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Messy but entertaining Korean hybrid-genre from Choi Dong-hoon. Took a while to understand its concept and get to know a lot of characters. Star-studded cast crafted a deft mix of high-octane action and character-driven comedy to kept us all on hold for part two.

The must see movie of this genre is Fyodor Bondachuk's 2017 Russian movie, Attraction. It's on many streaming platforms. The 2022 Korean Alienoid seems inspired by Attraction. What Alienoid has going for it is very good on-set morale; it's fun. Its verve, snappy dialogue, committed acting and stunts and lots of creative scenes make it watchable TV.

The VFX are stellar. The middle part of Alienoid is a Terminator vs. Terminator battle in a city with impeccable post-production values. There's also a Mission Impossible stunt reference.

As with many foreign sci-fi and fantasy movies, even with very committed acting as you have here, a series of action scenes strung together, does not add up to a blockbuster. To really pop, the characters have to have an arc of development which fuels their passion.

If you haven't yet seen 'Alienoid' here's a word of advice: rather watch it when you're able to watch Part 2 as well. I didn't realize this was Part 1 of 2 and was very disappointed by the abrupt ending until I noticed 'TO BE CONTINUED'. Had I known that, I would have waited for Part 2 to be available as well so I could watch them back to back. With such a complex storyline and so many characters, you're bound to forget something - or someone - by the time Part 2 arrives.

As I said, this is a complex story. It is set in three different timelines and the film constantly intercuts between these timelines. There are also different characters with different storylines. The only characters who appear in all the timelines are Guard and Thunder, humanoid robots who manages and escorts alien prisoners.

So, what's the story about? Aliens lock up their criminals in human bodies (the brain to be exact), but sometimes these alien criminals can escape for a moment. It is Guard and Thunder's duty to capture and secure these criminals. Their power source is the Divine Blade. When a young mother dies during such a process in the year 1380 A. D., she begs them to take her baby with them. Guard refuses, but Thunder takes the baby without Guard's knowledge.

The film jumps ahead in time and we learn Guard raised the child, Yian, as his own. But now, at the age where she is smart enough to figure things out, Yian realizes Guard is not her father and might be an alien. Her suspicions are soon confirmed, but when she witnesses humans being implanted by aliens, she has to rely on Guard to protect her.

When the leader of the rebellion, called The Controller, is implanted in Detective Moon's brain, and escapes, it causes chaos and destruction and its up to Guard and Thunder to save the day. There's plenty of action and the scene where a car is chased by a space ship is mind blowing!! I have quite honestly never seen anything like it. The visuals are astounding! It looks like a big budget Hollywood superhero movie.

Although the film offers plenty of action and excitement I have several issues with the film. There are way too many characters and too many subplots. This is a very confusing story and difficult to keep track of all the characters and their stories. There's also too much unnecessary humour taking up too much screen time. This significantly slows down the action and could - and should - have been trimmed. With so much going on in one film I found my mind wandering. Several scenes in the film were so similar to 'Woochi: The Demon Slayer' that they seemed copied.

If you're not used to watching subtitled movies, I fear you will be completely lost trying to read AND follow and understand the film. I've seen hundreds of subtitled movies and reading subs has pretty much become second nature for me, but even so, 'Alienoid' was difficult to follow. I'm not sure I can recommend this.

Storylines of Past-Present-Future robot, alien, human bla bla . Actually the director didn't miss anything,put everything into this and made linsey-woolsey. There weren't anything that seems to me interesting rather felt like clumsy. Why do the director had to put all these concept together? I really wanted to like and to enjoy it because of it's casts . I was kind of eagerly waiting for this movie to release. And now that I watched it, I'm having huge disappointment.

Literally bored me badly, sometimes made me confused . However, watched it for 2 hours + but won't recommend this to anyone :)

I am usually not a fan of these kind of fantasy movies. This movie combines all sorts of genres, but it does it in a quite entertaining and creative way.

The story: alien monsters invading the earth must be fought. Lots (LOTS) of fighting follows...

