Doomsday Book

2012

1h 55m

Drama

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80%

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5 Reviews

54%

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250+ Ratings

The world ends in three very different ways.

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Stephen Dalton

Hollywood Reporter

Triple shot of apocalyptic weirdness from South Korea.

Oct 12, 2012

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Joseph Walsh

CineVue

The philosophical message contained beneath each of these surreal shorts is shallow at best.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 23, 2018

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Deirdre Crimmins

Film Thrills

This episode does get a little preachy regarding ideology, but considering the themes here it is to be expected. These sections all fit together to make a complete film that is long in run time, but absolutely worth it.

Aug 21, 2018

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Shaun Munro

What Culture

What impresses most is the consistent, clear tone and vision throughout; the comedy never up-ends the thoughtful elements, nor the other way around. Balance is key, and as such, Doomsday Book is well worth the long wait.

Rated: 3.5/5

Oct 11, 2012

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Anton Bitel

Eye for Film

sandwiching Kim Ji-woon's serious and savoury speculative fiction between Yim Pil-sung's two altogether more absurdist slices of Armageddon, these three stories are concerned as much with renewal as with destruction.

Oct 3, 2012

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dosta soliden korejski SF sostaven od tri prikazni, od koi vtorata prikazna so robotot budist e nesto fenomenalno

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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Audience Member

I want to research you forever. In the future the Earth evolves and a virus spreads that very few are immune to. Those infected turn into zombies of sorts. During the spread a commercial organization develops robots that are highly effective protecting areas. Pockets of humans around the world have survived because of these robots. However, there are rumors circulating these robots are dangerous and may get out of hand? "You'll have purified urine to drink." Pil-Sung Yim, director of Antarctic Journal and Scarlett Innocence, delivers Doomsday Book. The storyline for this picture was inconsistent with some positive aspects and ridiculous moments. The action was well done and had some solid CGI. The acting was just okay and the cast includes Doona bae, Joon-ho Bong, Ji-hee Lee, John Kim, and Kang-woo Kim. "I thought she was blind because her eyes were yellow." I came across this on Netflix and randomly decided to add this to the queue. This was disappointing. I felt this had some potential but it fizzled as it didn't take itself too seriously. Overall, I'd recommend skipping this film. "Act first, think later." Grade: D+/C-

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/19/23

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dan m

This was all kinds of weird. Three Korean sci-fi stories in one, the first being a run of the mill zombie story. The second is a robot that thinks it's Buddha(very, very boring by the way) and the third.. well I have no idea what the hell that was, something to do with a girl ordering a giant 8 ball meteor to destroy the world. All in all, not something I'd want to watch again.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Absolutely brilliant, with my favourite part 2, being so close to Asimov's ideas and storytelling style...

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/20/23

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Audience Member

I really loved this set of shorts.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/18/23

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Audience Member

Three (short) stories that will make you think about the future and the apocalypse.each story has its own way of showing us the consequences of our own acts as a society.very thought provoking.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/29/23

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Kim Jee-woon

Director

Im Pilseong

Director

John D. Kim

Former NASA Researcher

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Synopsis

The world ends in three very different ways.

Director: Kim Jee-woon, Im Pilseong
Production Co: Gio Entertainment
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Korean
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 10, 2013
Runtime: 1h 55m