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The S/VFX were all top shelf in this film, but it had two downfalls; one was the constant cheesy and annoying attempts at humor which became cringeworthy fast. The other was the convoluted screenplay. The conceptual story was actually decent, but it ended up all style with very little substance. It was riddled with plot holes, and incohesive and incoherent dialogue. Even the normally comfortable 98 min runtime felt much longer with all the infantile dialogue, terrible humor and some of the long, dragged out and unnecessary scenes. Writer and director Sang-ho Yeon should have made many edits and scene cuts after seeing the final version to at lease create better cohesion. It's a generous 6/10 from me, mostly for the very impressive visuals.

Beware: if you want to watch this movie for a dosis of pure robots and action, you need to know this is not an action movie. It presents the drama revolving around a dystopian future where technology is used in unethical ways to serve big corporation and military complex purposes. Even it falls short in developing the characters and middle story, making it dull and slow at times, It excels at showing how the future would look like if the advancements in technology lead us away from our humanity. If you have the patience, i would recommend this movie for a dosis of some amazing key components about what awaits us if we remain unaware. A must watch if you enjoy cyberpunk genere.

I love Korean made movies. Especially the sci-fi stuff. However, the only thing that I wish would happen is they get more gritty and realistic. People do not interact like they write into these movies. Dispense with the goofy material in a serious movie. It's not a comedy. Flipping from super serious to goofy comedy side characters is like cars crashing into one another. The transition is tough to deal with. People like serious movies. They also like comedies. But you gotta pick one. This one should have been all serious. Dispense with the dopey science assistants and improve a bit on the sci-fi effects, and you've got an 8-9 hit! But I don't want to detract from the general story which was still very good.

I haven't seen a well made sci-fi/dystopian/futuristic in quite awhile.

I hesitated and skipped over this movie 7 or 8 times before I watched it. I went in with expectation of shoddy special effects or with so many special effects it lacked depth. I was WRONG.

This movie is a gem.

For me, this movie has a great balance of heart,depth, and action.

Unlike so many recent Hollywood movies it gave me that nice balance.

The acting was good, and I have watched and thoroughly enjoyed subtitled movies, and independent movies over most productions made in Hollywood.

For a movie made in Korea, I was FLOORED, by how good it was.

Seriously folks, Hollywood and the U. S. no longer seems to represent or even have a clue, as to what I want to be entertained with anymore.!! If you are in that same fringe demographic as I am, you'll love this too.

Jung_E" is a science fiction film set in an uninhabitable 22nd-century Earth, where the fate of a civil war rests on the shoulders of a single soldier. The story revolves around the cloning of the brain of an elite soldier to create a robot mercenary. On paper, the concept of the film sounds intriguing, but in execution, it falls short of expectations.

The film tries to tackle complex themes like the ethics of war and the dangers of technology, but ultimately fails to do so in a meaningful way. The script is full of cliches, and the dialogue is often wooden and uninspired. The performances by the lead actors are mediocre at best, with the characters feeling one-dimensional and underdeveloped.

The special effects in the film are underwhelming, with the visual representation of the 22nd-century Earth feeling uninspired and generic. The film tries to create a sense of hopelessness and despair, but it comes across as forced and inauthentic.

The film's pacing is also a problem, with the story feeling slow and uneventful for long stretches. The climax of the film is underwhelming, failing to deliver the sense of tension and excitement that it should have.

Furthermore, it's worth mentioning that the film also includes elements of misandry, which is the hatred of men or boys, throughout the movie. This is especially evident in the portrayal of the male characters, who are shown as either weak or villainous, and in the way the female characters are portrayed as stronger and more capable than their male counterparts. This kind of portrayal can be seen as problematic, as it reinforces harmful stereotypes and doesn't do much to contribute to the feminist discussion.

Overall, "Jung_E" is a forgettable and uninspired addition to the sci-fi genre. The film fails to deliver on its ambitious concept and leaves the audience feeling unsatisfied. The film's lack of originality, poor pacing, uninspired performances and the inclusion of misandry make it difficult to recommend to sci-fi fans or anyone looking for an engaging and thought-provoking film.

The movie industry is over saturated with post-apocalyptic and dystopian movies that most of them are very similar and have the same themes and ideas. "Jung_E" unfortunately, falls into that category, it fails to bring anything new to the table and it feels like a cheap rip off of other successful movies in the genre.

