Seobok (2021)

...but somehow the script is not the best, and i think with the two lead actors they could've done so much more and better (because they are both great), but it stays a bit on the surface over all. Too bad!

Fmovies: Entertaining big-budget sci-fi thriller. I have to say I mostly got what I wanted out of it, and that's a mix of pathos, road film and some action for good measure. It does have its shortcomings that keep it from being great, though.

Imagine having a male Asian version of Eleven from Stranger Things. Then give him a Frankenstein-type backstory and pair him with a skilled secret agent who has his own brand of unsavory past. They're the centerpiece of the film and their gradual bonding is at the heart of the story. This is the kind of thriller that takes cues from modern Hollywood cinema, but keeps that Korean flair in trying to wring out real emotions from its characters while putting them in some tough spots. It even goes overboard in that regard, with some slightly predictable, almost underwhelming scenes in the second half. The film's focus switches from an entertaining, sometimes touching road trip to borderline-corny melodrama with occasional SFX-heavy sequences. Still, even then the film has its moments; there's a particularly effective beach scene that manages to find a sense of melancholy amid all the obvious sugarcoating.

Overall, this is a polished, mostly fun and exciting ride that's worth a watch if you're into Korean genre fare and don't mind formulaic plotting. It won't blow you away, but it's got just enough going for it.

Although there are some action scenes and the story is based on human cloning, the film is philosophical.

It has a deep core and asks deep questions.. Why do we fear death? Why we want to live forever?

Is "how long we live" more important than "how we live"?

Are we living well?

Is there a purpose for our life?

The moment our death approaches, will we say that we regret or that we are proud of how we lived?

What would the world look like if humans could choose to live forever?

The film indirectly answers all these questions. And in the end Ki Heon answers the most important question.... Do you know now how the world gonna be if humans could find a way to immortality? And he answers, "Yes, I know." Ki heon represents a normal human who fears death and wishes to live longer and Seobok is immortality sought by everyone.

If you are expecting an action movie, the movie will be disappointing. It is a philosophical movie about human nature, death and life. And how humans might destroy each other if they could control who lives and who dies.

Seobok fmovies. Park Bo gum and Gong Yoo in one frame 🔥

The way Park Bo gum expressed his emotions is beyond perfection. Words aren't enough to describe how good he is!

The storyline was amazing, well structured, unique, & most importantly well executed.

• Gong Yoo fan from Bangladesh.

The movie was overall good. It was pretty intense,barely could guess what is going to happen in the end.

Taking about the plot it follows a scientific experiment of clone called Seobok who can cure all human diseases and also an immortal being . A man with a brain tumor is called for the first trailer of the experiment as he was the most reliable and coward person. While shifting Seobok from the science lab a group of americans attacked them and took them to another place. Min Gi and Seobok somehow escaped the place but Seaobok wants to go the church. After that when they went to the lab where Min Gi wanted Seobok to leave.

So questions arise, Who were those americans who attacked them and why?

Why Seobok a cone wants to go to church?

Why Min Gi wants Seobok to leave the lab all of a sudden ?

I said it has a vibe of ''Stranger things '' Seobok pretty resembles Eleven. Eleven has telepathy power with it she can move or destroy things, seobok does the same. Both are the product of Scientific Experiment. Like ''Stranger things'' group of friends want to save Eleven and so does the Min Gi .

Of course Stranger things is far better than this one. But it resembles a bit that it.

I almost didn't realize that I stared my black screen long after Seo Bok finished. Last year, when I read the news stating, "The first Korean sci-fi action film, "Seo Bok", the first human clone through stem cell cloning and genetic engineering. With Gong Yoo and Park Bo Gum as leads", I had a preconceived image about how Seo Bok would be. I thought, Korean would go all out in Hollywoodian tradition of shallow sci-fi bombastic action.

I was wrong. Though there is a bit of Hollywoodian appearance in the style, Seo Bok is still Korean at its core, with Korean / Asian values / approach that I come to love years ago when I started to be interested in Korean cinema.

Seo Bok delivers the everlasting question about live and death in an unconventional way: the meeting of two protagonists from opposite ends of the spectrum. One is dying (Ki-Hun played wonderfully by Gong Yoo). And the other one has the possibility to be immortal (Seo-Bok played by Park Bogum). I have to admit, Park Bogum gradual transformation from a curious-ordinary-innocent-kid to an intelligent-sensitive-observant creature then transformed into an angry wounded beast, is worth an Oscar. Effortless and seamless transformation just with his facial expression and his gaze.

The premise of Seo-Bok follows the path of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein with more of human approach (and Asian values). Ki-Hun is afraid to die mostly because his traumatic past that led him to believe he would encounter an unimaginable terrible punishment in the other side. His buying his time out of fear. Somehow, Ki-Hun is the reincarnation of Captain Walton's Mary Shelley. And as the story progress, we have Victor Frankenstein in the form of a mother / scientist who created Seo bok with a very humanly reason: out of grief.

As every story with out-of-control human ambition, Seo-bok, which is based on fear and grief of inevitable human destiny, is a great movie that worth watches more than once.