Country: South Korea
IMDB: 6.3
Producer: Dong-hoon Choi
Cast: Yoon Byung-hee, Lee Dong-Hee, Kim Eui-sung, Shim Dal Gi, Lee Hanee, Baek Hyun-joo, Yoo Jae-myung, Yoon-woo Jang, Shin Jeong-geun, Geon-woo Ji, So Ji-seob, Ryu Jun-Yeol, Yum Jung-ah, Chan-hyung Kim, Dae-Myung Kim, Kang-il Kim, Ki-chun Kim, Min-Che Kim.
For centuries, an alien race has kept its criminals in human bodies without humans even realizing it. Capable of moving through time with an energy dagger, the Guard and a robotic assistant are put in charge of making sure that the prisoners don't come to their senses and escape. In 1380, they catch another awakened criminal, but his human shell is left with an infant, apparently doomed to die.
1391, Goryeo. Possessing a magic fan and martial arts skills, Taoist Mu-ryk, in the company of two assistants, searches for a magic blade, for which there is a considerable reward, and in the process encounters a mysterious girl. And in the year 2022 in Seoul, the Guardian's 10-year-old "daughter" has long suspected that "Daddy" is not human, and begins sniffing out what he is so interesting to do.
Alienoid 4K ReviewNo pun intended - and I am talking about the movie itself (or its structure) and the fact that this is just the first part ... if I had known beforehand, I probably would have waited for the sequel and watched them back to back. There was no need for me to rush. Of course that does not take too much away from this - other than the fact the ending is a bit of a letdown ... depending on how cool you are with a "will be continued" of course.
That all being said, the movie is well done to say the least. While it does jump back and forth (time and otherwise), it is easy to follow when it comes to the story and the characters. And it's quite unique too. And it has the graphics to carry all of it. Visually this is amazing - no fault to be seen here.
The lines (morally and otherwise) are quite thin and the otherworldly factors are quite out there ... to close out with a pun ... and leave quite a lot open ... like the movie.