Sector 7
August. 04,2011In 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. Joining the crew later is Jeong-man, a former colleague of Hae-jun's father, assigned to Eclipse as captain. Though his job is to oversee the withdrawal of the ship, he suggests conducting some drilling one last time.
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Fresh and Exciting
It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny
Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.
6/10 production 3/10 script 4/10 actingThe over acting makes me think of movies out of the 1930's, always over expressing everything. Like the stupid shot of her giving a thumbs up when they set the pipe at the beginning or the moronic guy with the little fish that gets bit on the lip. Not a single person acts like a real person would act. I certainly hope they wouldn't let someone a mentally impaired as they make him out to be on a oil rig. I guess that wasn't as annoying as the casually sexist comments, like the doctor that can't tell the woman and the man apart... Are you kidding me? Better production than Syfy channel, but that's about it. How anyone can say this is a good film is beyond me, but then again I remember when "The Host" won all those awards and it was crap also.
Seriously. That's pretty much the film that we have on hand. A crew isolated out in the middle of nowhere (aka an oil rig), are attempting to do a job, when they encounter a strange, brutal creature.Unlike 'Alien,' there's very few characters to care about. There's a gaggle of idiots (one pretty much the Jar Jar Binks of comedy relief) that you just know are fodder for the creature.Most of this films feels like it was shot against a green-screen, as we see lots of process-shots, and even some fake motorcycle-riding (yes, motorcycles on an oil rig, they are THAT bored!).This was also a 3D horror film, so we have lots of images of swooping cameras, characters moving in and out of the frame, and stuff coming' right at ya! Personally, give me 'Alien' or 'The Host' any day, and leave 'Sector 7' to sink into the abyss.
SPOILERS!!!!!!!This film is without a doubt the worst monster movie i have ever seen. I went into this with such high hopes. I was a HUGE fan of The Host and Chaw and so went into this expecting it to (at least) be a lot of fun.How wrong was i....First complaint: The rip off factor This movie takes ALL of its main plot points from Alien and (to a lesser extent) The Abyss. 1. Strong female lead fighting rampaging monster - Alien 2. Large monster remaining hidden throughout most of the film as it picks off the crew one by one - Alien 3. Monster has elongated tongue it uses to attack prey - Alien 4. Monster has extremely thick skin that is only vulnerable to fire - Alien 5. Oil rig is set for self destruct in the finale in an attempt to destroy monster - AlienI could go on but honestly i don't need to. The CGI is awful and the monster design is so bad it i8s almost unwatchable. It looks like a giant killer BBQ spare rib. With legs. And Teeth.The subtitles on the English version have a disgraceful translation too. In summary, i have seen some absolute stinkers in my time, but this is one of the worst. Avoid this unless you intend to use it as a substitute for Chinese water torture.
I am an American living in Korea, and my Korean is not yet to the point where I can actually understand movie dialogue fluently. That being said, regardless of the fact that "Sector 7" was in Korean, without English subtitles, I very much enjoyed the movie! To my understanding, this is the first movie ever made in South Korea for both 3D and iMAX. I saw it in 3D, and the visual effects were incredible. The 3D was very real, and the CG looked true to life.Many in Korea have already made comparisons of this movie with "Alien" and compared Ji-won Ha's performance to that of Sigourney Weaver. Known as "Ha Ji Won" in Korea, she is very well known for her acting in Korean dramas, but I think this film will definitely take her career to a new level. Her character is very real, goes through the entire emotional roller-coaster throughout the movie, and is strong in moments without dialogue as well.Koreans should obviously see this, but non-native speakers as well. It's a pure action movie, so it easy to follow along and have a good time.