Customer Reviews:
really moving love story.......2008-02-01
Well, I can say that if you want a relentless action film, then this is not the film for you.
However, if you want a love story and what it makes people do, then this is the film for you.
Ths film is amazing as it illustrates really well just how far one person is going to go to save the woman he loves.
There is action in this film and really good effects, with acting and a story a lot better than a lot of Hollywood blockbusters.
Give it a try.
ZZZZZzzzzzzzzzz.......2007-10-28
reviews are supposed to be objective !! do yourself a favour watch someone else,s copy DO NOT BUY THIS... Seriously i have seen better crap on the sci fi channel......
Balderunner 2? - A good Korean SciFi.......2007-06-24
Korea has been making some good movies in the last years like Oldboy and Brotherhood (Tae Guk Gi) and this is one more.
Comparison to Bladerunner is inevitable and in some ways it can be considered a sequel. It is set into the dark future where mankind is split into those that have and have not. It doesn't describe things into detail but there is plenty to be had if you keep your eyes open, like the heroine Cyon isn't a citizen. Cyborgs are part of every day life and have a limited lifespan and start to malfunction and the cyborgs are always easiy identifiable by being just a bit unnatural. One of the main characters "R" is in love with a cyborg "Ria" but he is part of an elite military police tasked with hunting down renegade cyborgs. The action scenes are terrific, the cyborgs becoming vampire like superbeings and there are a few twists here and there to make the plot interesting. The best part of the story is how R is courted by a young woman Cyon but he doesn't see her for his love is for the cyborg Ria. Background to the dark times ahead is well done and the only drawback was I found the crime part of the plot become week and not entirely satisfactory. Cyborg-human interaction in a dark future, great visuals, scenery and combat scenes.
I would recommend it, but keep in mind that Korean cinema is diffrent in some ways form American and European movies, the background music is sometimes strange and even at times to my tastes plain wrong and the focus of the story is at times odd. But with an open mind this can even add to the experience.
is this bladeruner?!?!?!?.......2007-05-31
what we have here is an asian bladerunner..its that simple!!!
which on the plus side is a good starting point!! it looks amazing!!!!
the direction really gives you a sense of how big everything could be in the future
the other thing it shares with blade runner is that it could be accused of being a little slow!!
i have dozed off during this film in the past because nothing seems to happen in the middle half hour or so
but the action sequences look very slick and the city looks awesome(i know a second mention but it really does look that good)
Nice try.......2007-05-09
This film could have been so good. The effects, set design and costumes were spot on and the conjuration of a futuristic world although heavily influenced by Bladerunner was some of the best I've seen in any sci-fi film of late i.e. very tasty eye candy.
However, if you are going to include cyborg ninjas in your story make sure the people doing the fighting are good - the whole film was let down by v poor fight sequences. When you have films out there like the Matrix, The One etc. with excellent choreographed fights to see some people flailing around like amatuers is frankly embarassing...
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- Roswell: Complete Season 2 [2003]
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