Nova Ordem Espacial (2021)

not great, but i don't regret watching.

i had first watched this movie because a) song joong ki was in it and b) it was on the headline of my netflix homepage. i was intrigued by the plot about 30 minutes in, however i was a bit disappointed at the end. i expected a better ending. however the production/CGI was spectacular, let me say. this might be a bit farfetched, however i felt like i was in space. it was so so amazing, the CGI was. i maybe was paying attention to the storyline, but i do wish james sullivan had a deeper reason for essentially planning to kill over 1B people on Earth. the reason, if i remember correctly, was a bit..one dimensional?

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GREAT cinematography & CGI but a bit of a lackluster story line

So I just finished this movie and I was hoping for so much more with regards to the story line and origins of the whole plot but did not get any of that, I am the type of person that likes to know why things happened and how they happened but this story did not provide that in the whole duration of the movie HOWEVER:

I loved the acting, some aspects of the story and most of all the CGI of this film - the quality was so damn good it felt like I was watching in the cinemas. One thing I did like about the story line was how they made the main antagonist a white man - whose aim was to colonize another planet whilst being evil in the process because if you look at history that is the most accurate depiction of events ever lol.

Overall I give it a 8/10 because the cast worked really well together and I enjoyed the integration of other countries / languages and races as well :)

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Un monde où la planète "Terre" n'aurait plus sa place...

J'ai vu ce film il y a près de 2 semaines mais j'avoue que sur le moment je n'ai pas fait de critique car je ne savais pas trop quoi en dire... Pour commencer cet avis, il faut savoir que mes bases concernant la science-fiction sont faibles... (Je n'ai d'ailleurs jamais vu "Star Wars"... Veuillez ne pas me jeter la pierre malgré le succès planétaire de cette saga, je n'ai jamais eu l'envie de me lancer dedans x'D.) Ceci pour dire que mon avis risque d'être bien différent d'une personne qui aime ce genre !

Alors l'histoire en elle-même n'a à mes yeux pas grand-chose d'extraordinaire... (Oui même avec mon peu d'expérience dans la S-F, j'ai déjà vu plusieurs films avec le même type d'histoire.) En gros, le film nous parle d'une planète "Terre" qui n'est plus viable pour l'homme mais surtout l'envie de l'homme de conquérir l'espace... (Rien de bien nouveau en gros x'D)

Lors de mon visionnage, j'ai ressenti un grand "bug de cerveau" durant une des scène du film... Cette scène est celle où tout l'équipage part avec une bombe à bord de son vaisseau et doit s'éloigner d'une certaine distance des "ilots" pour protéger l'enfant et l'ensemble des habitants... Ils auraient dû mourir dans l'explosion mais... ils ont SURVÉCU grâce au fait que l'enfant peut manipuler des nanorobots... Vous m'expliquez comment elle a pu le faire à cette distance... Et si elle savait réellement les protéger à cette distance, pourquoi se donner autant de mal pour partir avec la bombe ?! (Oui, je suis vite perturbée x'D)

Vous l'aurez compris, je n'ai pas réussi à réellement accroché à l'histoire malgré un Song Joong-Ki en tête d'affiche. (Même si comme dans la plus part de ses prestations, j'ai pas mal souri de sa bêtise =D) Cependant, ce film se laisse regarder sans réel soucis et nous permets de passer le temps mais pour ceux qui rêvent d'un grand moment de S-F, il vaut sans doute mieux se tourner vers un autre film ou série...

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Slow start, then lots of action and character building

My first impression based on the trailer:”Is this a Marvel movie?” The outer space and the unique characters that gave the Guardian of Galaxy vibe.

Story
From the the CG is overwhelming in positive light. Instantly feels like a blockbuster movie.
The start was a bit confusing as in which direction the movie is going to and what is happening.

Plain text in the beginning didn’t got me directly immersed in the movie. However, some reveal scenes could have been moved to the beginning to start of the movie to add more impact and understand at least the main character’s situation and where we are going to.

To me the beginning (not sure how far into the movie approx 30-60 min in the movie is character/world building. To get immersed into the world of the movie. Then the story moves at more advancing pace and one can expect lots of awesome action.
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Acting/Cast
Cast is amazing and the main characters have portrayed lead roles in Korean series.
Their acting and action scenes were enough for me to feel immersed and relate to their character. The back story also had more impact as it felt sincere and true.
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Music
Unlike most Korean series which has many songs. The movie has many background music and it just serves its purpose to give that immersive experience. The sounds were blowing me off the sofa :D
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Rewatch Value
Maybe once in a 3-5 years it could be rewatched. I don’t like movies with a slow start.... so I probably won’t rewatch the movie.
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Overall
I find the movie more enjoyable once the introductions were done. Actions are definitely the highlights of the movie!
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Sequel?
Space Sweepers does have the potential to continue!