In conclusion, "Jung_E" is a film that fails to deliver on its ambitious concept and leaves the audience feeling unsatisfied. The film's lack of originality, poor pacing, uninspired performances and the inclusion of misandry make it difficult to recommend to sci-fi fans or anyone looking for an engaging and thought-provoking film. The movie industry is over-saturated with post-apocalyptic and dystopian movies, and "Jung_E" unfortunately adds nothing new to the genre.

The movie starts of well and has gripping action from the start, the action sequences are some of the most exciting and edge of your seat combat with some cool ethical theorys as well as the morality of ai consciousness but it's structured very poorly. The exposition is thick and fast leaving you little time to really let sink in what has just been said. The action is also condensed into 3 or 4 blocks that while great, serve as little reward for the exposition you sit through to get to that point. While the ideas explored inside are definitely interesting and a great movie could be built on their premise the movie get slightly lost in itself with the amount of detail pushed into what is ultimately quite a short movie. It's a good watch when you can find nothing else but I would say it is a fall back on, rather than searching out.

The film started of with some good action, then it falls of the track.. VFX, CGI are good but not awesome. Story is very predictable and the screenplay was not engaging and it was slow, the duration of the movie is less, but I felt it like 2hrs 15minutes, so it's not enough to hold me up throughout. Only 2 action sequences in the whole movie, they made well but the VFX could have been made better...

Overall, you can watch this movie with 0% expectations, don't get hyped by seeing the film's trailer cut, if you are too bored, if there are no other movies in your pocket you can watch this...!!!

After watching the trailer, I was expecting it to be an action sci-fi, it has intense robot actions but most of the part it's about the daughter's bond/relationship with her mother. The wide-shot dystopian scenes are just beautiful, the structure of the world really looks amazing, especially the climax scenes. 25% of first half kind of feels boring but if you are able to feel the (heavy) emotions of the character at the end of second act without losing concentration, then all your patience of first half is paid off. Because story takes its own time to build the depth of the characters and the situation. The concept of the story is definitely made only for Sci-fi nerds, especially if you had watched the Westworld series. And the climax battle is short but dayhm awesome, you will get the vibe of movies from "I, Robot" (for robot actions) and "Terminator" (for robot design). The second half of this movie is really a highlight, from action to Sci-fi VFX.

If you like watching drama and sci-fi stories, then it is made for you.

So JUNG_E has some very exciting action and some great visuals, a great lead performance from Kang Soo-yeon, (Rest in peace). The film is clearly taking inspiration from other Si-Fi futuristic movies such as Blade Runner, Blade Runner 2049, and I Robot. So the inspiration shown is very interesting to see but the film doesn't live up to those expectations at all as the story is pretty forgettable and feels like we've seen the film a hundred times before. There's also some annoying characters here such as the director played by Ryu Kyung-soo. So cool action and visuals but forgettable story 5/10.

First off, I knew nothing about this film, and I didn't know that the female lead had died in real life. It came up on my Netflix queue, the premise looked interesting, so I watched. And I am glad I did.

People bashing this movie have obviously been raised on a steady diet of big-budget action movies where there are explosions every few seconds. If not, they lose interest. This movie, while it has its action, is more a character study and a dive into the morality of cyber-human symbiosis.

I found the acting top notch. Even the quirky out of place odd behaviors are there for a purpose...to demonstrate how machines and organics react differently to external stimuli. By the end I found myself thinking..."What if"...this was to happen? And that's the mark of a compelling and thoughtful movie.

8.5 stars.

People are giving low scores because they are going in with the wrong expectations. If you are looking for a popcorn movie that is action packed from start to finish then this is not the movie for you.

This movie is more about ethical questions of cloning, treatment of clones, as well as the emotional bound between a daughter and a mother. The action, futuristic world is just a back drop to tell this story. And it is a very touching story where the main character gave a great performance on a subject that I can somewhat relate to.

I would say this is more a drama rather than action film, although I did also enjoyed the action and CGI.

The movie is great, but the trailer is horrible. It really gave people the wrong impression.

Stumbling upon the 2023 South Korean action sci-fi movie "Jung_E" on Netflix, of course I had to watch it. I had never actually heard about the movie prior to sitting down to watch it, so I didn't really have any expectations to the movie.

And truth be told, I am not particularly a huge sci-fi fan, so I can't claim that I was particularly thrilled to sit down to watch this movie from writer and director Sang-Ho Yeon. But of course "Jung_E" deserved a fair chance, and thus I opted to watch it.

"Jung_E" certainly was a visually impressive movie, and I must admit that I was definitely enjoying the special effects and CGI in the movie. It looked and felt like a futuristic movie, without a doubt. And the special effects in the movie certainly does a lot to lift up and carry the movie.

