Trying to find the most accurate way to describe Alienoid is like attempting to hold the sands of time in your hands. Directed by Choi Dong-hoon, the South Korean time-traveling action film is one ...
When I first was introduced to the South Korean sci-fi action flick Alienoid, I expected a story set in the future, one full of robots, aliens, neon-colored cities, and sleek futuristic hovercraft. Of ...
From a boomerang-shaped spaceship, an exoskeleton powered by a fictional source and a time-traveling vehicle to a dynamic gun fight and fan-wielding magician from the Goryeo period (918-1391), ...
Imagine going through 50 different edits of a film to get to the perfect final cut. Director Choi Dong-hoon, who made the two “Alienoid” films, did. And though the task was not an easy feat, he ...
Dir: Choi Dong-hoon. South Korea. 2022. 142 mins. Aliens, robots, Taoist magicians, and time-traveling defenders of the future are participants in an era-hopping battle in Alienoid, a genre-splicing ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joan Vos MacDonald is a New York-based writer who covers Korean media. The story began when a being known as Guard inadvertently ...