“お父さん、助けて！”
ソウルを流れる大河の漢江に、謎の怪物“グエムル”が現れ、次々と人を襲う。河川敷で売店を営むパク家の長男カンドゥの中学生の娘、ヒョンソも怪物にさらわれてしまう。カンドゥは妹ナムジュらとともに病院に隔離されていたが、携帯電話に娘からの連絡が入ったことから一家で脱出を試みるが……。
製作費: $11,000,000 (17億円)
興行収入: $88,489,643 (133億円)
推定収支: $77,489,643 (116億円)
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監督: ポン・ジュノ
脚本: ポン・ジュノ / Baek Chul-hyun / 주별
音楽: Lee Byung-woo
制作: 최용배 / Cho Neung-yeon / 김우택
撮影監督: 김형구
制作会社: Chungeorahm Film / Showbox
This is a monster horror movie that really tries, to the point where they don’t give a clear view of the creature in the previews, presumably not to ruin the initial shock moment for the viewer. It is in Korean with English subtitles, with a few bursts of English with Korean subtitles when the speaker is American. The movie focuses on one family’s ongoing battle: not merely against the monster but also struggling against the authorities who want to capture them, suspecting they have been infected with a virus by coming in contact with the creature. The dialogue is pretty ordinary. I seem to recall a few unintentionally funny moments, though I cannot say for sure that it wasn’t due to the translation. I don’t intend to be hyper critical here: I sort of let the movie wash over me to get to the end, and you may or may not need to do the same. I found I was a little confused as to the final fate of one of the family members at the end. Perhaps I was inattentive and it would have been cleared up if I backed it up and watched again, but unfortunately I wasn’t quite inversted in the movie enough to do that. I put in my time and that was sufficient unto the day.
These sites all missed the point. It's farce, it's funny. I actually liked the creature! He's kinda gruesomely-cute! Don't expect drama. It's all tongue-in-cheek, reminiscent of the old Godzilla creature films.
