Doomsday Book

                   
The Korean horror anthology Doomsday Book, from 2012, merits a mention for its two out of three success rate. The dud episode is an inert Spielbergian tale of a robot monk obtaining nirvana. Techno baddies bedevil our hero, but who better than a robot to look into the void of existence and find solace. Director Jee-woon Kim has a pretty good track record, thus far, but this outing will be a footnote for him. 

The two episodes from Pi-sung Yim show a bit more vim and verve. The first is a zombie Adam and Eve colorfully told. The final film tells of a girl who orders a billiard ball from a mysterious website and is horrified to find it is being sent to her from outer space as a giant 8 ball shaped meteor hurtling towards earth. Both of Yim's films employ a satiric look at Korean media and politics showing that it is not just the West that is in the thrall of tabloid culture. 

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