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SPACE SWEEPERS Review: An Enthralling Sci-Fi Space Adventure Worth Multiple Rewatches

The least anyone expected in the past year would be to have to wait out a whole pandemic in order to have some semblance of some semblance of fun (yes, I wrote it like that, and you read it correctly the same). Moviegoers the world around were resigned to such a fate even as trailers for Jo Sung-hee’s latest star-spangled space rouser, Space Sweepers, made the rounds with small trailer bits touting a hopeful release last summer, and so with its delay came the usual brouhaha over releasing films onto smaller screens despite helmers priming their work for more grandiose theatrical showings. We can go over all the Nolan-isms on that all day, of course, and sadly, it won’t change the fact that the best course of action for any film to see movement would be to tether it to a streaming deal of some kind. I’ll leave the watercooler […]

SPACE SWEEPERS: Jo Sung-Hee’s New Interstellar Sci-Fi Actioner Streams On Netflix In February!

Lee B. Golden III

If it feels like Jo Sung-hee’s latest sci-fi thriller, Space Sweepers, already came out, then you’re not alone. The crank-up began last Spring with promo images and teaser footage releasing back then, and sadly remained delayed like most films due to the pandemic. Netflix has since announced its acquisition as of November and thus, will head up an exclusive release on February 5. Check out the brand new teaser trailer above, as well as key art and language below! Netflix, the world’s leading streaming entertainment service, confirmed the release date for its new film SPACE SWEEPERS as February 5th, 2020. The first teaser of Space Sweepers have also been revealed. Set in 2092, spaceship Victory is one of the many that live off salvaging space debris. Crewed with a genius space pilot Tae-ho (Song Joong-ki), a mysterious ex-space pirate Captain Jang (Kim Tae-ri), an spaceship engineer Tiger Park (Jin Sun-kyu), […]

SPACE SWEEPERS Teaser: Korea’s First Space Adventure Promises Interstellar Thrills, Explosive Battles, Robots And More!

Lee B. Golden III

It’s been four years since Jo Sung-hee had a theatrical release with credits like A Werewolf Boy and Phantom Detective in his wake. That all changes this summer with last year’s production on space thriller, The Victory, following in the footsteps of Asia’s successes in recent years with Frant Gwo’s The Wandering Earth, and other spotlights such as Shanghai Fortress and upcoming sci-fi thriller, Warriors Of Future. (Hell, let’s throw Guardians Of The Galaxy in there while we’re at it!) Now faced with an exhibitors’ market drastically reshaped by the Coronavirus outbreak at the start of 2020, the new South Korean action adventure re-emerges now as Space Sweepers, rebrandished and suited well in its title along with a first teaser that packs in a promising 30-second first look. A July release is on deck for South Korea from Merry Christmas Entertainment, and with any luck, we might even see this […]

THE VICTORY: Jo Sung-Hee’s Korea/China-Backed Trailblazing Sci-Fi Shoots Next Month

Lee B. Golden III

Developments have been slowly brewing for years for Jo Sung-Hee’s new movie, The Victory. At long last though, it appears the wheels are finally turning for Jo’s long-awaited effort toward shooting South Korea’s first sci-fi feature beginning next month. Principally backed by Merry Chistmas with an investment upwards of $4.2 million dollars from Huayi Tencent Entertainment, The Victory aims to further cement business between China and South Korea following a three year stalemate that has affected China’s Korean film releases according to Variety‘s own Sonia Kil. China and South Korea have had frosty political relations for the past three years and the import of Korean films into China has dried up. In its recently published annual report Huayi Tencent said: “We are of the view that the situation may gradually improve.” There’s next to nothing on story details for The Victory will otherwise reunite Jo with The Battleship Island actor […]

Let The Bullets Fly In The New Teaser For PHANTOM DETECTIVE

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Up for a little revisionist Korean Robin Hood reboot? Look no further than director Jo Sung-Hee who last gained notoriety for his 2012 fantasy romance flick, A Werewolf Boy. Well, Hee is back again now, and with the delightful looking crime noir, Phantom Detective which opens in May. Actor Lee Je-Hoon leads this one, here and now in the latest of several repurposed cinematic approaches to iconic 16th century Korean folk hero Hong Gil-Dong, now in full flatfoot mode with 99% crime solving success rate, and hot on the trail of a new case involving a massive and mysterious cult. The latest teaser trailer has arrived, is unsubbed and lends a few chuckles. It looks pretty slick and invokes enough charm and luster to neighbor next to the moodiness and bullets that fly throughout. Take a look!