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User Rating:
5.9/10   2,076 votes
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Director:
Byung-chun Min
Writer:
Byung-chun Min (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
5 September 2003 (South Korea) more
Tagline:
The war has begun...
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
Excellent film more

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Ji-tae Yu ... R
Jae-un Lee ... Cyon
Rin Seo ... Ria
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Eun-pyo Jeong ... Croy
Doo-hong Jung ... Cyper
Eul-dong Kim
Ju-hye Ko ... Ami
Chang Yun ... Noma
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for violence, language and brief nudity.
Runtime:
South Korea:114 min | Italy:104 min
Country:
South Korea
Language:
Korean
Colour:
Colour
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital

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21 out of 32 people found the following comment useful:-
Excellent film, 2 May 2005
Author: Matt Stephenson from Orlando, FL, United States

I don't understand the low rating of this picture.

THIS is what science fiction SHOULD be!!! Too much sci-fi has become pretty people in black PVC or leather bondage gear blowing things up in 360 slow-mo. Natural City actually sits back and tells a tells a story without bludgeoning us with Matrix-lite effects.

This is as much a sad tale of love denied as it is a renegade cop, a cyborg, a "hooker with(out) a heart of gold" and the military-industrial complex of a the future.

YES, the story is derivative of Blade Runner. Most, if not all, sci-fi of today is derivative of either Blade Runner, Mad Max or 1984. Move on. Enjoy the good stuff when it happens.

LOVED the fact that they did not stomp all over the subtleties of this movie with the standard industrial metal soundtrack that is de riguer in much sci-fi. The piano score was haunting and kept us grounded in R's sorrow for his pending loss.

Come into Natural City with an open mind and no Blade Runner hang-ups and you will be rewarded with a very good film. Not since Minority Report have we seen sci-fi done with this much respect paid to thinking grown ups.

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