely confusing. It was sub-titled BUT I’ve watched many a foreign film - French, German, Russian, Spanish, Korean, Japanese - you name it, but I don’t think there was a language barrier here…it was a communication barrier with the audience. It was almost like watching a movie that had the dialogue lifted from another movie’s script.

Accompanying the confusion was some cut scene/editing stuff that was out of left field. You weren’t really sure what scene you just walked into and couldn’t tell where you were based on where you just came from or from the initial looks on people’s faces when the scene started.

In The End…

If you don’t mind nice scenery and an acid trip of a dialogue, I’d recommend this one. The story would make more sense if you were stoned out of your gourd.