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"Space Sweepers" is all in all an average Sci-Fi movie. Nice plot, good characters and a nice cast, good CGI and fun to watch. I was about to give this movie a solid 6 but when I researched about this movie afterwards I couldn't believe me eyes when I saw that they only had a budget of 21 million USD.

I mean how in the world can they do such a good looking movie playing IN SPACE with such a low budget while a Hollywood movie with a similar look would probably cost over 150 million or even 200 million USD?

And when you can create a movie like this with such a low budget, your movie ist not average; it is good.

Great fun space fantasy that tugs at the heart strings (well it tries to). Cheesy but great fun. Great characters, solid CGI and fair plot.

Not to be taken seriously but good escapist entertainment.

Well done Netflix.

Like a Korean Guardians of the Galaxy. Mind blowing scifi special effects - if this film was in English with a Marvel production logo in the intro everyone would be scoring it 8.5 or 9.

I watched the English version which you don't even notice after 10 minutes. This movie was awesome. Awesome effects, awesome & very original concept, awesome screenplay... It's awesome.

If you like SciFi, this movie is a real treat. If you don't, you will still fall in love with the characters, story arc and spell binding special effects !

Highly recommend - 8/10

This is a Korean version of 'Serenity'. The plot is very similar.

But, I could enjoy the entire watching. Up-dong (A robot) is funny. Kot-nim(A child) is adorable.

Overall, it's recommended. Fun to watch, try it.

ps1. the budget was 21 mil $. Could you believe that?

Considering the scale of this movie, and what they set out to do, I'd say this was a success. It was off, not perfect, and missed often. But overall, very entertaining, impressive, and promising for a whole new film category for South Korea to add to. And they have a lot now. Btw, it's nice to see a variety of countries and languages represented here, not just the usual English only which I find more realistic in a sense. Btw, it is very difficult to incorporate so many different languages and it didn't always work out. But I always thought these futuristic space stories had way too many people from only certain countries ie USA and UK. Star Wars are suppose to be aliens, not even human, far far away and they are still mostly....English speaking white people basically. No one ever thought this was odd? Anyways, looking forward to more sci-fi to come out of South Korea, and other countries for that matter

Protagonists are very cliche (their background stories & personality traits), so is the antagonist (as often seen: big tech company gone bad, its evilness is poorly motivated...). Classic good versus bad story, lacking of grey levels. Very typical, expected plot & outcome, with lots of plot armor on the way. Fans of action & light entertainment will like it, sci-fi fans (like me) might still take some pleasure because of visuals & the general setting.

Space Sweepers is a really impressive film considering its budget of $20 million USD. The CGI and sets are great, and it really proves that you can make high quality films for a cheap price. Aside from that, Space Sweepers is pretty average. The story doesn't really offer anything new and its pretty cliched. The acting was the worst part about Space Sweepers. The main actors were decent enough, but the supporting cast gave underwhelming performances. Lastly, Space Sweepers is way too long, they could've cut about 15-30min and it would've improved the pacing by a large margin. Overall, Space Sweepers is a slightly above average film. The only thing that's holding up this movie are its impressive visuals. I'd only recommend this film if you're into sci-fi and space fights, but if you're coming for a story, then you should give this one a pass.

Skilled acting...good sci fi plot...beautiful sfx and cgi...re-watchable...*zero identity politics, agenda message, or special interest group pandering... check,check,check!

What a refreshing vid this is to watch! No wonder foreign and indie productions are gaining market shares by leaps and bounds!

There is some quality hidden inside this movie, although it can probably not be fixed in its entirety.

I dig the happy crew vibes of this movie but this movie is sloppy to say the least. The flaws in the story didn't bother me as much as the flaws between the scenes, this made it a particular hard watch. One moment a main actor is about to sacrifice itself and then he walks back on the bridge. Enemies and good guys seem to appear out of nowhere to give this movie an overdose of plot turns or set up scenes.

You also will get sidetracked a lot into unessisary scenes that are only distracting. A lot of my criticism would be fixable by just releasing a better cut, removing distracting scenes that don't progress the storyline and removing scenes that don't tie up loose ends, and then its needs to set up the remaining scenes properly with some more dialogue, this last item would be a hard fix. This movie is probably a 4.5 and i am giving it a 5 just for the attempt and for the love of sci fi. If they would fix it i guess it has an 6 or 6.5 potential.

In all honesty I don't get the negative reviews...I mean just by seeing the trailer you realize more or less what is all about. In terms of entertainment this movie is cute and so much fun to watch, and actually delivers...so people moaning all the time by saying oh is that oh is the other, should just enjoy it for what it is. Another good release from South Korea which didn't disappoint.

This was a fast and a fun movie. The plot was simple for SciFi but it was well executed. The effects were great.

Characters: This was Guardians of the Galaxy mixed with Passengers in characters wise. I didn't find the male lead as exciting. However the side characters were great. There was a good diversity in the cast as well.

Plot: Very simple. Sometimes too predictable.

Cinematography: Not too great.

Special Effects: Even better than most US movies.

Will I re-watch this? No. Not because it was bad, simply because this felt like a fun one time event.

Visually this space movie is top quality film making. The sets are beautiful and stunning. The story is good in parts but lost me at some parts. Why something was happening or why they were doing this or that escaped me. The emotional connection and back story are the Korean element which helps give the characters some dimension. Wish the backgrounds and the girls story had been explained earlier to avoid confusion. The multilingual dialogue can be slightly confusing at times.

The hero of the show is played by Song Joong Ki who is still boyish looking and does as good a job as can be hoped for. Kim Tae Ri does a badass role okay. The cute kids act well.The non Korean international cast is not famous except for Richard Armitage who plays the villain.

It's a grand movie and looks great - just a tighter clearer story might have made this a great movie.

