Natural City
Year: 2003
Director: Min Byung Chun
Writer: Min Byung Chun, Han Jae Rim,
Starring: Yu Ji Tae, Lee Jae Un, Rin Seo, Jeong Eun Pyo, Jung Doo Hong,
There’s plenty of room for tales about robots, cyborgs and androids in the world but one thing is for definite, such stories will always draw comparison to Blade Runner. It’s a film that pretty much defined the rules of a science-fiction subgenre, and one that should probably always be consulted when attempting to design a similar world. However, there is a clear difference between paying homage or referencing, and simply looking up to a film like a star struck lovesick puppy. Natural City unfortunately conforms to the latter, but that’s not the only reason as to why the film feels lifeless and sterile.
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