Considered South Korea’s first big-budget action film set in space, Space Sweepers is set for release on Netflix after a Covid-19 enforced delay.
The Movie
Originally scheduled for release in Korea during the summer blockbuster movie season, the movie’s release date was pushed forward to September as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The release date would still have been unknown even now, because cinemas in Korea are still out of commission, but Netflix intervened and bought the worldwide streaming rights to the movie. The film will officially launch on Netflix on February 5.
Described as South Korea’s first big-budget action epic to be set in space, the events of the movie follow the adventures of the occupants of the spaceship Victory. The spaceship itself is only one of many vessels surviving on scavenged space debris in the year 2092. Starring in the movie are popular K-drama names such as Song Joong-Ki who plays the ship’s genius space pilot, Kim Tae-Ri who is a myster...
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