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Ah-sung Ko, Hae-il Park, Du-na Bae, Kang-ho Song, Hie-bong Byeon
A creature emerges from the Han River’s shores for a feeding frenzy upon onlookers. When a young girl is snatched in the melee, her family set off to recover her from the monster that the government c...( read more
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Id: 3373639
Problem being is the poor CGI to film transition and a slightly strange translation (or a bad script) but if you like world cinema and subtitled movies and enjoy trhller suspense in a good humoured fashion then watch! I really enjoyed it, laughed A LOT (at the jokes) and really d...( read more)
Excellent monster movie! Much better than Cloverfield or any other Hollywood blockbuster come to think of it. Great acting, direction, character attention, SFX and a brilliantly written with an unpredictable story, make this a joy to watch. If Godzilla was a metaphor for the atom...( read more)
Scream for me Seoul! Gwoemul (or The Host) sees South Korea put into a state of hysteria normally reserved for 1950s b-movies. This delightful creature feature is an interesting Asian take on the monster movies of old, with a lot less stagey shtick and a lot more in the way of co...( read more)
Fans of Cloverfield will love this Korean offering. Both have similar premise but The Host is much more humorous and, consequently, much less pretentious.
Monster movies fucking rule as do Korean movies so it's no surprise that this film absolutely rocks. After building up the film too much for myself it was great but a bit unsatisfying. Every watch since has been absolutely supreme. The desaturation is stunning and is what I'm all...( read more)
Excellent Korean monster movie with some comedy thrown in. I loved the young actress Ah Sung Ko who's taken by the creature. Great stuff.
It wasn't really as thrilling as I expected it to be, and some of the character's stupidity/lack of will was frustrating. That said, it's not a bad movie. Definitely watchable.
The first half was awesome. The second half was boring. With its good visual effects and all, this film would've been great if the second half was done right.
Did not like! They did make a really good monster though, but the movie sucked.
OMG. Best monster movie ever. Funny, kind of scary, magnificently done. (I'm not a lover of monster movies though... no competition!)
