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Save the Green Planet!

Original title: Jigureul jikyeora!
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  • 1h 58m
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7.2/10
8.4K
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Save the Green Planet! (2003)
Save the Green Planet(2003)
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Byeong-gu believes that the world is on the verge of an alien invasion, and sets out to save the world.Byeong-gu believes that the world is on the verge of an alien invasion, and sets out to save the world.Byeong-gu believes that the world is on the verge of an alien invasion, and sets out to save the world.
IMDb RATING
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8.4K
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  • Director
    • Joon-Hwan Jang
  • Writer
    • Joon-Hwan Jang
  • Stars
    • Shin Ha-kyun
    • Yun-shik Baek
    • Jung-min Hwang
  • Director
    • Joon-Hwan Jang
  • Writer
    • Joon-Hwan Jang
  • Stars
    • Shin Ha-kyun
    • Yun-shik Baek
    • Jung-min Hwang
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 56User reviews
    • 72Critic reviews
    • 70Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 20 wins & 2 nominations

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    Shin Ha-kyun, Yun-shik Baek, and Jung-min Hwang in Save the Green Planet! (2003)
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    Shin Ha-kyun
    Shin Ha-kyun
    • Lee Byeong-gu
    Yun-shik Baek
    Yun-shik Baek
    • Kang Man-shik
    Jung-min Hwang
    Jung-min Hwang
    • Su-ni
    Jae-yong Lee
    Jae-yong Lee
    • Inspector Choo
    Ju-hyeon Lee
    • Inspector Kim
    Ju-bong Gi
    Ju-bong Gi
    • Squad Leader Lee
    Jae-Jin Jung
    • Noah
    Dong-hyeon Kim
    Roe-ha Kim
    Roe-ha Kim
    Mu-hyeon Lee
    Woong-jae Won
    • Detective Jang
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      All entries contain spoilers
    • Goofs
      Stomping on someone's chest does not revive them.
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      Referenced in Big Bad Wolves (2013)

    User reviews56

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    10/10
    Insane, and insanely funny
    The set-up alone for Save the Green Planet demands your attention.

    When a drugged up, marginalized bee-keeper (Ha-kyun Shin) researches the background of a powerful industrialist (Yun-shik Baek), he can draw only one conclusion: the latter is an alien from Andromeda with designs on taking over the Earth on the next eclipse. And he does what any paranoid, stimulant-addled citizen might do -- kidnap the man, shackle him in his basement, and torture the truth out of him.

    From this wacky premise comes one of those rare films that successfully mixes dark comedy with true pathos. But the real excitement comes with the film-making, which offers cinematic parodies, inventive plotting, and some penetrating commentary on the evolution of humankind. If Charlie Kaufman were South Korean, this would be the kind of film he'd make.

    Alternative history fans will roll in the aisles with the film's wry treatment of UFOs, the death of the dinosaurs, alien abduction, and all sorts of science fiction clichés. Save the Green Planet is just plain fun -- scary fun, uncomfortable fun -- but you won't dare doze off for even an instant.
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    • poikkeus
    • May 17, 2005

    Details

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    • Release date
      • April 4, 2003 (South Korea)
    • Country of origin
      • South Korea
    • Language
      • Korean
    • Also known as
      • Salvar el planeta tierra
    • Production companies
      • CJ Entertainment
      • Sidus
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $15,516
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $3,040
      • Apr 24, 2005
    • Gross worldwide
      • $15,516
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 58 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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