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It was a good shot at attempting a new genre for South Korea

Space Sweepers Movie Review

Not bad for Korea's First Ever Space Related Sci-Fi, although I kind of expected it to be an All Korean Cast coz they kind of marketed it that way. Either way it was a good attempt at the genre but the story-telling felt a little bit westernized I tried to search for the screenwriter but I only found the director (which was of course Korean). The villain was not that well established and kind of just there to drive the decisions and the plot of the main characters. A little bit disappointed yes, but the visual effects team did a really great job. I wish I could've known more of the other main characters aside from the brushed up explanations during the face off with the villain. It was just a little too on the nose description. Over-all the space chasing did give me some adrenaline to enjoy, the actors did very well on their roles and its a pretty fun movie to watch with your family.

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Entertaining but not amazing

Lead actors were awesome, not surprisingly. The acting of the side characters such as Pierre and the Black Foxes was lackluster at best. The space fight scenes were pretty good. I wish they would have expanded on the villain a bit more, how he had lived so long, how he had come into power of the entire planet, what was with his hulking out? As the main antagonist, he really had no back story or development. I would have enjoyed the movie more if they had explored his character more. Overall, the movie was entertaining and I enjoyed it, but I probably won’t rewatch.

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A good movie with some flaws

Space Sweepers is a fun, light watch, speacially for those who like the found familly trope.

The story is quite good, albeit not particularly innovative. I liked the idea of focusing on space garbage men who are allowed in to clean but never as citizens. I also enjoyed how the overall dirtiness of our main leads surroundings contrasts with the clean sets of space citizens. The ideia that a corporation could have the power to create a nation and decide who is allowed in and who is not is a good premise for a sci-fi movie. Even though it's an action movie, I think Space Sweepers does particularly good with it's more dramatic/ touching scenes. The characters feelings are believable and you understand their struggles. The inclusion of people from many different countries, all speaking different languages was a plus for me. It made the world more believable and diverse even thought it opened the door to some bad acting which might annoy some viewers. Personally I found that the bad acting from some of the non-korean actors actually fitted their characters.
Of all the cast I was only familiar with Kim Tae Ri's work (she's such an amazing actress) but overall I think the main cast did a good and convincing job with the script they were given. Our team of space sweepers is quite entertaining to watch and appear to be nuanced. I use the term appear because I feel that even thought these characters were written as having complex personalities and motivations, with flaws and qualities, the execution (for reasons I will discuss bellow) didn't quite hit the mark. It's rather ironic that the most complex character was Bubs, a robot. Even so, I rather liked this ragtag team and their interactions with each other and with Dorothy. Speaking of Dorothy, child actors can be hit or miss but Park Ye Rin did a good job, mostly in being cute and charming which was pretty much all that was asked of her.
However, Space Sweepers has two main flaws that might affect your viewing experience negatively, depending on how much you care about these things. The first and, in my opinion, main flaw of the movie is it's directing and editing. I'm not familiar with Jo Sung Hee's, the director, work but, from what I can see, this is his most ambitious project. This might explain some of the things I'm about to point out. Now, I'm an attentive watcher, who doesn't get lost often. I pay attention to little details and I rarely question myself about what's going on on screen, as long as I'm given enough information. This is where Space Sweepers confuses me, because I feel like in theory, the film has all the necessary information for you to understand everything that is going on, but in reality it hasn't. There's a lack of establishing shots and a lot of the sets are basically indistinguishable from each other. This makes it hard to understand where the action is taking place and, therefore, why are the characters there. Besides this, the editing is very choppy, mainly making the action and fast paced scenes very confusing and hard to follow, but also affecting slower, more serious scenes and resulting in sometimes weirdly paced moments.
The second major flaw of the movie is it's villain, who I think is a rather weak character in terms of writing, coming of as a stereotypical big evil guy. I get what they were trying to do and, if done right, it would've been great (even if predictable). The actor playing the villain actually did a good job with the script and the directing he was given, but his characterization was weak. I think it would've been more effective if the viewers didn't know basically from the start he was the bad guy and his motivations were shown instead of told.
These two things prevent Space Sweepers from going from a good movie to a really good movie. Nevertheless, it is still a great watch, which might actually improve with repeated watching, since the viewer will have a better understanding of the world the story takes place in. On the plus side, it has a fun and diverse group of characters, strong female leads, an interesting story, with plenty of action, heartfelt and comedic moments, and a cute kid. Don't take the movie too seriously and I guarantee you will have a good time while watching it.

