- Actors: Ji-tae Yu, Jae-un Lee, Rin Seo, Eun-pyo Jeong, Doo-hong Jung
- Directors: Byung-chun Min
- Writers: Byung-chun Min
- Producers: Lee Dong Jun
- Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Colour, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
- Language Korean
- Subtitles: English, Spanish
- Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 2.35:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: R (Restricted) (US MPAA rating. See details.)
- Studio: Tartan Video
- DVD Release Date: 18 April 2006
- Run Time: 114 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B000E0OBKG
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 170,107 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
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 Bladerunner played at being Asian with its Japanese soundtrack and synthesis of a Kowloon night market.
It is interesting to see how the Koreans reinvented these concepts for Natural City. One thing I really like is the way they merge the old and the new in the film, giving an amazingly rich experience for a film that couldn't have been made on a Hollywood budget.
There is a recursive nature to this film's relationship with Bladerunner. Ridley Scott's Bladerunner played at being Asian with its Japanese soundtrack and synthesis of a Kowloon night market.
It is interesting to see how the Koreans reinvented these concepts for Natural City. One thing I really like is the way they merge the old and the new in the film, giving an amazingly rich experience for a film that couldn't have been made on a Hollywood budget.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
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 Bladerunner played at being Asian with its Japanese soundtrack and synthesis of a Kowloon night market.
It is interesting to see how the Koreans reinvented these concepts for Natural City. One thing I really like is the way they merge the old and the new in the film, giving an amazingly rich experience for a film that couldn't have been made on a Hollywood budget.
There is a recursive nature to this film's relationship with Bladerunner. Ridley Scott's Bladerunner played at being Asian with its Japanese soundtrack and synthesis of a Kowloon night market.
It is interesting to see how the Koreans reinvented these concepts for Natural City. One thing I really like is the way they merge the old and the new in the film, giving an amazingly rich experience for a film that couldn't have been made on a Hollywood budget.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
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.
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.
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Although in the same mold as Blade Runner...
it doesn't provide such a coherent story, nor really deliver a believable feel to the relationships of the key players. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Paul
You need to be a hard core fan
I found this quite a predictable and shallow film. Characters are not given any depth and the story isnt very fluid, unless your a Korean B movie sci fi nut dont buy this.
Published 14 months ago by Strontium77
Natural City [DVD]
Natural City [DVD] What a Fab Film, good, Brilliant, What more can i say, Get it yourself s And find out how good it is.......
Published 18 months ago by Philip McIntyre
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... Read more
Published on 1 Dec 2009 by GeekZilla
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... Read more
Published on 14 Oct 2008 by Barbie Bino
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... Read more
Published on 10 Oct 2008 by 3inarow
A good film
Cyborgs are domestic appliances in this science fiction film. One military policeman who brings in rogue cyborgs called R has fallen in love with the one he owns and is looking... Read more
Published on 27 May 2008 by S. Bentley
really moving love story
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... Read more
However, if you want a love story and what it makes people do, then this is... Read more
Published on 1 Feb 2008 by Mr. R. A. Salter
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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......
Published on 27 Oct 2007 by S. Palmer
is this bladeruner?!?!?!?
what we have here is an asian bladerunner..its that simple!!!
which on the plus side is a good starting point!! it looks amazing!!!! Read more
which on the plus side is a good starting point!! it looks amazing!!!! Read more
Published on 31 May 2007 by whitetrashtrixie
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