FABRICATED CITY

JOJAK-DOEN DOSI

By Kwang-Hyun PARK

EMPHASIS VIDEO ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED - as DISTR Airline, World

Thriller - Completed 2017


    • Year of production
    • 2017
    • Genres
    • Thriller, Action/Adventure
    • Countries
    • KOREA (South)
    • Languages
    • KOREAN
    • Director(s)
    • Kwang-Hyun PARK
    • Synopsis
    • Within futuristic Seoul, the setting is a dystopian Orwellian city in which everyone is under surveillance. In this gloomy place, Kwon Yoo (Ji Chang-Wook) is merely another unemployed nobody, who is unable to find work after being kicked out of the national taekwondo team. In the virtual game world, he is an unrivaled force to be reckoned with. Like him, there are other team members who kill time by playing computer games, but have yet to find actual employment. While engrossed in his game as usual at a local Internet café, Kwon Yoo is shocked to learn that he is the main suspect in a brutal crime. He is arrested for the assault and murder of a high school girl, and his online-game teammates discover that he has been by framed for the crime by a large corporation. With their help, Kwon Yoo sets out to uncover the truth behind the murder case, and to clear his name. After breaking his way out of prison, Kwon narrowly evades a nationwide manhunt. As the dragnet closes in, Kwon his buddies learn to fight against a real-world villain and to make use full use of their gifts, which has long been overlooked by society.