Stars: Ha-Kyun Shin, Paek Yun-Sik, Hwang Jeong-Min

Director: Jang Jun-Hwan

Summary: Byung-Gu believes that the problems of Earth are a result of the actions of extra-terrestrials. On a mission to save the planet from impending disaster, then, our hero kidnaps and interrogates the boss of a multi-national company whom he believes to be an alien...

This is a jaw-droppingly bizarre movie from Korea that mixes scenes of gruesome torture and violence with comedy and heartbreaking profundity. Perhaps as a result of too many amphetamines and violent incidents in his past, beekeeper Lee Byeong Gu (Sin Ha-Gyun) has become convinced that an unscrupulous business tycoon (Kan Man-Shik) is actually an alien from the planet Andromeda. Lee's frumpy acrobat girlfriend (Hwang Jung-Min) helps him abduct the 'alien' and torture him into confessing. Meanwhile, a hangdog detective is following a trail leading to Lee's hideout high in the mountains. Let the timid be warned: this is not the antipollution comedy that the title might indicate. Man's inhumanity to man is certainly depicted--as in events like Korea's 1980 Kwangju riots--but there's more going on here than any one summation could describe: bees attack, a pet dog named Earth dines on human remains, alternate theories of evolution are posited (ie Noah's Ark was a deep submarine carrying DNA samples); an entire lifetime of films, political turmoil, anime and manga are boiled down and distilled into one profound, multi-textual allegory. Adventurous viewers will be in for one hell of a ride, as this film dares go where few have gone before, yet it does so with heart and intellect to match its wicked humor and headlong momentum.

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Aspect Ratio:	1.85 Wide Screen
Main Language:	Korean
Region:	Region 0
Special Features:	Deleted Scenes, Director Commentary, Cast And Crew Interviews, Behind The Scenes, Jamie Russell Film Notes
Subtitles:	English
Year:	2003
Release Date:	March 21, 2005
Runtime:	113 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	T V D 3512
Label:	Asia Extreme
Keywords:	Green, Subtitled, Planet, Comedy, Two, General, Wide, Screen, Save, Drama, Horror, Korean, Occult, Discs, Sci, Fi
Genre:	Drama