The good: there are some pretty spectacular action scenes in the middle part of this movie, around 1 hour into the movie.

The bad: this movie lasts (WAY) too long. Almost 2 and a half hour and most of it is talking scenes, which isnt terrible, but there is simply too much different characters talking to each other. I lost count.

More bad: the story is all over the place, which isnt terrible, but doesnt help either in understanding who is fighting who and for what reason.

In the end this is quite an entertaining spectacle, with some flaws though...

Probably the worst screenplay, editing and directing I've seen in such an eye-candy filled movie. Feels like one screenplay from every genre was shredded and randomly pieced together.

The story lacked continuity, cohesion and most of the attempt at humor was infantile. Even some of the dialog was questionable. Writer and director Dong-hoon Choi failed in giving us a story that made much sense, and instead convoluted almost two and a half hours of story-telling with ridiculous timelines that were riddled with plot and technical issues, and lazy filler with very little substance to the story.

I could edit/cut this down to a 90 min film and even give it a proper ending, and I'd enjoy it more, and I'm not a filmmaker. If it wasn't for the amazing visual effects and decent performances, I would've turned this off after the first time-line jump. I lost interest during every change in timeline because the story kept getting sloppier and lazier.

What's worse, is that after the long dragged out 142 min runtime, there was no reward in the end; we'll probably have to sit through another convoluted 142 mins mess of a story in Part 2, and I'm not willing to make that investment. It's a generous 6/10 from me, mostly all for the visuals effects and decent performances.

I was rather enjoying it although it's a bit too long. It has decent effects, the Asian over the top acting, nice fight choreography, soundtrack is decent. It kinda resembles Kung Fu Hustle in a way, you'll know what I mean if you've seen it. There's plenty of action, but maybe a tad bit too plenty. It was going OK, I was enjoying it, and then when I started to get bored it turned out it ends in a cliffhanger without actual resolution to the story. I really don't have any will to watch two more hours of this. There was plenty of time to finish the story here, instead of twisting and turning it inside out.

If you are a person who couldn't sit still for more than 2 hours, this might not be your cup of tea! But if you could, all the acts, comedies, sceneries, CGIs, and story-lines won't dissapoint you. I got sceptical at first, but more than satisfied at the end of the movie. I suggest to watch it in the cinema (especially 4D) so you'll have more remarkable experience. Can't wait for Alienoid Part 2!

There are so many ideas mixed together in this movie and a lot of it does work. But it works mostly when it's a goofy action movie where aliens, magic and time travel come together with all its craziness. Every time the movie tries to be serious, it falters.

The one-note characters and it being just part 1 ending in a cliffhanger is not a big help either. While I did enjoy a lot of it and appreciate a lot of the ideas used, the bad parts were painstakingly bad. I would definitely be interested in a better executed version of these concepts. There's so much in it that is not fully explained and only would be explained in a sequel.

Korean film, apparently part one of proposed three chapters. Sort of a comic book come to life. Monsters from space inhabit human bodies, unknowingly to them. When monsters escape they have to be captured before they can do any damage. Lots going on here and not really easy to keep up with. You'll get the hang of things after a while. Its non stop action, for sure. Waste of time watching at home. Needs the big screen to have any effect. Its also exhausting after a while. More is more in this case. I am surprised that its not in 3d. Its that kind of movie. It starts out in 1380 ad? And moves forward in time. Not always sure where we are.

Aliens, time travels, kung fu and robots, everything is in one. Many comedy scenes are there, at time it seems slow, but overall a good watch. It is the first part of story did not end. If you are looking for entertainment, then it's a good one. The beginning of the movie sets the plot, and as the story progress it draws you in. This part seems to build the characters for the later part. Originally in Korean language, quite hard to follow sub as characters talk very fast. Compare to other sci-fi action movies, actions are great and CGI animations are too. Imprisoning aliens in human bodies, and controller of Aliens antagonist trying to destroy earth population and in between only hero emerges as robot prison guard and its companion program...idea is unique. The story is totally new , no resemblance of any other movies. I would say it is worth watching. I liked it.

