Save the Green Planet! (2003)

Byeong-gu believes that the world is on the verge of an alien invasion, and sets out to save the world.

Director:

Joon-Hwan Jang

Writer:

Joon-Hwan Jang

Stars:

Ha-kyun Shin, Yun-shik Baek, Jung-min Hwang

17 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Ha-kyun Shin	...	Lee Byeong-gu
Yun-shik Baek	...	Kang Man-shik
Jung-min Hwang	...	Su-ni
Jae-yong Lee	...	Inspector Choo
Ju-hyeon Lee	...	Inspector Kim
Ju-bong Gi	...	Squad Leader Lee
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dong-hyeon Kim
Roe-ha Kim
Mu-hyeon Lee
Woong-jae Won	...	Detective Jang

Storyline

A traumatized young man abducts Korean leaders, believing they're toxic reptilian aliens - a fifth column launching a takeover of beloved Earth. Stumped law enforcement geniuses half-seriously hire a disgraced, disheveled private detective with a long-ago history of super-crime solving. The alienated South Korean youngster Lee Byeong-gu builds an isolated basement command post/torture chamber/film studio to force the awful truth out of the slimy, uncooperative politicians and businesspeople, then alert the public. Byeong-gu is helped by his devoted girlfriend, who buys his theories, but wonders if his horrible childhood has colored his thinking.

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Plot Keywords:

cult favorite | police officer | unidentified flying object | alien | earth | 

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Taglines:

Perhaps you, are an alien?

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Country:

South Korea

Language:

Korean

Release Date:

4 April 2003 (South Korea)

Also Known As:

Save the Green Planet!

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$3,040, 24 April 2005

Gross USA:

$15,516

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$15,516

Company Credits

Production Co:

CJ Entertainment, Sidus

Technical Specs

Runtime:

118 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

[All trivia items for this title are spoilers.]

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Connections

Spoofs Blade Runner (1982)

User Reviews

Twisty Twisty Twisty

I love Korean cinema. Even when it makes as little coherent sense as this, you still come out of it really refreshed and humbled by the sheer weirdness of it all. When you think you know what is coming you are driven right back to the park of the unknown. This bizarre story of a nobody who deems it a good idea to kidnap a successful businessman he believes to be an alien, incorporating torturous sanity, vigilante gumshoes and lots and lots of nastiness will stretch your basic emotions beyond their thresholds, making a mockery out of them in the latter acts. Usually when a film is as blatantly silly as this it would be easy to dismiss it as nonsensical whiff that was probably made up on the spot as the film went on. And believe me, you won't get much of an argument from me about that. Yet despite the obvious obscenity of the screenplay 'Save The Green Planet' never seems like a movie that wants to satisfy your expectations. It wants to throw them in the river and have them chewed up by sharks. The ride, itself, is a fantastically demented one, so if you can stomach the nastiness of it all, you shouldn't be hateful towards its blatant weirdness. You may even embrace it. Having you guessing right up until the final head-scratching scenes, the movie will leave you bewildered as whether to cry, laugh, shout or scream. Trying all four at once will probably give you the most satisfaction.