Review: Jung-E
By William Pattison
For Horror Bob’s Blog
Gore and
Scares, this time I have a sci fi morality tale from Korea, Jung-E.
Set in the
22nd century, climate change has caused the planet to become uninhabitable and
humans live within a man-made shelter. A war takes place within the shelter.
Jung Yi is the elite leader of the allied forces. She becomes the subject of a
brain cloning experiment. In the experiment the researchers, which includes
Jung Yi’s now adult daughter, install the cloned brains into robotic
recreations of Jung Yi, since her brain is now the property of the government.
They force her to relive her final mission in the hope of the prototype
replicant getting past the situation that caused Jung to fail, which caused the
war to last decades longer. It also means that her daughter must see her mother
die over and over again.
I love a well
crafted sci fi film that deals with human morality in a sci fi setting and this
film is exactly that. In many ways this film is similar in tone to the live-action Ghost in the Shell film that came out a number of years ago, but it also
shares a lot in the feel and subject matter of the sequel to the original
anime, Ghost in the Shell: Innocence, in that it is about copying human brains
but treating them as products with no respect or dignity.
For those
looking for action and robot fight scenes, there are a few scenes of this but
it is not the focus of the film. It is about the relationship of Jung and her
daughter and the moral implications of their situation. This is a film that
deals with exposition and the CGI and action scenes may be few and far between
but when they appear they are impressive.
In conclusion
if you are looking for a robot war film that is nothing but fluff CGI battle
scenes this is not the film for you. But if you are looking for a story that
makes you think and has a moral and emotional impact, this is the film for you.
Enjoy…
Keep on
Creepin’, Horror Bob’s Blog
