# Concrete Utopia (2023)

> After an earthquake leaves Seoul in ruins, one surviving apartment complex becomes a battleground over safety, scarcity, and who deserves to belong.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/516712

## Facts

- Runtime: 130 min
- Genres: Thriller, Action
- Director: Um Tae-hwa
- Cast: Lee Byung-hun, Park Seo-jun, Park Bo-young, Kim Sun-young, Kim Do-yoon, Park Ji-hu, Kim Hak-sun, Gong Min-jeung
- TMDB rating: 6.9/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13086266/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: brutal
- Mood: bleak, tense, darkly comic, apocalyptic movie night, korean cinema night

## Synopsis

In a shattered city, survival is the only option as hope crumbles beneath the rubble.

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