Natural City
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 Theatrical poster | |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 내츄럴 시티 |
| Revised Romanization | Naechureol siti |
| McCune–Reischauer | Naechurŏl sit'i |
| Directed by | Min Byeong-cheon |
| Written by | Min Byeong-cheon |
| Produced by | Lee Dong-jun |
| Starring | Yoo Ji-tae Lee Jae-eun Seo Lin |
| Music by | Lee Jae-jin |
| Distributed by | Tube Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 113 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Budget | $5.8 million[1] |
Natural City (Korean: 내츄럴 시티) is a 2003 South Korean science fiction film, set in a dystopian[2] future, about a colony world that integrates robots, androids and cyborgs amongst the population.
Plot
Two police officers, R and Noma, hunt down renegade cyborgs. The cyborgs serve a number of duties, ranging from military commandos to "dolls", engineered for companionship. They have a limited 3-year lifespan, although black market technology has been developed to transfer a cyborg's artificial intelligence into the brain of a human host.
This breakthrough compels R into finding Cyon, an orphaned prostitute, who may serve as the host for the mind of his doll Ria. He has fallen deeply in love with his doll and she has only a few days left to live.
Eventually, R must make a decision between leaving the colony with Ria to spend her last days with him on a paradise-like planet or save his friends when a renegade combat cyborg takes over the police headquarters.
Cast
- Yoo Ji-tae as R
- Lee Jae-eun as Cyon
- Seo Lin as Ria
- Jung Eun-pyo as Croy
- Yoon Chan as Noma
- Jung Doo-hong as Cypher
- Ko Ju-hye as Ami
Reception
The film received mixed to positive reviews. Rotten Tomatoes gave at the film 67% positive reviews.
References
- ^ "Natural City". Korean Cinema 2003. Korean Film Commission(KO FIC). 2003. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
- ^ Natural City Review Archived 2018-07-13 at the Wayback Machine. variety.com (October 16, 2003). Retrieved on August 28, 2020.
External links
- Natural City at IMDb
- Natural City at HanCinema
- Natural City at Rotten Tomatoes