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 Gwoemul (DVD)
 Gwoemul (DVD) ... February 2000 in a US military facility located in the center of Seoul, US military civilian employee Mr. McFarland ordered to dispose formaldehyde into the sewer system leading to Han River despite the objection of a Korean subordinate. Korean government attempted to prosecute Mr. McFarland in Korean court but US military refused to hand over the custody of Mr. McFarland to the Korean legal system. Later, a Korean judge convicted Mr. McFarland in absentia. Public enraged at the Korean government's inability to enforce its law on its own soil. In 2005, nearly five years after the original incident, Mr. McFarland was finally found guilty in Korean court in his presence. He never served the actual prison sentence, however. No sighting of mutant creature has been reported in Han River, yet.Newest Review: ... number of a vehicle with increasing insistence wanting it to be moved. This doesn’t sound funny but it is the whole surreal ... more ... aspect of it that makes you laugh!
The Host is almost a homage to the old Godzilla movies, it begins with an American army officer disposing of some chemicals illegally into the Han river. This causes mutations in a creature and leads to the creation of a large monster that looks like a cross between a giant tadpole and the deadly Alien from the movie series of the same name.
The action starts almost immediately as a crowd of people spot an odd shape hanging from a bridge, as they gaze at it with incredulo...more |
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Gwoemul (DVD): What's that coming over the hill? (715 words)
by Ailran - written on 05/04/07 (Very useful, 206 readings)
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Korean movie making is becoming well known over here as the studios search for the newest Far East market to export movies from. There has been a large number of extremely good ones that have arrived on our shores, the director of The Host’s previous one ‘Memories of Murder’ amongst them. The Host is a monster movie in the old 30’s & 40’s style but with elements of family drama, political comment and smatterings of outrageous comedy that often seem totally out of place. This is kind of strange as the strangeness of the comedy actually makes the weird occurrences going on elsewhere seem more normal and realistic. For example one scene very near the ...
Tales From The River Bank (1386 words)
by plipplop - written on 16/01/07 (Very useful, 142 readings)
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In a US military base, somewhere in South Korea, somebody is about to make a big mistake. Gallons and gallons of formaldehyde are to literally be poured down the drain. When a laboratory technician points out the implications of this on the environment, his pleas are ignored and the foul liquid is soon all gone. Years later, local fishermen in the Han River spot something strange in the water; a curiously deformed creature. In disgust they discard the revolting animal and carry on with their fishing. To the present day, where a family resides next to the Han River, making a cursory living from drinks and snacks sold to holiday makers and local ...
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