Ian This is an interesting movie and will appeal to Philip K Dick and Blade Runner fans. Possibly. Out of curiosity, if nothing more.It's sort of based more on Blade Runner than the book on which that was based - Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep - and it's more a follow-on than a retelling. Cyborgs (Replicants), Blade Runners (MPs), limited life spans and attempts to counteract it. You get the idea.Fans will be thinking Great! But it's nowhere near the same calibre as Blade Runner. It's confusing, poorly-paced and substitutes action sequences for moments of tension.One highlight - which is probably not much of a highlight, really but which I enjoyed - is the music at 1:30 which just shouts Ennio Morricone. It fits the scene beautifully.The movie has much to recommend it it but ultimately falls short as a "Blade Runner" or "Sheep" adaptation or follow-on. However, fans of either owe it to themselves to watch it and make up their own minds.Just beware of the OTT reviews written by viewers who have little or no knowledge of its sources, or who still (can you believe it?) think gloss, sparks and action is all you need.

Scunner Well I've just wasted nearly two hours of my life watching an annoying thuggish idiot try to save the 'life' of his android girlfriend (quite why being a mystery as she seems to have the personality and IQ of a mushroom) while people jumped about doing backflips preposterously avoiding thousands of bullets. Curiously though when one of the main characters was left on his own to perform heroics these previously deadly killing machines stopped jumping about and doing backflips, ran at him singly like idiots and got slaughtered. Why do scary goons always do that? And honestly can't Ridley Scott sue them for breach of copyright? This was no mere Bladerunner homage with a few nods and winks, the flying police cars were *exactly the same* (except the rubbish cgi was nowhere near as good as the 1982 bluescreen effects).I'll give it a 3 because the first two acts weren't altogether terrible, but the last was abysmal. It consisted of either laugh out loud funny action sequences or interminably dragged out scenes of people slowly dying to soppy music. And that's being generous.

mmushrm I rate this movie high on the visuals. Yes its Blade Runner-ish but truth be told it would be very difficult to make any "cyberpunk" or movie with cyborgs and humans without it somehow taking elements from BladeRunner.The visuals and CG are very good. The story line is a bit confusing in the beginning. It is also a tad slow and on the longish side. The movie's plot is around a special forces cop who is trying to extend the life of his cyborg girlfriend (cyborgs have expiry dates). He does unscrupulous stuff etc and pays a rogue cyborg manufacturer to extend her life. Of course the mad scientist have an agenda of his own whose disclosure leads to the last sequence of the movie.The action scenes are quite good although dark. The story so-so. but I give points to how good the movie looked. I would recommend this movie if you are into the whole cyberpunk genre and enjoy visuals over deep stories and acting.

Cinema_Fan Directed by Byung-chun Min, as well as being the cinematographer and writer of Natural City, it then stars Ji-tae Yu (who played the antagonist in the movie Oldboy, 2003) as a member of the Military Police, and known only as "R" in the movie, who has the unenviable task of policing the city of the small group of renegade Cyborgs that have run wild, killing the city's population. The plot revolves around the Love that has captured Ji-tae Yu's heart as his battle to keep her with him, at all cost. Here, we see the plot seemingly watering down this movie, and I do say seemingly, a typical Love story, and the struggle to keep the two protagonists together. This may seem your typical love story, but most definitely not in the same vain as the 1970 movie with Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal, on the contrary, this is a completely different kind of love, for a different kind of mindset, in a future World that has changed all recognition between love and defeating loneliness. This is, after all, the year AD 2080.Where we would feel that this is an old age story line, and then why not, it works well, it gives us the sense that love can hold no boundaries, however obscure they tend to become.Where Natural City does stand out is its wonderful achievement for the Sci-Fi / Futuristic movie genre; Natural City tips over the edge of aesthetic wonderment quicker than a barrel over the Niagara Falls, and really is suited for the Big Screen, to watch this movie in any other form would truly be a wasted opportunity. The fantastic images and beautiful cinematography are to be envied and duly respected for their artistic qualities. The fantastic scope of depth, colour, light and shadow are just pure cinema brilliance, the feeling of involvement in the City and its dark streets and even darker characters have us hooked on the first view of this amazing city and its surroundings. From street level grime and dirt to the ivory tower offices, this is Sci-Fi / Futuristic heaven, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and behold a stunningly imaginative movie indeed.Natural City was nominated by the Festival International De Cinema do Porto, Portugal, during 2005, for the Category of International Fantasy Film Award. Best Visual Effects went to and was won by Byung-yong Moon, at the Grand Bell Award, South Korea, in 2004.Natural City is a future World that is possibly inevitable for us all, but, for the human race, there will always be a longing for the past, a past of when the longing of a future was only a dream.Visually stunning and sheer Sci-Fi brilliance.Go to Natural City.