Natural City

Natural City (Korean: 내츄럴 시티) is a 2003 South Korean science fiction film, directed by Min Byeong-cheon [ko]. It is set in a dystopian^[2] future, about a colony world that integrates robots, androids and cyborgs amongst the population.

Natural City
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Hangul	내츄럴 시티
RR	Naechureol siti
MR	Naech'urŏl sit'i
Directed by	Min Byeong-cheon [ko]
Written by	Min Byeong-cheon
Produced by	Lee Dong-jun
Starring	Yoo Ji-tae Lee Jae-eun Seo Lin
Music by	Lee Jae-jin
Distributed by	Tube Entertainment
Release date	September 5, 2003 (2003-09-05)
Running time	113 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Budget	$5.8 million[1]

Plot

Two police officers, R and Noma, hunt down renegade cyborgs. The cyborgs serve a number of duties, ranging from military commandos to "dolls", engineered for companionship. They have a limited 3-year lifespan, although black market technology has been developed to transfer a cyborg's artificial intelligence into the brain of a human host.

This breakthrough compels R into finding Cyon, an orphaned prostitute, who may serve as the host for the mind of his doll Ria. He has fallen deeply in love with his doll and she has only a few days left to live.

Eventually, R must make a decision between leaving the colony with Ria to spend her last days with him on a paradise-like planet or save his friends when a renegade combat cyborg takes over the police headquarters.

Cast

• Yoo Ji-tae as R
• Lee Jae-eun as Cyon
• Seo Lin as Ria
• Jung Eun-pyo as Croy
• Yoon Chan as Noma
• Jung Doo-hong as Cypher
• Ko Ju-hye as Ami

Reception

The film received mixed to positive reviews. Rotten Tomatoes gave at the film 67% positive reviews.