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Concrete Utopia (2023)

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.7
Concrete Utopia poster

Overview

The world has been reduced to rubble by a massive earthquake. While no one knows for sure how far the ruins stretch, or what the cause of the earthquake may be, in the heart of Seoul there is only one apartment building left standing. It is called Hwang Gung Apartments. As time passes, outsiders start coming in to Hwang Gung Apartments trying to escape the extreme cold. Before long, the apartment residents are unable to cope with the increasing numbers. Feeling a threat to their very survival, the residents enact a special measure.


Starring Cast

Bias Dimensions

Political: Strong Left
Diversity: High
Christianity: Positive

Overview

The world has been reduced to rubble by a massive earthquake. While no one knows for sure how far the ruins stretch, or what the cause of the earthquake may be, in the heart of Seoul there is only one apartment building left standing. It is called Hwang Gung Apartments. As time passes, outsiders start coming in to Hwang Gung Apartments trying to escape the extreme cold. Before long, the apartment residents are unable to cope with the increasing numbers. Feeling a threat to their very survival, the residents enact a special measure.


Starring Cast

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Progressive

Primary

The film's central thesis explicitly promotes an anti-fascist and anti-authoritarian ideology, critiquing totalitarian control, class conflict, and exclusionary politics, while championing empathy and human dignity as solutions to societal collapse.

This South Korean disaster-thriller explores themes of class inequality, xenophobia, and authoritarianism, critically examining how a privileged group dehumanizes and excludes outsiders during a crisis. While the casting is traditional for its Korean context, the narrative strongly critiques exclusionary practices and the erosion of democratic norms.

Secondary

The film prominently uses Christian allegory and imagery, such as Exodus and Beatitudes, to frame its exploration of faith, survival, and moral conflict. These elements deepen the narrative's themes about human nature and societal values, rather than critiquing Christianity itself.

Concrete Utopia does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative focuses on social breakdown, class conflict, and survival in a post-apocalyptic setting, with themes of exclusion and gender roles explored in a heteronormative context, unrelated to sexual orientation or gender identity.

Concrete Utopia does not feature transsexual characters or themes. The film's narrative centers on survival, social division, and human nature in a post-earthquake setting, with no mention or portrayal of transsexual identities or the trans community in its plot, characters, or thematic focus.

The film features several significant female characters, including Myeong-hwa and Geum-ae, who play crucial roles in the community's survival and internal conflicts. However, none of these characters are depicted engaging in or winning close-quarters physical combat against one or more male opponents.

The film's main characters, including Min-sung, Myung-hwa, and Yeong-tak, retain genders consistent with their original webtoon source material. There is no evidence that any character's on-screen gender differs from their established canonical or historical gender.

The film is based on a Korean webtoon and set in Seoul. All major characters and the on-screen population are portrayed by ethnically Korean actors, consistent with the source material and the historical and contemporary demographics of Seoul. No character established as one race is portrayed by an actor of a different race.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

7.7

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
6.6
The Movie Database logo
7.0

Critic Ratings

Rotten Tomatoes logo
10.0
Metacritic logo
7.3

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