2003, Korean
Director: Min Byeong-Cheon
Cast: Yu Ji-Tae, Yun Chan, Seo Rin

Plot: In the future, cyborgs can feel, love, and hate…but all of them have an expiration date. Combat cyborgs who are refusing to die and be recycled, launch an attack against Neucom and destroy those who get in the way. In the middle of this battle, a conspiracy starts to unveil behind the curtains.

This film has so many possibilities to be a great film. The filmmakers’ attempt at making Bladerunner of Korea was courageous, yet the film failed their attempts to make its mark on the genre and failed to deliver. It does do justice to a few things. The CGI is done very flawlessly. Its post-apocalyptic world feels very moody and works out pretty well with matching the content of the film.

However, the film is carried out at very slow pace and it becomes very draggy and tedious to follow the plot. Sometimes the action sequences are very cool and the movie feels fast paced, but then everything is drowned out afterward.

I really hate to say it but Natural City isn’t a good film. I really wanted to like it. I was waiting for the moment it would transport me into the film. It never happened. It does have great style, but it is in no way to be considered a Korean Bladerunner. This is much like T3 of Korea except it runs much longer and there are fewer explosions.

Review by Shogo.