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7.0/10 • 2.9K

2006-07-272h 0m

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HER BIRTH WAS AN ACCIDENT, AND SO WAS HER DEATH.

A teenage girl is captured by a giant mutated squid-like creature that appears from Seoul's Han River after toxic waste was dumped in it, prompting her family into a frantic search for her.

Directors
Bong Joon Ho
Editors
Kim Sun-min

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Song Kang-ho

    Song Kang-ho

    Park Gang-du

  2. Byun Hee-bong

    Byun Hee-bong

    Park Hie-bong

  3. Park Hae-il

    Park Hae-il

    Park Nam-il

  4. Bae Doona

    Bae Doona

    Park Nam-joo

  5. Ko A-sung

    Ko A-sung

    Park Hyun-seo

  6. Oh Dal-su

    Oh Dal-su

    The Monster (voice)

  7. Lee Jae-eung

    Lee Jae-eung

    Se-jin

  8. Lee Dong-ho

    Lee Dong-ho

    Se-joo

  9. Yoon Je-moon

    Yoon Je-moon

    Homeless Man

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Peter McGinn

Dec 13, 2021

6/10

This is a monster horror movie that really tries, to the point where they don’t give a clear view of the creature in the previews, presumably not to ruin the initial shock moment for the viewer. It is in Korean with English subtitles, with a few bursts of English with Korean subtitles when the speaker is American. The movie focuses on one family’s ongoing battle: not merely against the monster but also struggling against the authorities who want to capture them, suspecting they have been infected with a virus by coming in contact with the creature. The dialogue is pretty ordinary. I seem to recall a few unintentionally funny moments, though I cannot say for sure that it wasn’t due to the translation. I don’t intend to be hyper critical here: I sort of let the movie wash over me to get to the end, and you may or may not need to do the same. I found I was a little confused as to the final fate of one of the family members at the end. Perhaps I was inattentive and it would have been cleared up if I backed it up and watched again, but unfortunately I wasn’t quite inversted in the movie enough to do that. I put in my time and that was sufficient unto the day.

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Status
Released
Original Language
Korean
Budget
$11,000,000.00
Revenue
$88,489,643.00
Keywords
daughterpollutionmonsterriverbraverysewerageformaldehydesnack bararcherfamilyasian originsseoul, south koreahan riveramusedfarcicalfrightened