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Dec 7, 2023 · Based on Kim Soongnyung’s webtoon Pleasant Outcast, Concrete Utopia (in theaters Dec. 8) provides no initial explanation for its calamitous earthquake, which in a prefacing aerial shot begets...
- Nick Schager
- Entertainment Critic
Concrete Utopia is a South Korean disaster film directed by Um Tae-hwa. The story unfolds around the aftermath of a massive earthquake that devastates Seoul, focusing on the residents of Hwanggoong Apartments as they struggle for survival. The film portrays the human spirit and community dynamics in the face of extreme adversity. It stars Lee Byung-hun, Park Seo-jun, and Park Bo-young ...
Dec 8, 2023 · The main theme in Concrete Utopia is survival of the fittest. The character dynamics and themes of class are present in a way that shows Eom is a student of Bong Joon-ho and Alfred Hitchcock. The result is a hyper-neurotic meditation on the human condition disguised as a post-apocalyptic thriller.
- Film Critic
Dec 8, 2023 · Concrete Utopia is a South Korean Oscar entry that combines mainstream disaster movie content with psychological terror and societal commentary.
- Film Critic And Entertainment Reporter
Dec 8, 2023 · “Concrete Utopia” opens with a brutal earthquake that reduces Seoul to rubble and instantly forces its surviving population to revert to a hunter-gatherer society.
- Christian Zilko
Jan 29, 2024 · “Concrete Utopia,” was one of the biggest hits at the Korean box office in 2023 and is now streaming globally on Viki Rakuten. A solid addition to the post-apocalyptic genre, the film is based on a webtoon called “Cheerful Outcast”.
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Dec 9, 2023 · Rather than an action-packed disaster movie, “Concrete Utopia,” South Korea’s Oscar entry for international feature, plays like a brutal indictment of human nature, both at its most instinctual...