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I was not let down.

I was expecting the best for this movie and ended up getting the best, I am so proud of the actors and how much they ate this movie up. I absolutely love it and will rewatch it again soon, before my space drama era ends. One thing I will never stop talking about from this movie was Jang Hyun Sook (Kim Tae Ri), she is so badass and I just couldn't stop going crazy over her the entire time, Kim Tae Ri is by far one of my favourite actors and should be yours too. I think my favourite part of this movie was when Kim Tae ho (Song Joong Ki) was able to meet Suni (Oh Ji Yul), I cried buckets at that part. Suni deserved better, I really wished she wasn't outside at that time. However, I feel like it was understandable and it really helped Kim Taeho develop his character. Space Sweepers will always have a place in my heart from now on, I'm so happy with the ending and don't even get me started with Bubs, she is SO beautiful. That's all for my review, please watch Space Sweepers, ASAP.

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Theater-worthy but a bit bland

This is the type of a movie you NEED to see in the theater because of how incredible the CGI and visual/sound effects are. You really can't capture the full experience on TV. I'm not much of a sci-fi person but this gets a 10 for cinematography.

I came for Kim Taeri and Song Joongki, and....stayed for Kim Taeri and Song Joongki.

I think the movie is okay for a weekend watch, but the story was kind of bland. Not necessarily cliché, but just not enough going on to keep a strong impression from start to finish. There wasn't enough character development, and a lot of questions went unasked about our other characters' backstory besides Taeho.

BUT like I said, the effects were just gorgeous and the characters' interactions with Dorothy were adorable. It was pretty predictable but it did have its share of plot twists, especially at the end which actually surprised me. The action scenes were great and the team had great chemistry together. I also shed a few tears, the film does have some emotional scenes.

Overall: 8/10, maybe a 7 without the special effects. If you're here for the leads like me, go watch!! Their acting definitely does not disappoint. But if you're not a sci-fi person, you want a strong plot, and notsomuch here for the effects, save it for later when you're out of things to watch.

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Good Sci Fi flick with heart. Would have been great if it had ended a little earlier.

This Sci Fi flick has awesome production values - the CGI and action scenes are top notch. There's a very simple story. The space sweepers are the "poor" from earth that make their living scavenging waste left behind by the rich and powerful, who have all escaped into space since we didn't take care of earth and it's now dying slowly. The protagonist's daughter died in an accident and he's doing everything he can to get enough money so the official channels can find and retrieve her body before decaying orbit causes it to burn up on re-entry. Then, one salvage mission discover "Dorothy" a robot captured by terrorists that contains a bomb.

The reaction of crew of his vessel, The Victory, is mixed, but the acting is top notch. The captain is suitably bad-ass, the former gangster with tattoos and dread locks is EVEN more bad ass, and the funniest and baddest ass of them all would have to be ... the robot. Yes. The former military assassin robot who is SUCH a capitalist he/she cheats his/her crewmates at cards, so that he/she can get skin grafts. He/she is awesome! They should make a whole movie based on the adventures of this wise cracking robot. The little girl is cute and supporting characters do well, including the villain.

The story is quite predictable in parts, but the father-daughter and family bond are both effective and heart warming enough to tug on one's heart strings. Who isn't going to melt at a cute kid drawing pictures of you? *arrow slams into heart* aaak you got me, you got me good.

If this movie had ended with the crew sacrificing themselves with the bomb, it would have been a 9, maybe even 9.5. Heroic tragic endings, THAT is the Korean Way. But somehow, they introduced a Deus Ex Machina, which made me immediately feel cheated. It turned it into more of an "American" movie, to let the crew live, and each member then has a happy ending. Still okay, but no longer great. I don't know, maybe I'm jaded, but it seems to me the sad ending would have been a better place to end and the movie would have been more of a "Korean" movie.

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Different

So I watch movie as an off chance as I really enjoyed the ML in Vincenzo, and wanted more of him!

Firstly this movie didn't disappoint, it was different wholesome movie with both emotional and hilarious scenes together and it was a good blend of it. It's definitely different cause it first Korean production related to space. The kid was super cute with everyone. I love their characters and the casts did amazing job in acting it out.

The music was unnoticeable.

I loved the acting, some aspects of the story and most of all the CGI of this film - the quality was so damn good it felt like I was watching in the cinemas.

In short - this movie was a blast Like literally!!!! I-- have no words, and i don't know how to explain it, but-- this movie was just plain original and amazing!

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