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Key Features:
Post-apocalyptic, Survival, Social commentary, Apartment complex, Earthquake, Resource scarcity, Social dynamics, Class conflict, Moral ambiguity, Korean cinema, Violence-moderate
Tone:
serious, gritty, dramatic
Target Audience:
Disaster film enthusiasts, Fans of Korean cinema, Viewers interested in social commentary, Thriller fans
Emotional Arc:
Hope → Desperation

Concrete Utopia

2023-08-09
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After a massive earthquake, only one apartment building is left standing in Seoul, South Korea. Survivors flock to Hwang Gung Apartments, but residents cannot cope with the increasing numbers.

Genres
Thriller, Action
Cast
Lee Byung-hun, Park Seo-jun, Park Bo-young, Kim Sun-young, Kim Do-yoon, Park Ji-hu, Kim Hak-seon, Gong Min-jeung, Um Tae-goo, Jung Young-ki
Crew
Lee Sin-ji, Um Tae-hwa, Um Tae-hwa
Rating
6.9(268 votes)
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Ghost Mansion
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Wall to Wall
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Project Silence
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Sun and Concrete
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Earthquake
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Bedevilled
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Save the Green Planet!

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Concrete Romance
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A climax of brutality and violence after a young man hits some cars in a rush.



Natural City
5.4

Two cops, R and Noma, hunt down renegade cyborgs. Cyborgs are used as commandos by the military, as lust objects and for companionship. Normaly they have a limited lifespan of three years but black market technology is being developed to be able to transfer a cyborg's artificial intelligence into human host. This drives R to find a suitable host for his expiring cyborg Ria.



The Flu
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7.527

A case of the flu quickly morphs into a pandemic. As the death toll mounts and the living panic, the government plans extreme measures to contain it.



Some Time Later
6.2

Planet Earth, 9177. The remains of humankind live in a post-apocalyptic environment divided into only two social classes: the ruling king and the oligarchs who inhabit the Representative Building and the poor of the world who hardly survive in the slums built around it.



7:19
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A Better Tomorrow
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An idealistic policeman must bring down his estranged older brother, now a powerful gangster in a South Korean port city.



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6.7

A soldier and his team battle hordes of post-apocalyptic zombies in the wastelands of the Korean Peninsula.



EXIT
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7.6

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6.9

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Aachi and Ssipak
6.225

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Tower Block
5.8

A year after witnessing a murder, residents of Tower Block 31 find themselves being picked off by a sniper, pitting those lucky enough to be alive into a battle for survival.



Seoul Station
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Han Gong-ju
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A woman discovers that severe catastrophic events are somehow connected to the mental breakdown from which she's suffering.



The City of Violence

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Escape from Mogadishu

Diplomats from the North and South Korean embassies in Somalia attempt a daring joint escape from Mogadishu when the outbreak of civil war leaves them stranded.



Cutterhead
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Forgotten
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Seoul, South Korea, 1997. When the young but extremely anxious student Jin-seok, his parents and his successful older brother Yoo-seok move to a new home, mysterious and frightening events begin to happen around them, unexplained events that threaten to ruin their seemingly happy lives. Unable to understand what is happening, Jin-seok wonders if he is losing his mind.



Next Sohee
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Bogotá: City of the Lost

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Steel Rain
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The Kitchen
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Tokyo Gore Police
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Snowpiercer
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Infested
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Residents of a rundown French apartment building battle against an army of deadly, rapidly reproducing spiders.



Tokyo!
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Three distinct tales unfold in the bustling city of Tokyo. Merde, a bizarre sewer-dweller, emerges from a manhole and begins terrorizing pedestrians. After his arrest, he stands trial and lashes out at a hostile courtroom. A man who has resigned himself to a life of solitude reconsiders after meeting a charming pizza delivery woman. And finally, a happy young couple find themselves undergoing a series of frightening metamorphoses.



Phase 7
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A Dirty Carnival

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Joint Security Area

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Jang Tae-Young is a popular trouble shooter in the criminal world. He is cold and ambitious. He dreams of building a casino hotel one day. A reporter then goes to Jang Tae-Young.



Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

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7.9

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Falling Down
7.386

An ordinary man frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them.



Emergency Declaration

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The Platform
6.968

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Beyond Utopia
7.648

A courageous pastor uses his underground network to rescue and aid North Korean families as they risk their lives to embrace freedom.



Gangnam Blues
6.432

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7.7

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Dodes'ka-den
7

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District B13
6.8

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6

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Barking Dogs Never Bite

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A Bittersweet Life
7.4

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Brave Citizen
7.39

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The Divide
5.9

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7.555

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O-Bi, O-Ba: The End of Civilization

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The Concrete Jungle

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Life, and Nothing More…

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