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Based on the Korean legend, unknown creatures will return and devastate the planet. Reporter Ethan Kendrick is called in to investigate the matter, and he arrives at the conclusion that a girl, stricken with a mysterious illness, named Sarah is suppose to help him. The Imoogi makes its way to Los Angeles, wreaking havoc and destruction. With the entire city under arms, will Ethan and Sarah make it in time to save the people of Los Angeles?
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This is a movie that on the cover looks good, but once on it ain't so good.
The good - The creature effects. All of the creatures were really well done, their movements were realistic enough for creatures that aren't real and they meld into the other imagery well, to be honest, the special effects are the ONLY good thing about this movie. The dragons are simply amazing, they're huge, really well done and they are freaky enough that you would never want to meet one of these dragons in real life.
Now, the bad things - Well, in short, the acting. Not a single one of the characters is even *close* to believable and there I had no desire to see any of the characters actually survive, the one I came closest to liking is about to be sent to a mental institution as no one believes that he saw a dragon. The entire story is full of plot holes from beginning to finish and this is probably one of the most cliched, in a really really bad way, movies that I have ever seen. The dialogue seems like it was cut and pasted from a dozen other movies.
The concept behind this was really good but fails miserably.
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