Alienoid (2022)
Gurus in the late Goryeo dynasty try to obtain a fabled, holy sword, and humans in 2022 hunt down an alien prisoner that is locked in a human's body. The two parties cross paths when a time-traveling portal opens up.
- Hwang Jae-jin
- Choi Dong-hoon
- Choi Dong-hoon
- Lee Ki-cheol
Rating: 6.8/10 by 426 users
Alternative Title:
외계인 - KR
Alien + People: Part 1 - US
Alien: Part 1 - US
Oegyein - KR
Alien + Man - US
외계+인 - KR
Oegye+In - KR
Alienoid - US
Evrenler Savaşı - TR
外星+人 - TW
祖宗膠戰外星人 - HK
موجود فضایی - IR
موجود غیرزمینی - IR
Alien + Human: Part 1 - US
วายร้ายเอเลี่ยน - TH
Alienoid - DE
外星+人 - CN
Alienoid - CZ
Alienoid Les Protecteurs du futur - FR
Alienoid - Les Protecteurs du futur - FR
Alienoid, Les Protecteurs du futur - FR
Alienóide 1 - PT
Country:
South Korea
Language:
한국어/조선말
Runtime: 02 hour 22 minutes
Budget: $24,500,000
Revenue: $12,109,608
Plot Keyword: prisoner, time warp, alien, historical fiction, goryeo dynasty, past and present, time slip, taoist wizard
I found it difficult to relate to Alienoid. I suspect the reason is cultural. Some things work across cultures and other's don't. I found Alienoid simply too strange. It has an off beat personality too, which really didn't help matters. The slapstick humour fell flat, too. Giving characters names like "dogturd", is a bit juvenile. Action wise it's alright but the action often didn't make a lot of sense, either. Characters appearing out of fans and hiding behind magic veils, just didn't track well, with this viewer. In summary, probably one for the domestic South Korean market. Lots of elements I suspect reflect Korean mythology but without a meaningful context, its lost on Western audiences.
