Basically the Korean Godzilla, but whereas the older Japanese monster movie was subtle with its politics, this one bashes you over the head with it just in case you didn't pick up on the jokes. "Agent Yellow"...get it!?! Like Agent Orange but yellow because they're Asian!!
As far as the film goes, it's kind of corny, with a cheesy climactic boss battle. Interestingly this might be patient zero of the action-heroine-with-a-bow trope. This film was truly influential in ways no one saw coming, it seems.
Also the big, mutated catfish monster looked really stupid especially when it started flipping around like Olga Korbut, more weird than scary. If Jaws, Alien, or Halloween is any example, it would have been far wiser to not show the monster than have extended bad CGI shots in broad daylight.
As far as the film goes, it's kind of corny, with a cheesy climactic boss battle. Interestingly this might be patient zero of the action-heroine-with-a-bow trope. This film was truly influential in ways no one saw coming, it seems.
Also the big, mutated catfish monster looked really stupid especially when it started flipping around like Olga Korbut, more weird than scary. If Jaws, Alien, or Halloween is any example, it would have been far wiser to not show the monster than have extended bad CGI shots in broad daylight.