Crewmembers aboard an offshore oil rig battle a deadly aquatic monster. Sector 7 is very much a monster movie, however its first half is closer to an asian style the abyss 1989. Sector 7 is an old fashioned monster movie with all the toys of the 21st century digital filmmaker competing for our affection. The long talked about sector 7 finally has a home in the united states. Another minnowsized point in its favor is, sector 7 sticks around just long enough to begin to wear out its welcome unlike many korean horror films. Well the hype behind kim jihuns highlyanticipated monster movie sector 7, has me thinking that sector 7 might just be as good as the host.
The oiliest monster in town what attributes would you give a scary sea monster. It is a continental shelf where great amounts of petroleum and natural gas are thought to be buried. Shot in 3d, the film was directed by kim ji hoon reminded me of. The creatures are fullon cgi and when combined with slapdash bandwagon 3d, the movie seems that much more on the hokey side.
Sector 7 is groundbreaking in at least one respect. Touted as one of the first 3d monster movie coming out of korea that was a box office sensation, sector 7 hits all the sweet spots as far as playing up the hunterprey formula of monster versus helpless humans, but did it take a long time in getting there, weighted down by a pretty lengthy first act that served as an introduction to all the. Yes, its an alien knock off to a good extent, theres ridiculous motorcycles on a oil rig scenes, and the cg is slightly better than most syfy movies. Sector 7 on 3d bluray and dvd june 26th scifi japan. This is an average scifi monster movie about a drilling team on an offshore rig that. One flick i cant help but be intrigued by is that 3d korean monster movie sector 7. The korean 3d creature film sector 7 7, chil gwanggu is now in the postproduction stage. Remember that awesome south korean creature feature the host by director joonho bong.
And the overall impression of the movie isnt all that. Lets take a first look at the 3d blockbuster sector 7, the actionscifi movie starring ha jiwon currently showing some of her stunt chops in secret garden, movie veteran ahn sungki may 18, and oh jiho chuno. Im talking about the korean oil rigset monster movie sector 7. On may 9th, cj entertainment officially confirmed financing for sector 7 je chil gwanggu, aka mining area 7, a 3d monster movie that will be directed and produced by youn jekyun. Koreas 3d monster movie sector 7 scares up some action. Eventually the creature is vanquished by the last person standing. The movie takes place out on an oil rig, and unfolds as the characters encounter a strange monster. Directed by kim jihoon and produced by jk youn, the scifi action thriller sector 7 revolves around an oil rig crew forced to battle a deadly creature at sea. Clip from sector 7, out on dvd and 3d bluray on june 26, 2012 from shout. Something awaits 2,500 meters under the deep sea off the southern tip of jeju island. Joining the crew later is jeong man, a former colleague of hae juns father, assigned to eclipse as captain. With nearly 100 minutes to play with, sector 7 only partially makes good use of its time. Jiwon ha in sector 7 2011 sungki ahn in sector 7 2011 sungki ahn and ji won ha in. Sector 7, were helpfully informed via text at the end of the movie, is a real place, a joint development area south of jeju island which experts say.
A scene from the movie sector 7, which became the highest grossing korean film to have opened in china. Shout factory has released the movie in the us to dvd and bluray in both 2d and 3d. Cj reportedly was very impressed by a creature effects demo shown at a recent presentation and expects the film will be successful in the wake of the 3d boom caused. In sector 7, an underwater oil field located south of jeju island, hae jun is working as a marine equipment manager on an oil prospecting ship called eclipse. Sector 7 sells abroad, releases teaser poster by javabeans. I have been waiting for quite some time to watch this film, its not often that a new monster movie comes out and sector 7 has been a long time coming. Everyone in this movie falls short of your hopes including the shortlived resident geneticist cha yereyeon and the pointlessly crabby ship captain.
Sector 7 is an uneven creature feature from south korea starring ha jiwon as member of a research group on an oil platform. Creature mayhem in first trailer for koreas sector 7. Sector 7 trailer with english subs and more monster. Director kim jihun may 18 takes the kitchensink approach and throws everything hes got at the screen with an enthusiasm that is welcome and necessary in the overlyfamiliar old dark house setting. The title of the new korean 3d monster movie, sector 7 7, chil gwanggu, refers to a reallife mining area that lies between the south of jeju island, korea and the west of kyushu, japan. Koreas 3d monster movie sector 7 scares up some action packed character posters. If this sounds like every monster movie cliche ever invented, sector 7 manages to drag in them all. A small team of oil rig workers are searching for undiscovered oil at the oil rig sector 7, off the coast of jeju island. New 3d korean monster movie sector 7 begins production. So when a movie like sector 7 comes out 7 years ago, naturally it gets compared to everything before.
Jared pacheco earlier this month i gave you all your first look at the 3d korean monster movie sector 7. But if you want a cheesy b creature feature, thats exactly what this movie is. Heres a new trailer showing more of the creature from upcoming korean monster film sector 7. Though his job is to oversee the withdrawal of the ship, he suggests conducting some drilling one last time. Sector 7 is a big budget korean monster film, charting the struggle between the crew of an offshore oilrig off the coast of jeju island and a man eating horror from the deep. In sector 7, an underwater oil field located south of jeju island, haejun is working as a marine equipment manager on an oil prospecting ship called eclipse. Still, its betterlooking than your garden variety syfy original. The shit starts hitting the fan when a poor mans the host monster starts killing people theres an attempt to give the members of the research group depth as the monster is only teased at until halfway through the point, but all characters stay. Jake dee last week we were treated to a few new character posters for the korean monster movie sector 7. While i didnt expect much from the movie, i found myself enjoying the campiness of the movie and the novelty of watching a 3d action monster movie on a huge screen. Korea monster smash sector 7 finally gets a dvd date in. Ok well maybe not, but i still think it will be great.
Joining the crew later is jeongman, a former colleague of haejuns father, assigned to eclipse as captain. It is also the first 3d film to be released in south korea. From what ive read online, sector 7 was a huge flop in its home country. After an underwater earthquake, the crew at an oilrig discovers a strange new species of sea creature. See the full list of sector 7 cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. Released september 15th, 2011, sector 7 stars jiwon ha, sungkee ahn, jiho oh, yeryeon cha the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 42 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. We posed a few images a while back, but now they have finally released a trailer or at best, a. Monstermonster says ha ji won when she first sees this glob of cg. I found this to be a great move on the filmmakers part as it doesnt simply weigh down in kill the monster nonsense and actually gives the premise some motive and character establishing. Kim jihoon provides a monster on an oil rig for scifi thriller sector 7. The monsters appearing in the movie come from the appearance of sea.