I've always disliked Korean culture, especially Korean movies and TV, but this movie really surprised me.

Sci-fi genres are so consumed these days that it seems impossible to come up with any new ideas (and they're mostly American productions). No matter how people shoot a sci-fi work, it's more or less boring (especially sci-fi TV)... Under this circumstance, this Korean film actually brought out a lot of new ideas on this subject! It is really invaluable.

The male protagonist, a pair of immortals, the little girl's aunt, a few assistants to the warden... These characters are very well created.

In particular, the two "immortals" are objective, neutral, intelligent, humorous, brave, decisive, and have a high level of business... They are still full of the spirit of capitalism! Isn't this a representation of the American spirit! (Obviously different from those selfish ghosts who only know how to bow down to Trump, but are actually a group of rabble. Their IQ is only worthy of immersing themselves in lies to find the lowest happiness... If you see this, you really become unhappy , please turn to fox, or go to Trump's website specially opened for you, which is dedicated to your happiness and truth).

Kudos to this flick for at least being original and highly entertaining. The plot gets a little muddled at times and there are some plot holes, but nothing to ruin the film. The acting was pretty good from all parties involved and for a long movie the pacing was excellent. This film also has some interesting characters that you actually invest in, which is rare nowadays. The special effects were nothing new or groundbreaking but they were well done and helped the action sequences. I don't understand how this isn't rated higher, although I assume the muddled plot is the main complaint. It reminded me a little of Journey to the West, and I loved the originality and flair of that flick. I definitely recommend this movie.

Don't be fooled by the "Independence day" movie trailers. This movie is mostly just slap stick comedy set in old Korea. It's a horrible bait-and-switch that is going to piss off a lot of people. If I saw this in the theater I would probably walk out and ask for a refund, that's how bad this is.

How do you even review something that is just random nonsense? As an overview, a magically Jeep travels through time hunting aliens while local villagers do comedy routines. No reason for anything. Every character is annoying and unlikeable. No drama. No suspense. I would say the movie is for little kids but it's so long and boring that most kids would lose interest.

I like the movie, even though at the beginning and the middle it was shown 2 different timelines and made me confused, but in the end it was explained too. I like the male and female (i forgot their names) acting, the one who has a mirror. And part 2 will air next year. Can't wait.

This movie has a great production value, CGI, SFX, acting etc... Are mostly high quality. It's packed with action and fighting scenes, and the mix of futuristic and ancient/mystical genre is fun.

Although, if you try to make sense of this movie, try to understand it, and if you like characters closure, you're going to get mad.... There is absolutely NO background to anything, whether it be the storyline or the characters (they just appears like that and you don't know sh... about them and then they just stay on screen for an hour but you still don't know who they are and why they're here).

This is really messy and chaotic, but not in a good way. It's like kids who play with action figure and try to make a story of it by adding tons of characters and events from their mind just like that for the fun but without making any sense of it.

Also, I'm not 100% sure the EN subtitles I had were very accurate...

You will be all annoyed after being captured by fast-floating action fighting and powerful special effects for over two hours during which the bad guys kick all the butt with a dumb backstory that's convoluted, nonsensical, and comes with irritatingly silly dubbed dialog that falls flat short. There is no payoff, no satisfaction, no resolution and not much of an explanation which is par for the course since there is nothing much to explain to make sense out of the mish mash mesh of time and space cross-dimensional wizardry and fancy robotics which all looked great but didn't matter in the slightest. The far superior bad guys really put quite a beat down on all opposition throughout this frustrating mess.

The story was amaze me. Brilliant ideas come to director Choi Dong Hoon. He neatly packs various genres in one film.

I watch a lot of Movie of this genre, but most that films adapted from novels or comics. So I think Alienoid is a great film, considering that Alienoid is one of only few of movie of this genre that made from an original script, not from an adaptation of a different work. I hear It was he childhood fantasy. So Choi Doong Hoon is a Great Storyteller.

