Concrete Utopia

Name: Concrete Utopia
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Drama, Thriller
Released: December 8, 2023
Duration: 130 min
Rating: 73
Cast: Byung-hun Lee, Do-yoon Kim, Dong-gon Kim, Ji-hu Park, Kim Hak-sun

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Lotte Entertainment | Release Date: December 8, 2023 | Not Rated

Starring: Byung-hun Lee, Do-yoon Kim, Dong-gon Kim, Ji-hu Park, Kim Hak-sun, Kim Sun-young, Na Chul, Nam Jin-bok, Park Bo-young, Seo Joon Park

Summary: The world has been reduced to rubble by a massive earthquake. While no one knows for sure how far the ruins stretch, or what the cause of the earthquake may be, in the heart of Seoul there is only one apartment building left standing. It is called Hwang Gung Apartments. As time passes, outsiders start coming in to Hwang Gung ApartmentsThe world has been reduced to rubble by a massive earthquake. While no one knows for sure how far the ruins stretch, or what the cause of the earthquake may be, in the heart of Seoul there is only one apartment building left standing. It is called Hwang Gung Apartments. As time passes, outsiders start coming in to Hwang Gung Apartments trying to escape the extreme cold. Before long, the apartment residents are unable to cope with the increasing numbers. Feeling a threat to their very survival, the residents enact a special measure.… Expand

Director: Tae-hwa Eom

Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Drama, Thriller

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 130 min

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The Guardian Phil Hoad

Apr 5, 2024

If George Orwell had had a career stint as a Korean estate agent, this is the kind of story he might have turned out. Read full review

Owen Gleiberman

Dec 7, 2023

It’s a fractious, blood-soaked drama about the will to survive that feels like “Earthquake” crossed with “Lord of the Flies.” What’s gripping is that you watch it and think, “If I were in this movie, what would I do?” Read full review

Collider Chase Hutchinson

Dec 7, 2023

As the film becomes about the conflict between a handful of key characters, it takes on the machinations and trappings of a psychological thriller surrounding a mystery of sorts that we already know the answer to. Read full review

The Film Stage Alistair Ryder

Dec 7, 2023

It doesn’t pull any punches in its uncompromising portrayal of rising authoritarianism; it lands with greater impact than a more stereotypically crowd-pleasing disaster film. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Dec 12, 2023

A myopic, tense dystopian thrillers go, Concrete Utopia reels us in, jolts and even shocks us and gets the viewer thinking, at least a little. Not every action film or disaster movie can make that claim. Read full review

Screen Rant Nadir Samara

Dec 15, 2023

Concrete Utopia is one of the best thrillers of the year. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Monica Castillo

Dec 8, 2023

Overall, Concrete Utopia is more ambitious than its execution, but nonetheless sustains its suspense with an emotional journey into the depths of what scarcity can do to humanity. Read full review

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