Full out space adventure. Not the best of space movies but sure beats the hell out of the latest Star Wars films. Why???? This movie has heart, soul and entertainment.

Light-hearted, entertaining movie with endearing main cast and characters, plus an easy-to-follow plot-line that isn't annoyingly convoluted. There were several scenes where the screenplay was slightly unpolished, but it was not a major issue, since the movie was so entertaining. This movie has cool action sequences combined with sweet moments. For those seeking to be entertained by wacky adventures in space, this is a good watch.

No one can dismiss the CGI as being awesome and the set design is very good. Beyond that though the story struggles through a lack of clear direction. Acting is OK with too many folks seemingly dragged off the streets and offered speaking roles. Script needs to tighten up a lot and you could cut 20 mins off and still have a decent movie. It was certainly watchable and I enjoyed it for the most part but I won't be posting it to FB as a must watch.

All Hollywood can do anymore is give us CGI-fest films with no depth in character or story, or remakes that are almost all worse than their originals. Typically, the films tend to mirror the demands of their audience; people who can barely sit through anything that actually requires some attention.

Korea gives us a great space story that is a bit of a mixture of Wall-E, Firefly, and Blade Runner. The film also gives us a great balance of story, character, and action. Why does the story work so well? Because like all great storytellers, they focus on the story and the characters.

George Lucas once stated, "a film with special effects and no story is a pretty boring thing." Funny how he would actually end up going against his own proverb, and it is also true of what has happened with much of western filmmaking, as stated above.

The film also has a lot of heart, which will make the viewer all the more appreciative that it isn't just an action movie. This is enhanced by veteran actors like Joong-Ki Song (Descendants of the Sun) and Tae-Ri Kim (Mr. Sunshine) as well as Jin Seon-Kyu.

The movie isn't perfect, but if you want a good story, some laughs, and some great action sequences, you won't be disappointed.

The film's storyline is ok but nothing extraordinary... Although the year is 2092, it looks more like 2192, there is no way there will be such massive orbital structures built by that time... As a sci fi Junkie I can see straight away from where all the ideas were picked.. The whole garbage in space collecting comes from Planetes, outlaws idea from Bebop... They also tried to do a robot character like Bender or K2SO, but ended up leaning closer to Jar Jar ...Overall the film's storyline is probably better than Valyrian, but not as entertaining as ridiculous Jupiter Ascending... What most people won't like is pretty cliché characters, sometimes annoying behaviour and a lot of soapy moments focused around a a child...

It looks great, the cgi is up there in quality, but the story line, physics, emotional range, is just all over the place and riddled with cliches and tired tropes. Richard Armitage is very almost the best part is this movie.

It's fun if you intend to talk through the entire movie with friends and mock the hell out of it (bonus points every time you say a hackneyed line seconds before the character does), but that's about it.

Space Sweepers is a pretty solid ride with great CGI especially when you consider the budget was around 21mil (USD). I see a lot of people saying that the acting was subpar for some of the cast and supporting cast, but how can you truly gauge it when you're more than like watching it in another language.

It met the expections I have for these Netflix Sci Fi films. If you enjoyed Wandering Earth then you will more than likely enjoy this as well.

Nothing that we haven't seen already But this time in Korean.

Let me begin by stating that I am a fan of Korean cinema. They make superb movies that exist contrary to the stereotypical efforts coming out of Hollywood recently & as such are a breath of fresh air. Space Sweepers, however, does not deserve the same accolades. To begin with, I was put off by erratic behaviour from the characters as they displayed cartoon-like, exaggerated responses, behaved irrationally at every turn & would suddenly launch into fits of violence for no apparent reason. Really. It was like a bad martial arts film. The dialogue was far too rapid & to be honest I just couldn't keep up with the subtitles. The action sequences were choppy & it was difficult to follow exactly what was supposed to be going on. To make things worse the story was not sufficiently engaging & after about half an hour I gave up. On the plus side though, the special effects are stunning,

This Korean production clearly rivals Hollywood ones. Many point at Firefly as inspiration, but I would say Valerian is also a good comparison. The story is original and has an interesting premise. The CGI and set design are top notch, no question about that. The multi-lingual thing isn't too distracting to me, as I am watching it with subtitles anyway, but that actually resolves "why everyone speaks English in movies".

The deal-breakers for me are, however, the screenwriting and editing:

• Many scenes are unnecessarily long.
• Instead of "show, don't tell", they foreshadow it, then show it, then also exposit it. Say, a certain underground fight sequence. It is foreshadowed by a friend's visit, then with the knife, then the person is shown, then said person explains everything... That's too much, don't you think?
• The transition between set pieces is not smooth. Consciously you know they are heading to the next location to progress the plot, but the cuts are jarring.
• The timing of events are also quite bad. Say, in a rescue mission, the protagonist has the time to leave the ship to do a side quest, while the crew is supposed to be leaving immediately, and he manages to catch up. The finale is a time-critical mission, but there are at least two extra set pieces inserted. Then when they have just broadcasted a message out, everyone is already there somehow.
• The hero's realization happens too late, and too sudden. But you know it's going to happen since early in the movie, so the protagonist is being an unnecessary a**h*le throughout most of the movie.
• Too many plot twists. Some really obvious, some really bad. The final one was brilliant and heart-wrenching, then they have to ruin that with another plot twist and a plot hole as a byproduct.
• Too many plot holes. I feel like the writers have some plot milestones to hit, but just lazily filled in the sequences in between.
• Background characters, like people watching the news, are given close ups. But their acting are so bad/stiff...

All in all, I like the concept, and I am surprised by the quality. But there are jarring holes in the execution that I just couldn't ignore. For storytelling purpose, I would say a trilogy or a miniseries are more appropriate formats for this IP.