Bogotá: A Cidade dos Sonhos Perdidos

Filming was completed in 2021 and released in 2025. Many things have changed, with OTT platforms ruling the current entertainment trend. Viewers are watching different movies with different subjects from different countries. One of those countries is South Korea. It is a care of the address of new contents, and the Bogota movie came from it. It's a new attempt in SK movies taking the subject of immigrants lives.

It's a story about a person establishing his legacy in a place with no guarantees for his life. The story follows how the main character is shaped into a fearless guy and what the events lead to that make him change his fate from an immigrant guy to the person who controls the smuggling business. The core story is routine: The main character starts his life from the bottom and reaches the top in illegal business by taking down one by one those who are getting in his way . But the highlights of the movie are the acting, 90's sets, and art. Coming to the acting, every actor is given their best. Song Joong-ki again delivered his best; his transformation from a 22-year-old guy to the mid-30s is a remarkable role in his filmography. Really loved his raw character and realistic acting in Guk Hee's role.

The 90's art makes a good impression on the movie, like cars and costumes of 90's Colombia. The music soundtrack is okay. Now see where the movie struggled to get into the hit mark. The story has full potential to make this movie a great movie. But it looks like the director and writer failed to utilize it for the best. Also, the story narration is great, but again, the failure part creates the depth of the characters, except for Song Joong-ki & Lee Hee Joon; other characters are far away from this. It would be the best movie if the director and writer put a little more focus on creating emotional development.

Overall a worthy movie to watch & Song Joong-ki will impress you.

This movie is watchable. It isn't a great movie but it is not bad either. I was interested from the start about what was happening. Song Joong Ki with his boyish looks always captures your sympathy especially in the wild dangerous country. He Is forced to do things when people go after him. Not too fantastic a plot to be fairly believable even though it isn't a true story.

Good on location filming. This isn't a drug movie it's about smuggling Korean clothes to sell in Colombia. The plight diaspora folks face is another aspect. Funny how they are robbed just leaving from the airport. Actually the crime reminds me of how tourists are preyed on in Paris or Madrid or Rome. So called first world countries are just as bad.

The flaw is maybe because it is just a movie and not a series there isn't a whole lot of emotional connection with the characters. Not time for backgrounds of the supporting characters so don't feel anything for them. Also there is no romance or much development regarding his own family. It's about battling over smuggling clothes in to sell in Colombia and not paying customs. Dealing with the bribery and corruption of the local officials is fairly scary although it is not Escobar level. Not scary means more realistic so it's a nice change from exaggerated thrillers.

I can see why this movie wasn't a big box office hit. It is not an exciting thriller. But it's okay for a Netflix watch.

"Bogotá: city of the lost" was a decent movie. The acting was decent, the plot interesting, and it didn't contain almost anything to dislike. Contraband and corruption were the main elements of it, which are indeed big issues in Colombia.

It follows the formula of the innocent guy who gets involved with dangerous bussiness and begind to climb up ranks, similar to movies such as "The Irish Man" but with way lower budget, which is why it didn't deserve more than 7 stars. If you look for something original, you won't find it in this movie, other than the fact that it develops in Colombia and it shows quite well the issues of contraband and corruption instead of the typical drug issue shown in every movie about Colombia, which is why it doesn't deserve less than 7 stars.

The only thing I disliked was that the title had almost nothing to do with the plot other than it being the setting of the story. It seemed more as an attempt to relate Bogotá with this kind of violence, which although is partially true, it mostly applies to the people who get into dangerous bussiness. As a Colombian myself, I have no issues with the way in which this movie showed the reality of my country, given that it is indeed, a reality. So don't look down on this movie only because of that, Colombia is a dangerous country at the end of the day, and if you wanted to see a movie which made it look good, don't look for it in the action genre.

I was really excited about Bogotá: City of the Lost because the story sounded unique-Korean immigrants in Colombia and the struggles they face. But sadly, the movie very quickly failed to meet my expectations.

Instead of telling an interesting story about the connection between Korea and Colombia or developing its characters, it just focused on the usual crime and corruption themes. It felt like the filmmakers relied on clichés instead of offering something new or meaningful-the same old formula used in Hollywood movies about any country south of the U. S.

The story was predictable, and the movie didn't take any creative risks. The overall production was just okay, and at times, it felt like it was mocking Colombia rather than genuinely exploring its issues.

I wanted to like this movie, but in the end, it just didn't deliver on its promise.

Great locations to visit, bad and poor story. Good production, magnificent locations (you must visit this city at sometime in your life)... but what a bad story, terrible, to tell this type of stories of corruption, smuggling, crime and evil, it could have been told anywhere else in the world, even in South Korea itself. The only real danger in Colombia is that you come here and you don't want to leave. It's a wonderful country and its people are extraordinary. That's the only reality and not what is shown and said in this film. Just ask the millions of tourists who come here throughout the year.