Concrete Utopia – Movie Review
Director: Tae-hwa Eom (Vanishing Time: A Boy Who Returned)
Writer: Tae-hwa Eom, Lee Shin-ji (Screenplay)
Writer: Kim Soong-nyung (Webtoon)
Cast
- Park Seo-joon (Parasite)
- Lee Byung-hun (A Bittersweet Life)
- Park Bo-young (The Silenced)
- Kim Sun-young (Broker)
- Park Ji-hu (All of Us Are Dead)
Plot: Survivors from a massive earthquake struggle for a new life in Seoul.
Runtime: 2 Hours 10 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: Concrete Utopia starts in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake in Seoul. Only one apartment complex survived the disaster, the one where Min-sung (See-joon) and Myung-hwa (Bo-young called home. The fellow survivors move toward the apartment causing tension with limited space or supplies.
Meanwhile, the residents must figure out what to do next, voting for Yeong-tak (Byung-hun) to lead them and help make the difficult decisions. However, this only leads to added tension within the neighbourhoods, as people battle to survive without any rescuing coming their way.
Verdict on Concrete Utopia
Concrete Utopia is an action thriller following the residents of an apartment building which survives an earthquake. They must figure out how to survive in a destroyed city where nobody has supplies and nobody is coming to help them.
This thriller shows the chaos caused in the aftermath of a mass disaster. It challenges the social consequences in the world and shows how different people react to the situation. We have barbaric behavior in an attempt to survive. However, it doesn’t seem to address the bigger question of what happened to the rest of the world. It is nice to know the awesome Badland Hunters is in the same universe too.
Where to Watch
Blue Finch Film Releasing presents Concrete Utopia on digital platforms on 1 April.
Final Thoughts – Concrete Utopia shows the pure chaos in the aftermath of a massive disaster.