As for the story and script in "Jung_E", as written by Sang-Ho Yeon, well I wasn't overly impressed and was actually only mildly entertained by the storyline here. It was simplistic and generic, and there wasn't really much food for thought as the storyline trotted on for 98 minutes. Sure, it was watchable and fair enough for what it was, but this was by no means a groundbreaking sci-fi tale.

They had a good cast ensemble in the movie, just a shame that the actors and actresses were somewhat held back by a bland script.

I am sure that diehard sci-fi fans will get a much greater kick out of watching "Jung_E" than I did as a mere casual viewer.

My rating of "Jung_E" lands of a five out of ten stars.

A heartfelt tale about a daughter's quest to free her mother: it certainly has flaws, but overall, it was done very well. The acting, the portrayal of limitless corporate greed, and the subsequent dehumanization which does not end even as human beings hang on to their last vestiges were dealt with well. The problem was when those themes were not fleshed out properly but rather embedded in the plot. I disagree with the negative reviews saying there were not enough action scenes blah blah blah. I guess folks with that type of complaints have probably never watched anything aside from Michael Bay's transformers movies. The ending is the reason I will not rate it higher. I felt the ending was not quite cathartic enough. It just did not hit the same way and felt like there is more story to be told which as a movie - whether there is a planned sequel or not- should not be the norm.

Ok, whatever you are looking for this film does not deliver. Drama? NO...thrills? NO...suspense? NO... so what is going on here? Good question. Futuristic research lab gets data from a female mercenary's mind. Then it begins... a sad plodding of... of... of...nothingness achieving nothing. No idea where anything connects to anything else. No plot arcs beyond brain in army cyborg. Zero character development, but still annoying characters. No progression of each scene beyond more grumbling and scenes of apocalypse from the train trip. So, go ahead and enjoy a quart of Korean whiskey put on your slippers and try not to shoot yourself in the head. Ugh...

I guess if you made the near-masterpiece Train to Busan, they'll let you make just about anything.

Jung_E is a film that kind of baffles me. It's got some very committed performances, imaginative and intriguing world building, and impressive production design (although the CGI is often terrible). But it wastes its golden ideas on a story that has no idea what it wants to say or even what it wants to focus on.

There are spurts of thought-provoking material throughout the movie, where characters discuss and contemplate the distinct value of human priorities and compassion that can never be understood by practical machines. It's got nothing new to say, but at least there is some attempt at emotional weight and philosophical themes.

Sadly, though, the vast majority of this movie meanders all over the place with no purpose in mind.

The first 15 minutes gives us clunky exposition about a war in space that we never see and never get any insight into. Then we're introduced to the main character who is trying to develop combat AI based on her mother's brain. We never get to know why she cares about this or why this is the best way for her side to win the war, or even why they should win the war. What is this? Why should we care?

The script takes for granted that because she is the main character, we should be invested in what she's doing. But the story never once takes the time to let us know who she is, what's important to her, or even what's at stake in the conflict. In fact, there really isn't any conflict.

The whole plot consists of these scientists running tests on a combat AI. That's basically it. Then the final 30 minutes gives us a rushed climax where we still don't know what our protagonist's goals are, and when she finally tells us what her goal was, it seems to spit in the face of everything she learned as a character over the course of the movie.

I have no idea how this got green lit with this screenplay. It's sloppy at best, and insultingly idiotic self-indulgent at worst. It thinks it's so much smarter than it is, while having nothing noteworthy to say. It's characters are so wildly inconsistent in their goals and behaviours that it's hard to believe it was written by one guy (which it was).

And it's even harder to believe that this is the same filmmaker who made Train to Busan.

The story concept is not all that original but still an interesting watch. One thing that I do not understand is why does a battle robot have to be based on a male or female body type? Is this feminism in action? The dumb battlebots are "male" with male type voices while the superior battle-bot is female. Why does a battlebot need a curvy set of breasts and bottoms? Absurd feminist-superiority in action.

Why does a battlebot have to be humanoid in structure? It is dumb to put the brain in a "head" that is an easy target. Why not put the brain in the chest with a "head" full of sensors? Why have only two arms when three can be better.

Why does the idiot product developer need to be a "male"? Is this an element of misandry? Or is it that men are not as easily offended as are women?

