아마존 DVD: Natural City [DVD]

Natural City [DVD]

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starring: Yoo Jie-tae, Seo Rin
directed by: Min Byung-chin

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Audience Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Binding: DVD
EAN: 5060034571117
Format: PAL
Label: Optimum Asia
Languages: EnglishSubtitledKoreanOriginal Language
Manufacturer: Optimum Asia
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Optimum Asia
Region Code: 2
Release Date: August 23, 2004
Running Time: 120 minutes
Studio: Optimum Asia

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Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- A love story which goes a little too easy on the love.
It's almost impossible to discuss Natural City without making reference to Blade Runner - there are similarities not only with the concept, but also with the world created to harness the plot. It's a grim future set in a city which is choked by buildings and a population which seems to chug along with a feeling of claustrophobia. Androids exist along with humans, they are high-tech but function as traditional robots in the sense that they fill the more menial roles - they serve in restaurants and ... Read More

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- Bladerunner with kimchi on the side
Natural City is an interesting science fiction film from the prolific and talented Korean film industry. The story has hints of Bladerunner as deviant cyborgs run amok and are combated by teams of military police reminiscent of of a SWAT unit. The film is also a police procedural with a tangled plot; an area that Koreans have exceled in producing over the past view years like the Public Enemy series.

There is a recursive nature to this film's relationship with Bladerunner. Ridley Scott's ... Read More

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- All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to sleep.
Byung-Chun Min's "Natural City" is a film with a lot to commend it, but ultimately this film is a massive failure.

Visually, Natural City is top-notch. Where it really excels is in the mix of standard (borderline retro) sci-fi imagery (floating machines, metal corridors, circuit-like LED displays, etc) and stuff that really does look like it comes from the future - cityscapes and vehicles that make the Fifth Element look like Futurama. The overriding visual ambience comes from the gun-metal ... Read More

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- Korean Bladerunner
Visually - This film looks a)expensive and b) beautiful. The visual effects people have gone to great lengths to create something that is both different and believable as a vision of the future.

The Plot - can get a little confusing but I soon worked out what was going on. Unlike some japanese sci-fi's I have seen, this was pretty easy to follow and not so weird you are left wondering what on earth is going on. The other reviewers comparison to Bladerunner is dead on - this is basically Korean ... Read More

Rating:

- Seriously disappointing
Bought this based on some of the recommendations on amazon but, boy, what a disappointment. The storyline is seriously disjointed, with some cuts in editing which serve to confuse rather than elucidate. The relationship between two of the main characters, which drives the storyline, is unconvincing and has no emotional or philosophical depth. Indeed, none of the human relationships make much sense either, particularly R and his superior officer. A few effective action sequences are not enough to make up for ... Read More

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