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Jong-ho HeoMusique:
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Myeong-min Kim, In-kwon Kim, Hyeri, Woo-shik Choi, Seong-woong Park, Hee-sun Park, Kyoung-young Lee, Do-kyung Lee, Kyu-bok Lee, Kang-il Kim (plus)Résumés(1)
A plague has taken over and fear runs rampant in the streets. When rumours of a vicious monster roaming Mount Inwangsan begin to spread, fear turns into panic. In order to quell the rising hysteria, the King brings his most trusted general out of retirement. Joined by his daughter, his right-hand man, and a royal court officer, the general sets out to find and defeat the mysterious creature. (Acorn Media UK)
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Critiques (3)
Un mélange très étrange et moyennement réussi entre un film d'action historique, un film d'horreur sanglant avec un monstre tueur et une comédie démente. Les protagonistes principaux, deux frères et la fille adulte de l'un d'entre eux, sont importants pour l'atmosphère générale. Les deux hommes doivent être à la fois des personnages comiques maladroits et d'anciens membres de la garde royale, des combattants professionnels et des maîtres en arts martiaux, ce qui ne concorde pas vraiment. Mis à part l'humour qui n'est pas très efficace, il s'agit principalement d'un film de cambriolage plutôt efficace et amusant, doté d'une belle réalisation, d'une riche production et de bons effets spéciaux, dans lequel, malheureusement, les efforts pour donner un ton dramatique sérieux se heurtent à une exagération comique.
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This year's Korea is marked by historical horror movies and after the zombie survival Outbreak, there is another piece where the Joseon Dynasty is terrorized by a monster. It's more of a fantasy thriller with nice visual effects, nice sets and a giant CGI monster that, while not breathtaking, I enjoyed. There's a bit of brutality and the finale is pretty spectacular. I had a good time on the whole, but it may be the weakest effort from Heo Jong-Ho. 60%
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Monstrum is a very strange genre mash-up by our standards, but it is a typical South Korean product. The film combines (sometimes in a very random way) elements of historical action film, horror fantasy and peculiar comedy, and even though it sounds like an inconsistent mix, it somehow worked for most of the running time. By the end, though, Myung was pretty much getting on my nerves with his constant "Father!", and the final confrontation with was a bit out of place, but the film was mostly entertaining and quite fast-paced. PS: In the end, it seemed to me like a hybrid between Brotherhood of the Wolf and any animal horror film about genetic crossbreeding.
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