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Rating: 6 stars

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Korean anthology virus meteor Buddhism robot zombie restaurant news religion pandemic Family survival

All movies seen on 02/15/2025

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Doomsday Book (2012)

Directed by Kim Jee-woon, Yim Pil-sung

Science Fiction | Horror | Thriller

Most recently watched by krazykat, Javitron, noahphex, lolareels

Overview

In ‘A Brave New World’, a virus brings the city to ruins and zombies flood the streets of Seoul. In ‘The Heavenly Creature’, a robot reaches enlightenment while working at a temple, but its creators deem this phenomenon a threat to mankind. In the final segment, ‘Happy Birthday’, a young girl logs onto a strange website and places an order for a new billiard ball for her father. Soon afterwards a meteor heads toward Earth and people flee to underground bomb shelters.

Length 113 minutes

Actors

Ryoo Seung-bum | Go Joon-hee | Park Hae-il | Kim Kang-woo | Bae Doo-na | Bong Joon-ho | Jin Ji-hee | John D. Kim | Ma Dong-seok | Kim Gyu-ri | Jo Yoon-hee | Jung Woo | Kim Mu-yeol | Yoon Se-ah | Song Sae-byuk | Lee Seung-joon | Kim Seo-hyung | Young-chang Song | Choi Gwi-hwa | Ryu Seung-su | Lee Young-eun | Kim Roe-ha | Lee Kan-hie | Hwang Hyo-eun | Je-mun Yun | Kim Su-nam | Choi Duk-Moon | Kim Kyung-ik | Lee Bong-gyu | Jeong Jae-jin | Choe Dae-Hun

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

A Very Good Revisit since I haven’t seen this since Fantastic Fest. Credit where credit is due: this movie looks amazing. Blu-ray does the photography wonders.

The first segment ‘A Brave New World’ hits differently now that I’ve lived through a pandemic. So wild to see Ma Dong-seok in a bit part as a bully.

Each of the three stories are compelling but there is just something missing from each to really stick the landing. I called the movie boring when I saw it at FF but I was so tired and likely dozed off. It’s not boring but rather feels flat given the concepts presented.

Still a good viewing and glad I was able to locate a cheap used BD.

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