Good animation, nice combination with martial arts and meta-universe, easy-to-watch atmosphere. However, music is distracting, aliens are not comfortable, lines are not funny enough.

From the first 15 minutes, you know you're not here for subtlety. This film throws aliens, robots, and martial arts at you like it's a Dragon Ball Z episode after three energy drinks and a few questionable decisions. Time travel? It's all over the place, like Doc Brown forgot to calibrate the DeLorean. And honestly, you're hooked because it's wild, gorgeous, and chaotic in the best way.

Visually, Alienoid is an acid-fueled firework show. The special effects hit harder than Jackie Chan's roundhouse kicks, the set designs are jaw-dropping, and you almost want to send a thank-you note to the production designer. But the plot? That's another story. It's a mash-up of Doctor Who on steroids and a karaoke night gone off the rails-you're mesmerized, but you have no idea what's happening. It's so scatterbrained you want to yell, "EVERYONE, CALM DOWN!"

The humor is hit-or-miss. Sometimes you're laughing like it's a classic episode of Jackass, and other times you're wondering if you're the punchline of a cosmic prank. Asian comedies have this unique ability to leap from epic to slapstick in seconds. If you're not ready for that tonal whiplash, you'll feel as out of place as an alien at a Texas barbecue.

The action scenes, though? Absolute bangers. Think The Matrix, but with swords, lightning bolts, and alien brawls. Robots get smashed, aliens take punches, and you're sitting there, eyes glued to the screen. Just don't look for too much logic in the choreography-it's pure, glorious chaos, and it works.

Underneath the cosmic mess, Alienoid has this infectious energy. It's overflowing with enthusiasm and unapologetic absurdity. Sure, it's kitschy. Yes, it's occasionally over the top. But it's also wildly entertaining, like Fast & Furious with swords and aliens duking it out.

Alienoid is a sprawling, cosmic buffet of robots fighting futuristic samurai, where the sheer joy of the spectacle outweighs all its inconsistencies. If you love movies that go all out, with every moment feeling like an electro music video on steroids, this one's for you. And if you didn't understand a thing, don't worry-I didn't either. But it's a ride worth taking.

Basically a superhero-type movie but without specific superhero, just a lots of Asian type cheesy sorcery, magic and special effects. As well as various fights, some in style of Jackie Chan and others in style of MCU.

It can be confusing and lacking logic in various places, but I liked it for creativity, special effects and amusement factor. It feels like it could be a great film if made by / upgraded to Western standards, but at the same time I can't complain about Asian style of film-making.

The plot isn't too bad, and again, it might've been appreciated more in a western film, while in Aienoid it gets overwhelmed by fighting and sorcery.

It does feel expensive and made on very high budget.

I'd recommend it for people who've ran out of things to watch and just look for something light and entertaining, even cheesy, but less horrible than 90% of trashy movies out there.

The invasion has begun! In 3 different times to be exact! First, in 1380 A. D. Second, in 2012 A. D. Third, in 1391 A. D. In 2012, two robot warriors named Guard and Thunder are attempting to capture many aliens through time, and from one of those times, raises a baby, whom they name Yi-an, who eventually finds out the truth of her origins and the invasion that has been persisting throughout time. The trio of heroes continue the battle together, searching for certain artifacts which will thwart the plans of the aliens. As well as this, the alien leader, called "The Controller", is secretly living among the humans in one of the above time periods; Guard and Thunder must hunt him down.

Usually, when a story of time travel is a simply crafted one, like in Back to the Future, or in Bill and Ted, I can follow along pretty well. This film however, got a bit confusing after a while; I lost track of where certain artifacts were in time, where the mission was mainly taking place, who some of the characters were. Were they present or past day people? Were some characters new recruits, or past or future selves? I suspect I pieced some of the characters and story together as the movie went on, but it was still tough to closely follow along. I did enjoy the battles and visual effects though; they were pretty impressive.