Yeon Sang-ho is director and writer in this futuristic tale about a legendary mercenary Captain Yun Jung-yi (Kim Hyun-joo) who leads the revolt with Allied Forces against the Adrian Republic, after attacking Earth and man-made shelters in outer-space, in the not-too-distant future.

During her final mission, Captain Yun Jung-yi is left in a comatose state whilst her family is approached by the research institute Kronoid with a proposition to have her brain cloned. In order to develop an AI mercenary code-named JUNG_E who will finally lead the Allied Forces to victory. Kang Soo-yeon in her final film appearance, may she rest in peace. Delivers an emotional portrayal as the daughter of the war-hero, Yun Seo-hyun, who became team leader of the research project and works diligently towards upholding her mother's legacy. I believe that keeping the honor of our ancestors was the overall message of the film, but it did become somewhat muddled in an otherwise decent premise. The storyline feels incomplete or it could have been a pilot for a sitcom. The saving grace for the film was the action sequences with Kim Hyun-joo that were exceptional and well-choreographed. Especially during the opening scene. The team behind the visual effects completely outdid themselves as this is one of the most visually remarkable films that I have ever seen from a Korean release. I can see them receiving numerous accolades for the outstanding detail on the landscapes of an Earth that has become desolate and uninhabitable through climate-change. However, the runtime was too short for a concept this ambitious. The mother-daughter relationship was the primary focus, but I also wanted the narrative to go into further detail about the fate of this futuristic society. The world-building and the characterization should have been more fleshed out as it merely felt cold and empty. The viewer is only left creatively malnourished during the closing act.

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Soon to be cult classic South Korean Sci-Fi where once again corporate thuggery is at work, taking advantage of the earth's depleting and chaotic system. This time dealing with Combat AIs injected with a high level brain function from a deceased woman soldier, who happens to be a mother to one of the chief scientists working on the project (only in Korean movies)! This connection creates the emotional bond between robot and human, giving this movie a surprising depth that has you cheering them all the way.

The action scenes are a gamers joy, and handled well without being too convoluted, like most movies where one never knows what the heck is going on. Production value is high, and the pristine quality cinematography a bonus.

This little gem of a soon to be cult classic is a grand send-off to Kang Soo-youn, with her top-notch subdued performance as the chief scientist, Soehyun.

So gather your nerdy friends, find a big screen, and give it a midnight screening!

Still, the Korean and the Chinese appear to be the only that have the courage to make a superfuturistic sci-fi with a serious budget. The directing is naive and sloppy from time time, and acting even worse by some actors (not all of them) especially if you are not used to asian acting which very different from western or european acting. The last 25 minutes or so are hard-core metal to metal fights, cracking and sparking fun with top-class CGI and motion capture. It is worth the watch, even if you skip the boring parts, the last third of the movie is very good action and some good robot design.

The first 10 minutes or so has great robot fighting, with a cool tank-dog thrown in. However, it becomes boring after this.

It becomes a drama and we get more background info on the chick's mother (the robot warrior) with a bunch of talking and stuff.

They screwed up here. This movie would have been way better if they focused more on the robot warrior. We could have witnesses her growth as they tinkered with her, making her the bad-ass killing machine they wanted.

From here they could have gone two ways. She could have turned on them or they could have put her in the field and we watch her kick ass until she has a sad death. Or some combination of the two.

Instead we get a boring back story about her mother and drama for the next hour or so.

And what's with the wierd over-acting at times, especially by the director guy. At times he starts yelling real loud or screams his lines. I'm not sure if he was trying to "act", but he just looked stupid.

Anyways, this movie wasted a great idea, and could have been so much more, but ended up being a dud. It's watchable, but barely. As you watch the movie, you can see how this could have been SO much more than it was.

Overall, "Jung_E" is a disappointment for fans of director Yeon Sang-ho's previous work, "Train to Busan." While the film boasts impressive action set-pieces and some thought-provoking ethical dilemmas, it ultimately falls short in its execution. The plot, which centers around a team of experts attempting to upload a soldier's consciousness into an AI machine, feels bloated and overlong, with too much time spent on repeated conversations rather than exploring the themes and ideas the film presents.

The acting is solid, with standout performances from the late Kang Soo-yeon and Ryu Kyung-soo, but the direction feels confused and disjointed, as if Yeon couldn't quite figure out how to balance the action and philosophical elements of the film.

In the end, "Jung_E" feels like a missed opportunity, with a lot of potential but not enough substance to make it a truly satisfying film. It's a shame, as Yeon's skill with set-pieces and action filmmaking is undeniable, but it's clear that he struggled to find a way to make this project work.