A team of scientists working on a remote dig site find the buried body of an enormous monster, perfectly preserved even after 200 million years. As soon as the beast is uncovered, however, an alien spacecraft suddenly appears above them and brings the monster back to life! The creature immediately sets about levelling the surrounding urban landscape and shrugging off the best firepower the military can throw at it. A lone scientist, working on decrypting an ancient set of hieroglyphics, may be on the verge of finding the aliens' weak point, but will it be too late?
Practical Effects
The man-in-suit moments outshine the CGI somehow
Visual Effects
1999 Korean CGI that aged like milk in a sauna
Direction
Shim Hyung-rae's absolutely unhinged vision
Director
Shim Hyung-rae
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was South Korea's most expensive film ever at $33 million—roughly triple the budget of the original 1967 Yongary. It bombed so hard it nearly killed Korean blockbuster filmmaking.
Director Shim Hyung-rae spent years claiming he'd create a Korean kaiju franchise to rival Godzilla; instead he made a cult 'worst movie ever' contender that plays at ironic revival screenings worldwide.
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